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TextOur Community Partnership
Fairfax-Falls Church Community Partnership
The goal of ending homelessness requires a true partnership of the government, business, faith and nonprofit communities to provide the essential coordinated and collaborative political, community, and managerial leadership, policy direction, resource development and stewardship. The community plan to prevent and end homelessness outlines a management structure for the plan. The management structure has five organizational elements led by an independent governing board of leaders from throughout the community, and a central Office to End Homelessness supported by the Fairfax County government. A Housing Options Interagency Work Group ensures coordination across all service providers, while a Consumer Advisory Council provides high-level input from people who are or have been homeless. Ultimately a new nonprofit foundation will be created to expand fundraising. These elements reflect the collaborative leadership, management, and implementation resources necessary to successfully end homelessness.
To be successful, there must be strong community will. In addition to
the five organizational elements led by leaders from throughout the
community, the engagement of nonprofit community service
providers (nonprofit partners) are required to gain the needed
understanding, acceptance, and support of the housing and facilities
required to prevent and end homelessness. These organizations address
homelessness in the Fairfax-Falls Church community, including significant
cooperation in the provision of outreach, prevention services and
assistance, the operation of the area’s shelter system, hypothermia
prevention during winter months, and in the provision of transitional and
permanent housing programs.
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Governing Board |
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Office to Prevent and End Homelessness |
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Housing Options Interagency Work Group |
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Consumer Advisory Council |
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Foundation |
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