As advocates for keeping families together, the Family Shelter provides emergency shelter to homeless families with children, while coordinating services to alleviate the conditions that contributed to their individual circumstances.
The
Family Shelter is a private, non-profit agency located in Columbia, South
Carolina. Established in 1979, Family Shelter’s central mission is to
provide temporary emergency housing and supportive services to homeless
families in order to enable them to transition to permanent housing and a
stable family life. Family Shelter is the only shelter in the Midlands area
exclusively for families.
Although Family Shelter is one of the least known agencies in Columbia, it has quietly been one of the most effective. Shelter programs have a three-fold purpose to:
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Physical Address: 2411 Two Notch Road Columbia, SC 29204 |
Postal Address: P.O. Box 7781 Columbia, SC 29202 |
Phone: (803) 771-7040 Email: fshelter@columbiafamilyshelter.org |