Health and Human Services

703-324-2537 TTY 771
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 552
Chris Leonard
Deputy County Executive

Rent Relief

Are You Eligible?

  • Financial hardship that has negatively impacted your ability to pay rent, including but not limited to: 
    • Reduction in household income
    • Increase in expenses due to COVID-19
    • Reduction in hours of work
    • Place of employment has closed
    • Being laid off
    • Loss of spousal/child support
    • Inability to  find work due to COVID-19
    • High risk of  severe illness from 
    • COVID-19 at your workplace 
  • Rent amount at or below 150% Fair Market Rent
  • Gross household income at or below 80% of the area median income

See More Information on Eligibility.

You Need These Documents

  • Landlord/Tenant agreement
  • Valid lease or other documentation of landlord-tenant relationship
  • Proof of household income 
  • Self-certification of loss of income
  • Rent ledger (landlord provides)
  • W9 (landlord provides)

See Required Forms and Documentation.

Here Is How You Apply

Call Coordinated Services Planning

 

703-222-0880

Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Multilingual specialist and interpreters are available


Partner with Your Landlord for Rent Relief

 

Your landlord may apply on your behalf for funds to pay delinquent rent or utility payments back to March 13, 2020, and up to three months of payments into the future.

 

 


* Successful Children and Youth Policy Team

 

 

 

 

Eviction Prevention

Eviction Prevention Resources

Eviction Data Dashboard

The Eviction Data Dashboard was developed to identify areas of the county where residents are most at risk of being evicted from their homes because of economic hardship caused by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.


* CareVan

GOALS OF THE CAREVAN:

  • Reduce Health Inequities Within Communities in Need
  • Simplify the Process for Enrollment and Continuation of Services
  • Develop and Nurture Community Relationships
  • Promote Awareness of Health, Housing and Human Services and Programs

 

 


PROVIDING ONSITE SERVICES TO COMMUNITIES

The service locations for the CareVan will be determined from a variety of sources including data from the Coordinated Services Planning teamHealth Department’s COVID-19 dashboard and One Fairfax’s COVID-19 Vulnerability Index.

 

 


What the CareVan Can Do For You

Family Assistance Workers provide:

  • Health Department eligibility and enrollment for:
    • Medical home assistance
    • Federal-qualified health centers
    • Medicaid
    • Medical Care for Children partnership
  • Health Department services
    • Dental
    • Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
    • Speech
    • Hearing
    • Maternity program
    • Eye care

Vaccine Navigators (Community Health Workers) provide:

  • COVID-19 education and resources
    • Educate residents about the COVID-19 vaccine.
    • Address vaccine hesitancy.
    • Raise awareness of vaccination sites.
    • Schedule residents for vaccination.
    • Educate residents on protective behaviors in the event they do not want to be vaccinated.
    • Assist residents in getting connected to health services.
    • Increase the effectiveness of the CBOs’ COVID-related outreach efforts.

The CareVan Coordinator (Department of Neighborhood & Community Services) provides information about:

Where You'll Find the CareVan

Upcoming Events

There are currently no upcoming events to view

CONTACT US

For questions and more information about CareVan services, call 703-324-7004, TTY 711, or send an email. You may also fill out the contact form below. In your message, be sure to include the requested date, time and location for your event.

For photo or video opportunities, email the CareVan Coordinator.

 

 


Contact the CareVan

CONTACTS

Opportunity Zones

Web Mapping Application

This web mapping application graphically illustrates the nine identified Opportunity Zones (census tracts) in Fairfax County. Click on each opportunity zone on the map to access a pop up with more information on that census tract, including an interactive infographic with information on the population and businesses located there. You can also access each infographic directly below.

The twenty-eight undesignated low income community tracts (census tracts that were eligible to be opportunity zones but were not selected), commercial revitalization areas and districts, and neighboring county opportunity zones are also included in the application. 


Infographics

An interactive infographic was created for each of the nine opportunity zones in Fairfax County. Each infographic contains information on demographics, race and Hispanic origin, housing, at risk populations, education and employment. Click below to access each infographic by location, including an infographic on Fairfax County as a whole.


Infographics

DATA AND METHODOLOGY

The data contained in the Opportunity Zone web mapping application was created using Esri's Business Analyst Desktop. The data on health insurance coverage, households with at least one person with a disability, households without a vehicle, households below the poverty level and burdened renters comes from the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates. All other data comes from Esri's Updated Demographics.

Details on the methodology behind the American Community Survey are available here. Details on the methodology behind Esri's Updated Demographics are available here. The splash screen in the web mapping application also provides link(s) to source information for the data displayed in the application. As a side by side comparison, the table below contains the data for all of the variables for each of the nine opportunity zones, as well as Fairfax County as a whole. 

For questions about the application or data, please email: OSMDataAnalytics@fairfaxcounty.gov.


Variable Census Tract 4154.01: North Hill Census Tract 4215: Hybla Valley Census Tract 4218: South County Center Census Tract 4216: Mount Vernon Woods Census Tract 4514: Willston Center Census Tract 4515.02: Bailey's North / Glen Forest Census Tract 4528.01: Skyline Plaza Census Tract 4810: Herndon South Census Tract 4821: Lake Anne Fairfax County, VA
2018 Total Population 5,339 7,125 6,315 6,418 3,272 4,726 5,106 5,822 3,343 1,127,497
2018 Median Household Income $54,072 $46,806 $71,713 $54,490 $53,297 $78,226 $86,072 $76,706 $86,540 $115,786
2018 Median Age 33.3 30.2 34.7 32.6 36.2 39.5 37.7 32.8 40.2 38.7
2018 Total (SIC01-99) Businesses 82 161 135 83 106 350 146 57 102 36,615
2018 Total Households 2,104 2,269 2,472 2,083 1,309 1,811 2,446 1,857 1,586 406,692
2018 Median Home Value $548,349 $231,316 $327,708 $238,274 $411,364 $539,391 $316,736 $318,725 $444,528 $532,624
2018 Vacant Housing Units (%) 2.86% 4.94% 3.85% 6.38% 2.60% 19.48% 5.85% 4.38% 3.88% 3.79%
2018 Renter Occupied Housing Units (%) 77.71% 51.30% 55.38% 55.59% 86.33% 67.15% 55.52% 65.64% 35.31% 33.83%
Burdened Renter Households (%) 50.99% 62.05% 35.68% 66.54% 59.14% 56.31% 53.40% 43.82% 47.54% 45.09%
2018 White Population (%) 35.62% 33.19% 33.81% 21.11% 37.59% 50.51% 53.45% 43.23% 66.47% 58.32%
2018 Black/African American Population (%) 35.70% 27.28% 34.96% 40.64% 4.58% 15.15% 21.39% 12.26% 11.88% 9.90%
2018 Asian Population (%) 8.39% 10.16% 10.40% 5.98% 23.96% 13.14% 13.30% 22.86% 10.05% 20.14%
2018 American Indian/Alaska Native Population (%) 0.49% 0.51% 0.55% 0.87% 1.38% 0.49% 0.35% 0.57% 0.30% 0.33%
2018 Pacific Islander Population (%) 0.24% 0.01% 0.11% 0.02% 0.00% 0.23% 0.12% 0.09% 0.00% 0.08%
2018 Other Race Population (%) 14.23% 24.34% 14.16% 25.48% 26.65% 15.74% 7.58% 16.23% 6.34% 6.52%
2018 Population of Two or More Races (%) 5.32% 4.51% 6.00% 5.91% 5.84% 4.74% 3.82% 4.76% 4.97% 4.70%
2018 Hispanic Population (%) 26.92% 47.26% 29.01% 43.02% 55.53% 36.84% 16.67% 37.62% 17.38% 16.65%
Percent Households without a Vehicle (%) 8.08% 16.13% 11.93% 13.97% 30.48% 18.99% 6.46% 5.71% 2.71% 4.33%
Percent Population without Health Insurance (%) 23.96% 35.72% 38.17% 31.38% 45.01% 39.88% 30.20% 20.79% 25.75% 10.26%
2012-2016 ACS Households Below the Poverty Level (%) 8.95% 18.78% 14.37% 20.68% 25.12% 8.71% 12.26% 3.93% 8.52% 5.51%
2012-2016 ACS Households with 1+ Persons with a Disability (%) 12.40% 27.39% 19.43% 20.82% 15.30% 23.79% 10.10% 15.46% 21.36% 15.39%
No High School Diploma (%) 15.96% 34.31% 22.06% 37.38% 33.71% 20.63% 4.42% 17.08% 1.94% 7.35%
High School Diploma (%) 20.47% 23.55% 20.26% 21.97% 23.62% 19.17% 17.02% 15.66% 14.27% 11.85%
Some College (%) 25.75% 20.06% 28.62% 23.65% 12.03% 19.53% 15.03% 19.06% 24.62% 18.15%
Bachelor's/Grad/Prof Degree (%) 37.82% 22.07% 29.07% 16.99% 30.65% 40.67% 63.53% 48.19% 59.17% 62.65%
White Collar (%) 64.27% 45.04% 52.53% 38.49% 48.68% 55.01% 75.35% 62.04% 75.74% 76.41%
Blue Collar (%) 18.03% 32.94% 22.43% 30.59% 24.01% 25.50% 9.70% 14.52% 10.18% 9.86%
Services (%) 17.69% 22.02% 25.04% 30.92% 27.31% 19.49% 14.95% 23.43% 14.07% 13.73%
2018 Unemployment Rate 1.7% 3.1% 6.4% 4.5% 3.7% 3.6% 2.6% 3.4% 4.3% 2.9%

* Fairfax County Youth Survey

The Fairfax County Youth Survey asks questions about risky behavior, mental health, physical health and safety. Question topics include behavior related to:

 

            Alcohol                               Illegal drugs                      Misuse of prescription drugs

            Depression                        Stress                                 Extracurricular activities  

            Bullying                              Harassment                      Time spent helping others

            Personal health                Obesity                              Screen time

            Eating disorders               Sexual activity

 

Students are also asked about the positive aspects of their lives and activities, as well as specific protective factors concerning health and safety. See below for links to detailed information about the latest survey results in various media formats.


Interactive Data Explorer

The interactive data explorer allows you to generate custom graphs and data tables on the questions and demographics that you find most interesting from the youth survey. You can see survey highlights to see selected results from various topics, explore the data to create and export graphs from individual questions, or view trends over time.


Three to Succeed

The Fairfax County Youth Survey results indicate that when children and youth have 3 or more positive, protective factors in their lives, they are more likely to manage stress, make better choices, and develop healthy habits. To learn about the many protective factors that help children and teens succeed, including having adults in the community to talk to and participating in after-school activities, click the link below.


Youth Survey Additional Resources

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