Nonprofit Partners:
Alternative House
Founded in 1972 as a shelter for runaway youth, AH has grown to help children, youth and families meet new challenges with programs like Assisting Young Mothers and, in cooperation with Fairfax County Public Schools, the Homeless Youth Initiative that provides safe transitional housing to homeless students.
Christian Relief Services
Incorporated in 1985, in Virginia, through partnership with 14 agencies, Christian Relief Services offers up 24 months of transitional housing, case management and supportive services for homeless people around the country, operates the affordable housing units.
FACETS
FACETS began as a meal distribution outreach effort in 1988, today is an established nonprofit organization with programs to provide shelter, food and medical attention for those unable to provide for themselves.
Family PASS
Goal is to strengthen families and keep them together to bring up their children in safe stable housing. Strives to step in before families lose their housing by providing rental subsidies, extensive case management and other assistance including education, job training, child care, food, transportation, health care, help with children’s issues and counseling.
Friends of Guest House
Offers structure, supervision, support and assistance to female ex-offenders who sincerely want to improve their lives and break the cycle of incarceration. Friends of Guest House offers the only program for women of its kind in Northern Virginia, and receives countless inquires every year.
Good Shepherd Housing and Family Services
The goal of Good Shepherd, created in 1974, is to help bring an end to homelessness while promoting the self-sufficiency of homeless individuals with programs in counseling, grant services and housing location assistance.
Homestretch
Created in 1990, Homestretch is the largest provider of transitional housing in Fairfax County and offers a wide variety of services that are focused on helping the homeless better their lives through education.
Kurdish Human Rights Watch
KHRW began in 1989 with the mission to enable Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), refugees, asylee newcomers and homeless individuals to achieve self-sufficiency and economic independence through direct assistance and capacity building.
New Hope Housing
In 1978, it opened the first homeless shelter in Fairfax County. New Hope Housing is the oldest and largest provider of shelters to the homeless in Northern Virginia. Its mission is to provide both shelter and the tools to build a better life.
Northern Virginia Family Service
Originally established in 1924 by volunteers in Alexandria, NVFS addresses the needs of many communities in our region by providing multiple specialized services, including special foster care and multicultural human services.
Pathway Homes
Established in 1980, Pathway focuses on providing housing and support to individuals with serious mental illness, with the mission to help these individuals reach their full potential and lead stable lives. They offer both in-home programs, semi-independent houses and assisted living facilities.
Cornerstones (previously named Reston Interfaith)
Cornerstones, continuing the mission of Reston Interfaith, helps people build more stable lives by connecting them to vital resources that solve their needs for housing, childcare, food or financial assistance.
Shelter House
Shelter House follows the Housing First model, with the main priority to re-house every family that begins one of their six unique housing programs. Formed in 1981, when several ecumenical groups came together to better serve Fairfax County’s low-income population.
United Community Ministries
Founded in 1969 as a grassroots movement to assist low-income families and individuals living along the Route One Corridor, UCM provides four different housing programs as well as a workforce Development Center to help prepare people for moving forward with their jobs.
Volunteers of America-Chesapeake
One of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive human services organizations with history covering over a century, VOAC operates the Baileys Crossroads Community Shelter, and provides assistance through medical care, counseling, education and training for people in poverty.