Health and Human Services

Rent Relief

vcolem — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 20:52:06 +0000

Rent Relief vcolem Wed, 02/16/2022 - 3:52 pm

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.

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.

* Successful Children and Youth Policy Team

vcolem — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 20:35:15 +0000

* Successful Children and Youth Policy Team vcolem Wed, 04/28/2021 - 4:35 pm

Email Newsletter

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Contact Information

Marla Zometsky

Prevention Manager

Marla.Zometsky @fairfaxcounty.gov

703-324-1762, TTY 711

Eviction Prevention

treard — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 17:48:33 +0000

Eviction Prevention treard Fri, 11/20/2020 - 12:48 pm

Fairfax County Emergency Rental Assistance

Fairfax County is administering the Emergency Rental Assistance Bridge Program ERA-BP 2.0 to support housing stability and will launch mid-May 2024. Eligibility for the ERA-BP 2.0 includes the following: Fairfax County community member, household income at or below 80 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI); rental rate up to 150 percent of the Fair Market Rent (FMR); up to four (4) months of assistance to maintain or secure housing. The rent assistance is applicable to arrears (balance as of March 13, 2020), the current month, and a maximum two months of prospective rent. The coordination of assistance will be based on the community member’s specific circumstances and the eligibility criteria of all available rental assistance resources. ERA-BP 2.0 funds will be administered until the funds are exhausted. ERA-BP 2.0 applications may be submitted online through the Community Member Portal Sign In/Sign Up webpage by tenants or with the Landlord Portal by landlords, or by contacting Coordinated Services Planning CSP (community member) at 703-222-0880, TTY 711, Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Community Members are encouraged to contact Coordinated Services Planning CSP to explore resources to meet their additional basic needs.

DO YOU QUALIFY? VIEW ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION

* CareVan

vcolem — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 19:26:15 +0000

* CareVan vcolem Fri, 07/10/2020 - 3:26 pm

A Mobile Safety Net Offering a Suite of Services & Resources

The CareVan continues to be a part of the countywide COVID-19 response and recovery effort and will provide services in conjunction with existing outreach events including food distribution, testing and other emerging needs within communities in need. Building upon the county’s robust health, housing and human services system; commitment to addressing social determinants of health; and implementation of a coordinated care model, Fairfax County’s Health and Human Services (HHS) is uniquely positioned to create a program that minimizes barriers to whole health solutions.

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:

Transportation programs
- TOPS
- Mobility Management
- Critical Medical Care
- Fastran bus services
Coordinated Services Planning

Opportunity Zones

akrafc — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 17:12:00 +0000

Opportunity Zones akrafc Wed, 08/08/2018 - 1:12 pm

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.

Click here to access the web mapping 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.

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

treard — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 13:39:06 +0000

* Fairfax County Youth Survey treard Wed, 09/20/2017 - 9:39 am

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.

Click here to access the Interactive Data Explorer

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.

Learn more about Three to Succeed

Health and Human Services

Rent Relief

Are You Eligible?

You Need These Documents

Here Is How You Apply

Call Coordinated Services Planning

703-222-0880

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

Partner with Your Landlord for Rent Relief

HELPFUL REFERENCES

* Successful Children and Youth Policy Team

How Do I Get Involved?

Joint Commitment to Advance Equity

Email Newsletter

Contact Information

Eviction Prevention

Fairfax County Emergency Rental Assistance

Eviction Prevention Resources

Eviction Data Dashboard

CONTACTS

* CareVan

A Mobile Safety Net Offering a Suite of Services & Resources

GOALS OF THE CAREVAN:

PROVIDING ONSITE SERVICES TO COMMUNITIES

What the CareVan Can Do For You

Where You'll Find the CareVan

Upcoming Events

CONTACT US

Contact the CareVan

CONTACTS

COVID-19 Pandemic Support Videos

Opportunity Zones

Web Mapping Application

Infographics

Infographics

DATA AND METHODOLOGY

* Fairfax County Youth Survey

Interactive Data Explorer

Three to Succeed

Youth Survey Additional Resources

Health and Human Services

Rent Relief

Are You Eligible?

Meet the following criteria for financial assistance:

You Need These Documents

To confirm proof of eligibility, you will need to have:

Here Is How You Apply

Call Coordinated Services Planning

703-222-0880

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

Partner with Your Landlord for Rent Relief

HELPFUL REFERENCES

* Successful Children and Youth Policy Team

How Do I Get Involved?

Joint Commitment to Advance Equity

Email Newsletter

Contact Information

Eviction Prevention

Fairfax County Emergency Rental Assistance

Eviction Prevention Resources

Eviction Data Dashboard

CONTACTS

* CareVan

A Mobile Safety Net Offering a Suite of Services & Resources

GOALS OF THE CAREVAN:

PROVIDING ONSITE SERVICES TO COMMUNITIES

What the CareVan Can Do For You

Where You'll Find the CareVan

Upcoming Events

CONTACT US

Contact the CareVan

CONTACTS

COVID-19 Pandemic Support Videos

Opportunity Zones

Web Mapping Application

Infographics

Infographics

DATA AND METHODOLOGY

* Fairfax County Youth Survey

Interactive Data Explorer

Three to Succeed

Youth Survey Additional Resources