Community Resource Center
The Community Resource Center is a 30-day emergency shelter. It provides emergency overnight shelter to men, women, and families. The essential services include meals, laundry service, hygiene products, hot showers, access to recovery services and case management. All services are provided in a clean, sober environment. Upon intake, clients must take a voucher to the Chillicothe Police Department to be run for extraditable warrants before staying at the CRC. Clients are required to do a Breathalyzer test each night at check-in to ensure sobriety. The Community Resource Center also works to meet the needs of our community members by connecting them to necessary resources as well as by providing assistance in the application process to access these resources. The Community Resource Center, the only homeless shelter in the 16 rural counties north of I-70, is a designated emergency shelter for the American Red Cross. The shelter provides, without discrimination, services such as shelter, food, education and job assistance, with a focus on youths age 24 and younger.
The center, located at 913 Webster Street, has 12 beds and a crib available for those in need, offering a place to stay that is safe, friendly, and out of the elements.
The services offered by the CRC are dedicated to helping the homeless... obtain emergency shelter, obtain benefits from federal and state programs like the VA, SNAP, and Social Security. apply for and obtain employment. Other services available to the community...
- Assistance with complicated paperwork to obtain benefits, assistance, medical coverage, citizenship, etc.
- Tax preparation and tax credit paperwork for poor and elderly
- Clothing and household goods for needy
- Designated emergency shelter for the American Red Cross
- Source of information about services available at other agencies and who to contact
- Partners with the Community Garden
- Partners with the Livingston County Humane Society
- CRC Academy
How You Can Help:
Ongoing needs include: toilet paper, laundry soap, personal hygiene items, office supplies, paper, cleaning supplies, shampoo for rug cleaner, silverware, glasses, plates, cups, towels seasonal clothes and other items as residents transition into their own housing.
Any donations may be dropped off at the side door of the center. Those wishing to donate should call and make sure there is staff or volunteers on hand to help unload the items.
All donations are tax deductible. Make all checks to Community Resource Center.
Our clients need OATS Bus passes for jobs, interviews and doctor visits.
For more information about the Community Resource Center, call the Community Resource Center at 660-646-1667 or visit their website.