Strategy #1 Prevent Homelessness Due to Economic Crisis and/or Disability
Fairfax County data suggests single adults
become homeless due to disability; families become homeless due to
poverty. Preventing homelessness is more cost effective than providing
emergency shelter and re-housing a homeless person.
This strategy represents a change in philosophy from crisis intervention to early, focused and sufficient intervention to prevent homelessness.
OBJECTIVES
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Prevent housing crises by creating Neighborhood Prevention Assistance
Teams.
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Coordinate all community resources to streamline prevention efforts and
provide flexible and longer-term financial assistance to keep people
housed.
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Build on the current Coordinated Services Planning model to provide
those at risk of becoming homeless with a single access point to
universal information and referral.
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Change policies on distribution of public and private financial
resources for an efficient and effective eviction prevention
response.
- Work to end the practice of discharge or release from institutions to homelessness.
Strategy #1: Prevent Homelessness Due to Economic Crisis and/or
Disability
Strategy #2: Preserve and
Increase Affordable Housing Supply
Strategy #3: Deliver Services
to Obtain and Maintain Stable Housing
Strategy #4: Create a Management
System and Ensure Accountability