Initiatives
Diversion First
Diversion First offers alternatives to incarceration for people with mental illness or developmental disabilities, who come into contact with the criminal justice system for low level offenses.
Energy & Climate Change
Fairfax County is proactively working to address climate change and its various impacts from all angles: mitigation, adaptation, and resilience. There are also energy education and outreach programs to reduce your energy use and your costs.
Panhandling
Learn about Fairfax County’s approach to help those people in need who request donations on local roadways and medians.
Prevention Teams, Initiatives and Coalitions
There are many ongoing collaborative approaches to addressing needs and issues in Fairfax. Initiatives exist to address domestic violence and assist with behavioral and physical health, school and work readiness.
Silver Shield Anti-Scam Campaign
This campaign helps older adults avoid being scammed by sharing critical information about current scams.
Slow Down Campaign
Speeding is a major issue in our neighborhoods. Slow down! You live here. We live here.
Train Track Safety
Trespassing on train tracks is against the law and has led to deaths in our county. About every three hours, a person or vehicle is hit by a train in the U.S. and Fairfax County wants to end that trend.
