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To be successful, there must be strong community will. In addition to the five organizational elements led by the leaders 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. These partners also enter client information into the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS); validating client information and thus making communitywide data available.

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 to 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 and 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 inquiries 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 shelter to the homeless of 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, Pathways focuses on providing housing and support services to individuals with serious mental illnesses, 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.	Reston Interfaith Reston Interfaith was formed in 1970 and helps those that are homeless and struggling in Northern Virginia to 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 a 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.

The Community Partnership is also grateful and very much engaged with various Fairfax County agencies that contribute in many different unique ways, they include but are not limited to:

Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board
Fairfax County Department of Administration for Human Services
Fairfax County Department of Family Services
Fairfax County Department of Fire and Rescue
Fairfax County Department of Housing and Community Development
Fairfax County Department of Neighborhood and Community Services
Fairfax County Health Department
Fairfax County Office for Women & Domestic and Sexual Violence Services
Fairfax County Office of Public Private Partnerships
Fairfax County Office of the County Executive
Fairfax County Police Department
Fairfax County Public Schools

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