{"id":11595,"date":"2012-03-28T18:52:06","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T22:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cap4kids.org\/columbus\/2012\/03\/28\/286420494\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:58:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:58:48","slug":"st-stephens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/st-stephens\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater Columbus Community House (Formerly St. Stephen&#8217;s)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Faith-based community center offering a range of services for the Linden-area community. Volunteer opportunities are available for those over the age of 14. Programs include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/saintstephensch.org\/the-mid-ohio-market\/\">Mid-Ohio Market<\/a>: Choice pantry for Franklin County residents. Shop once a week for all pantry items, or daily for fresh produce.<br \/>\n(614) 338-8220<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/saintstephensch.org\/youth-services\/\">Youth Services<\/a>: Childcare for children 6 weeks to 5 years at Christ Child Early Learning Center, STEAM after school program for K-6 at participating elementary schools, free Summer STEAM Camp for grades 1-8, and Achieve More and Prosper (AMP) for ages 16-24 to receive help with employment and case management services. They offer a Kinship Aftercare program and Family to Family empowerment program for families referred by FCCS.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/saintstephensch.org\/senior-services-program\/\"> Senior Services<\/a>: free lunch program, small group transportation, and case management.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/saintstephensch.org\/childcare-services-2\/\">Rent &amp; Utility Assistance<\/a>: Offers financial assistance as funds are available for those in zip codes 43081, 43201, 43229, 43230, 43231, 43211, 43219, 43224. Applicants must apply in-person, be income eligible, and provide required paperwork. Visit the website for full eligibility details. If funds are not available, a housing specialist may be available to help problem solve.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/saintstephensch.org\/christmas-cares\/\">Christmas Cares<\/a>: Offers help with food and toys for Franklin County residents each year. Families must register in advance and provide required documentation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1500 East Seventeenth Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43219<br \/>\n(614) 294-6347<br \/>\n<a title=\"www.saintstephensch.org\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saintstephensch.org\/\">saintstephensch.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faith-based community center offering a range of services for the Linden-area community. Volunteer opportunities are available for those over the age of 14. Programs include: Mid-Ohio Market: Choice pantry for Franklin County residents. Shop once a week for all pantry items, or daily for fresh produce. (614) 338-8220 Youth Services: Childcare for children 6 weeks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[304,503,568,508,416,393,437,648,502,395,569,401,433,402,349,644,592,642],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-after-school-camps","category-after-school-programs","category-now","category-faith-based-programs","category-financial-legal-help","category-food","category-foster-care","category-free-low-cost-after-school","category-free-and-low-cost-camps","category-meal","category-fresh","category-housing","category-parenting-foster-care-adoption","category-emergency-assistance","category-searching-for-child-care","category-summer-camps","category-bills","category-volunteer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11595"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44896,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11595\/revisions\/44896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cap4kids.org\/columbus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}