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In Fairfax County, we are faced with trying to close the growing gap between housing costs and income. Over the past several years we have learned that the emergency shelter system is able to accommodate only a small fraction of the growing number of homeless families in need. Families are forced to live in other places unfit for human habitation or to move from place to place with their children, staying intermittently with friends and families. Our emergency shelters are unable to provide the intensive long-term assistance which homeless families require in order to stabilize their lives. While transitional housing programs do provide such assistance, families are more responsive to service interventions from a stable, permanent housing base. - provides crisis intervention to address immediate family needs, while simultaneously or soon thereafter assisting families to develop permanent housing and social service plans;
- helps homeless families move into affordable rental housing in residential neighborhoods as quickly as possible, most often with their own lease agreements;
- then provides six months to one year of individualized, community case management support "after the move" to help each family transition to stability.
View the
2010 Community Snapshot!
Key Highlights - Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing program helped close to 900 people receive services and supports to prevent or end their homelessness.
- Of the 3,076 people who were literally homeless, 482 secured permanent housing.
- Housing Options Committee established to lead community efforts to create 2,650 new affordable housing units for persons who are literally homeless or at risk of homelessness.
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