Community Shelter Board

Community Shelter Board is a non-profit organization registered in SAM.gov, located in Columbus, Ohio, that primarily works to address homelessness through comprehensive housing and support services. As a corporate entity with tax-exempt status, the organization focuses on providing critical housing solutions and supportive services to vulnerable populations, particularly homeless individuals and families. Through federal contract and grant awards, Community Shelter Board plays a significant role in implementing housing assistance programs, with a primary emphasis on helping homeless populations quickly secure and maintain stable housing while minimizing trauma and promoting self-sufficiency.

The organization's federal contract work has been limited but targeted, most notably with the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Community Shelter Board was awarded a delivery order to provide emergency COVID quarantine and isolation shelter beds for the Columbus VA Medical Center. This zero-dollar contract from February 2, 2021, through September 30, 2021, specifically supported temporary housing solutions for quarantined or isolated veterans, demonstrating the organization's ability to respond to urgent healthcare-related housing needs during a national emergency.

Community Shelter Board's federal grant awards are extensive and primarily come from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care (CoC) Program. These grants, ranging from approximately $543,803 to $23,870,964, support comprehensive efforts to address homelessness in the Columbus area. The grants enable the organization to provide a wide range of services including permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, homeless management information systems (HMIS), and homelessness prevention. Community Shelter Board collaborates with numerous local nonprofit sub-awardees such as Lutheran Social Services, Community Housing Network, YMCA of Central Ohio, Volunteers of America, and the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital to deliver these critical housing and support services.

The organization holds a federal contract Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDV) with the Veterans Integrated Service Network 10, specifically focused on emergency COVID quarantine and isolation shelter beds for homeless veterans. This single-award IDV, valued at $103,096, was active from February 1, 2021, through September 30, 2021, and was directly aligned with the national coronavirus response efforts. The IDV enabled Community Shelter Board to provide targeted housing solutions for vulnerable veteran populations during the pandemic, demonstrating the organization's capacity to rapidly respond to urgent housing needs for specific, at-risk demographics.