Partnerships

COMMUNITY Partners We cannot do this without you!

• #1 Stunnas - Car & Bike Club
• 180 Place
• 2000 Landlords provide safe affordable housing to 4000 Housing Choice Voucher families
• Absolute Total Care
• Action Labor
• AFLAC
• Allen University
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
• Alston Wilkes Society
• American Red Cross hosts 4 agency-wide onsite blood drives annually (note... Columbia Housing Employees have donated 750 pints of blood since 2009)
  
  
• Ameris Bank
• Angel Oak Home Loans
• Antjuan Seawright
• Appleseed Legal Justice Center
• Apprenticeship Carolina
• Arthur Robinson
• Auntie Karen Foundation
• Bank of the Ozarks
• BB&T Bank (Truist Bank)
• Belmont Neighborhood Association
• Benedict College
• Bethlehem Baptist Church
• Bethlehem Community Center
• Blanketing Families, Inc.
• Bookert Agency
• Booker Washington Heights Neighborhood Association
• Bonita Clemons
• Brookland Center for Community Economic Change (dba Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center)
• Central Midlands Council of Governments
• Changin Lanez - Car & Bike Club
• Charlie Guider
• Chosen2Conquer International Ministries
• City of Cayce
• City of Cayce Department of Public Safety
• City of Columbia
• City of Columbia Community Development
• City of Columbia Complete Count engaging our residents in the 2020 Census count.
  
  
• City of Columbia Fire Department provides fire safety education programs to residents in our 4 elderly high-rise communities
  
  
• City of Columbia Office of Business Opportunities
• City of Columbia Parks and Recreation
• City of Columbia Police Department works with our security team to support systematic partnerships with residents in our 26 public housing communities.
  
  
• City of East Over
• Colonial Park Neighborhood Association
• Comet Central Midlands Transit connecting our families to work, recreation and other amenities.
  
  
• Columbia Area Mental Health
• Columbia Empowerment Zone, Inc.
• Columbia Housing Development Corp.
  
• Columbia Urban League, Inc summer employment and job training opportunities to high school students
  
  
• Columbia Workforce Center
• Community Assistance Provider
• Connect Home USA
• Cooperative Ministry
• Cox and Dinkins
• Davis Architecture
• Delores Nelson
• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
• DESI, Inc
• Diane's Call
• Edgewood Foundation
• Edventure
• EmpowerSC
• ERA Wilder Realty
• Eau Claire Development Corp.
• EXP Realty
• Fairfield County Elite Ladies Youth Dance Team
• Families Helping Families creates holiday memories with clothes and toys for our children
  
  
• Family Shelter
• Family Promise of the Midlands
• First Citizens Bank
• First Community Bank
• First Steps
• Food Share provides our families with affordable, fresh and healthy fruits and vegetables
  
  
• Free Medical Clinic
• Free Thinkers Radio fully administrates our virtual meetings and provides full video production/recording.
  
  
• Furniture Services
• Girls Scouts of SC
• GLEAMS Headstart
• Goodwill Industries
• Harvest Hope Food Bank - steps in when our residents need extra help feeding their families
  
  
• Healthy Blue
• Historic Columbia - helping us capture the rich history of Gonzales Gardens and Allen Benedict Court communities.
  
  
• Homeless No More
• InnerSole
• Integrity Insurance
• James E. Clyburn Scholarship & Research Foundation educational scholarships to many first generation college students
  
  
• Jeanie Jackson
• Junior League of Columbia hosted holiday party and toys for 300 public housing families
  
  
• Keller Williams Realty
• Kimberly Hicks
• Latino Communications - helps us serve Spanish-speaking populations in our service area
  
  
• League of Women's Voters
• Lexington/Richland 5 Adult Education
• LRADAC (Lexington/Richland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council)
• Lyon Street Neighborhood Association
• Mental Illness Recovery Center Inc.
• Midlands Area Consortium of the Homeless (MACH) - in collaboration with 50 partner members to end homelessness.
  
  
• Midlands Fatherhood Coalition
• Midlands Mediation Center
• Midlands Technical College
• Midlands Workforce Development Board
• MIRCI (Mental Illness Recovery Center, Inc.)
• Minority Small Business Development Center
• Mungo Homes
• NACA
• Nadia Rutherford
• National Association of Real Estate Brokers (Realtist)
• New St. Thomas Missionary Society
• Nickelodeon Theatre
  
• NixDevco
• Oliver Gospel Mission
• Omicron Phi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.
• Optus Bank
• Palmetto Place Shelter
• PNC Bank
• Prisma Health - took the lead to make sure residents had a replenished supply of PPE (note... donated 20,000 disposable face mask and hand wipes)
  
  
• Ray Tanner Foundation - donates fresh and healthy food to our families
  
  
• Regina Brown
• Richland County
• Richland County Community Development
• Richland County Department of Social Services
• Richland County First Steps Policy Council
• Richland County Office of Parole & Probations
• Richland County Sheriff Department
• Richland Library - secured grant from the McNulty Foundation for 65 hotspots
  
  
• Richland One Adult Education
• Richland School District 1 - delivers free nutritious meals for school children during COVID-19 pandemic.
  
  
• Richland School District 2
• Right Direction Church International
• R-LCOA
• Ruff Ryders - Car & Bike Club
• Roscoe Wilson
• Salvation Army
• Satin Dolls - Car & Bike Club
• Save Our Sons of the Carolinas
• SC Department of Education
• SC Department of Employment & Workforce
• SC Department of Health & Environmental Control -  provides invaluable assistance with our COVID-19 safety protocols
  
  
• SC Department of Mental Health
• SC Department of Social Services
• SC Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
• SC Housing Finance & Development Authority
• SC Human Affairs Commission
• SC Legal Services
• SC Thrive - linking innovative and efficient access to quality of life resources
  
  
• SC Uplift Community Outreach
• SC Works Midlands
• Second Nazareth Baptist Church
• Security Federal Bank
• Sierra Club of South Carolina
• Sins of Sheba - Car & Bike Club
• Sister Care
• Sisters of Change #798
• Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina
• Senn Brothers Produce - provides 20lb boxes of fresh produce to residents in senior citizen high rises
  
  
• Senior Resources
• South State Bank
• Southern Way Caterers
• Steve Harvey Morning Show - provides 100 holiday turkeys through the Marjorie and Steve Harvey Foundation
  
  
• SunTrust Bank
• Superior Property Management, LLC
• Synovus Bank
• Toby's Place
• Toys for Tots
• TNDC Development Corporation
• Transitions Homeless Shelter
• UMC Women's Ministry
• United Way of the Midlands - through its 2-1-1 emergency hotline, provides a host of social services
  
  
• US Department of Housing & Urban Development
• USC Supportive Housing Services
• USC School of Social Work
• VFW Post 4262
• Vince Ford
• Visions Made Plain - provides photography and videography for web and social media campaigns
  
  
• Vital Care EMS
• Wateree Community Actions, Inc. - provides families with year-round emergency assistance
  
  
• WellCare
• Woodforest National Bank
• Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn Department of Veterans Affairs - partners with us to provide 400 formerly homeless veterans with stable housing.
  
  
• Zion Canaan Baptist Church