 Is your Help Desk guy sleeping in his car? Do his kids wash up in a public restroom before school? Is your colleague sleeping in a shelter because it's not safe to go home? Do you know whether the captain of your teens' basketball team even has a home? You'd be surprised.
Over the past nine years, Fairfax County and its nonprofit and business partners have done a tremendous job of reducing homelessness, increasing affordable housing and making Fairfax County a better place to live and work.
Lack of affordable housing in Fairfax--the number one challence to housing low income and homeless families--
impacts all of us who live and work in Fairfax, including our businesses and schools.
And there may be more bad news down the road. Proposed federal budget cuts could jeopardize the progress Fairfax County and its nonprofit partners have made in the 10-year plan to Prevent and End Homelessness.
Please join the discussion on:
Affordable Housing: It's Good for Business
WHAT:
Annual Breakfast on Affordable Housing, Low Income Families and the Homeless
WHEN
:
Thursday, May 18th
WHERE:
Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Baker-Tilly room
PRESENTED BY
: FAMILY PASS, a member of the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Partnership to Prevent and End Homelessness.
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The Good News:
The recently released 2017 Fairfax homeless count continued its 8th year of declining number of homeless on the county. But there's still work to be done to reach goals set in the 10-year plan.
This years count of homeless ih Fairfax showed that:
- 57% of adults in families that were homeless are employed
- 30% are children under the age of 18
- 80% of adults in homeless families are female and of those
- 60 out of 143 families are homeless due to domestic violence
 Agenda:
7:30-8:00 Networking
& Continental Breakfast
8:00 Welcoming Remarks
8:15 Panel Discussion 9:15 Q & A
Moderator:
Kathy Albarado, Founder and CEO of HeliosHR, Member, Northern Virginia Chamber Board of Directors.
Panelists:
- Vincent Rogers, Director of Housing and Community Development, Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority
- Thomas Barnett, Program Director, Office to Prevent and End Homelessness, Fairfax County
- John Sekas, President, Sekas Homes, member Governing Board, the Fairfax-Falls Church Partnership to Prevent and End Homelessness.
- Danielle Colon, Director, Domestic Violence Service, Shelter House
- Kathi Sheffel, Social Worker Liaison, Fairfax County Public Schools
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This program is made possible by our
Community Sponsor
TM Associates Management, Inc (TMAM) is one of the mid-Atlantic areas most reputable full-service residential property management companies. TMAM excels in the management of conventional and affordable housing, with LIHTC, HUD, USDA-RD, and/or Bond financing. TMAM has an in-house team of experts in LIHTC compliance which sets TMAM apart from the competition.
With additional support from Family PASS Friends:
Hair Cuttery's annual Share-a-Haircut this year donated 76,942 free haircuts for homeless families.
Cort Furniture works with Family PASS to provide
highly discounted gently-used furniture for clients relocation needs.
Since its founding more than 140 years ago,
Sandy Spring Bank has been an active and enthusiastic supporter of the communities we serve.
From sponsoring events to raising money for charity; coordinating community celebrations to rebuilding low income homes; and setting up in-school banks to teaching kids the value of saving money, Sandy Spring Bank is committed to making the communities we serve a better place to live, work and raise a family.
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Family PASS is supported in part with grants from the Consolidated Community Funding Pool and the Begun Foundation
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