Volunteer

(Please fill in the form below the list of shelters to contact us for more information about volunteering…. and thank you!)

Counseling
Training the homeless for employment
Volunteer your professional services:
- Clean
- Cook
- Carpentry
- Electrical…..
Help serve meals

Where are these shelters that I can help?

Katherine K. Hanley Family Shelter (Fairfax)

12970 Katherine Hanley Court, Fairfax, VA 22030
571-522-6800; Fax 703-988-0251; TTY 703-988-0256

A shelter for families with children.
Accommodates up to 20 families.
Full service program: case management, mental health counseling, health care services.
Opened in 2007. Operated by Shelter House, Inc.

Embry Rucker Community Shelter (Reston)

11975 Bowman Towne Drive, Reston, VA 20190
703-437-1975; Fax 703-481-1406

A shelter for families with children and adults without children.
42 beds (10 rooms) for families.
28 beds for unaccompanied adults (20 men and 8 women).
10 beds for cold weather overflow (November 1 through March 31).
Full service program: case management, health care with on-site mental health substance abuse counseling.
Opened in 1987. Operated by Reston Interfaith, Inc.

Next Steps (Richmond Highway – Alexandria)

Various locations, scattered-site.

53-bed shelter primarily for families with children.
Full service program: case management, mental health counseling, health care services.
No walk-ins.
Operated by New Hope Housing, Inc.

Shelter House (Falls Church)

3080 Patrick Henry Drive, Falls Church, VA 22044
703-536-2155; Fax 703-534-0736

42-bed shelter for families only. No walk-ins.
Full service program: case management, health care services and life skills training.
Opened in 1982. Operated by Shelter House, Inc.

Bailey’s Crossroads Community Shelter

3525 Moncure Avenue, Bailey’s Crossroads, VA 22041
703-820-7621; Fax 703-671-0441

50-bed walk-in shelter for adults without children.
36 beds for men; 14 beds for women; 10 beds for cold weather overflow (November 1 through March 31).
Full service program: case management, on-site mental health and substance abuse counseling and health care services.
Opened in 1987. Operated by Volunteers of America, Chesapeake.

Eleanor U. Kennedy Shelter (Richmond Highway – Fort Belvoir)

9155 Richmond Highway, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060
703-799-0200; Fax 703-799-8127

50-bed walk-in shelter for adults without children.
38 beds for men; 12 beds for women.
15 additional beds for overflow capacity year-round, plus 10 more during cold weather.
Full service program: case management, on-site mental health and substance abuse counseling and health care services.
Opened in 1986. Operated by New Hope Housing, Inc.