Emergency Shelter Inc HomeAgain

Community Housing Services include two, highly effective financial assistance programs. Our signature program is the Rapid Rehousing Program that provides intense case management, housing search assistance and short-term rental assistance with the lease in the clients names. The Permanent Supportive Housing Program (PSH) provides long-term housing assistance to families impacted by disabilities in scattered site apartments across the Greater Richmond area. Leases for the program are in HomeAgains name and clients are sub-lessors. HomeAgains Communty Housing programs served 127 individuals and 98 households in FY 2024. Programs are operated in accordance with guidelines established by the Greater Richmond Continuum of Care for the Homeless.

The Mens/Veterans Shelter houses 20 adult men, and has 8 beds dedicated to serving U.S. Military Veterans. In FY 2024, the Mens/Veterans Shelter provided crisis housing services to 100 individuals (12 of these being Veterans). Services within the shelter include up to 90 days of crisis housing, case management, housing and job search assistance, workplace development, substance use prevention and mental health support. HomeAgain assists individuals in successfully rebuilding their lives to achieve stable housing.

The Espigh Family Shelter provided services to 144 individuals (of this count, 32 households with children). This program offers emergency shelter to up to 35 people, including single adult women and families with children of any composition. The program helps households avoid street homelessness by providing shelter, case management and other supportive services (including Rapid Rehousing for qualifying families) designed to quickly end homelessness and return families to stable housing. The facility includes a learning center for tutoring and a childrens playroom called Edwards Room. Both spaces house tutoring and enrichment activities and helps to lessen the traumatic impact of homelessness for residents of the shelter.