VB Home Now

The Organization provided a grant to the Judeo-Christian Outreach Center. to provide financial assistance to people participating in the emergency shelter and rapid rehousing programs. This funding will assist a minimum of 30 adult individuals with move-in and rental assistance to secure permanent housing. Funding will also assist a minimum of 10 individuals with emergency rental assistance to sustain housing.

The organization provided funds to the Housing Resource Center ("HRC") and the Virginia Beach Department of Housing and Neighborhood Preservation to provide deposits for homeless persons to obtain housing, prevention of persons being evicted from their homes and becoming homeless, landlord recruitment to obtain housing for homeless persons, and various supplies utilized by residents at HRC. Specifically, $61,475 was used to pay apartment complexes and property owners to prevent needy persons from being evicted from their homes; $14,790 was used to provide security deposits and rent to obtain housing for persons that were homeless; $6,860 were paid to landlords for recruitment of housing options for needy homeless persons; and $1,150 spent on various supplies utilized by residents at HRC. The HRC is a one-stop shop of services for families and individuals experiencing homelessness or a housing crisis. During 2023 HRC celebrated its five-year anniversary. When it opened in 2018, it became the first facility of its kind in South Hampton Roads, Virginia to integrate and co-locate shelter, housing and ancillary homeless support services in one building. The HRC provides 29 one-bedroom efficiency apartments; 10 motel-style family shelter rooms (40 beds); 55 single shelter beds; day services that include showers, laundry, mail and housing support; a dining hall providing meals to day services and HRC shelter participants; a comprehensive primary care health center; and various homeless and human services. During this five-year period, 829 adults were provided shelter in the singles shelter at HRC; 2,200 unsheltered adults were provided day services; 438 individuals (adults and children) were provided shelter in the family shelter at HRC; approximately 140,000 meals were served; and 3,944 patients were served at the health center. The HRC and the Department of Housing and Neighborhood Preservation received over 12,000 referrals for prevention services. In addition to the housing provided by HRC, over 2,200 households were prevented from becoming homeless, and 368 homeless households were diverted to alternative housing opportunities.

The Organization provided a grant to the Virginia Beach Education Foundation in partnership with VBCPS to be used to supply "beach bags" weekly during the school year (35 weeks) to students identified as homeless and/or needy. Each bag contains 10 shelf stable food items to sustain the students over weekends and school breaks. In total, the funds provided over 4,000 beach bags to students that had been identified as homeless and experiencing food insecurity.

Other service accomplishments include funds for providing feminine hygiene kits to women experiencing homelessness; funds for bus transportation, move-in kits, cookware, and basic household essentials, utility costs and resource materials for homeless persons. Provide funds for youth (up to 24 years of age) to maintain their emergency shelter program. Direct homeless individuals to a wide range of mental, physical and behavioral health services, fitness and nutrition programs, housing support financial services, and deposit and rental assistance and landlord engagement.