Real People ~ Real Results
In November 2012, 72 people who were homeless (20
families and 11 single adults) moved into permanent
housing from emergency shelters and transitional housing
programs, according to Homeless Management Information System
(HMIS) data.
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Second Jeans Day Helps Put a Zip on
Homelessness
This year, more than 135 organizations representing
over 10,000 employees joined the Fairfax County Chamber of
Commerce, Connections Newspapers, Apple Federal Credit Union
and the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Partnership to Prevent
and End Homelessness on Friday, Dec. 14 to Put the ZIP
on Homelessness, giving new meaning to “Going Casual
for a Cause.” >> more
Continuum of Care Grants to be Submitted by Jan. 18
The November 2012 edition of Partner Update described
the annual U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) Continuum of Care grant application process. The
process is more complex this year, and due to a shortfall of
$60 million in funding for this program, HUD has required
that all projects be ranked with the possibility of
lower-ranked projects losing funding. >> more
Annual Point-in-Time Count ~ Jan. 30
The annual Point-in-Time Count of Homeless Persons will be
conducted on Jan. 30. It is expected that all homeless
providers will participate in the count, and information will
also be collected through homeless outreach workers. >> more
Trainings, Meetings and HOST Updates
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HMIS trainings for January and February. >> more
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Regional HOST meetings on homelessness.
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HOST Highlights presented on a quarterly basis.
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Community Partnership Focuses in on Chronically Homeless
Homelessness is an urgent problem in the Fairfax-Falls
Church community. While we have generated exciting results,
decreasing the homelessness rate by rapidly moving families
and individuals into housing with services, those
experiencing chronic homelessness have been harder to help.
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