Virginia Delegates Rosalyn Dance (D-Petersburg) and Riley Ingram (R-Hopewell) visited the Housing Resource Center in Petersburg to learn from our Flagler staff and the Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness (VCEH) how rapid re-housing has proven to be an effective model in reducing homelessness. Dance and Ingram then visited the home of Samantha Hinton, a single-mother of four who was rapidly re-housed by Flagler two years ago to hear her story.  She ...Read More

The National Alliance to End Homelessness blog featured the Villa's Flagler Housing & Homeless Services for our successful transition to rapid re-housing and receipt of the COA Innovative Practices Award. Check out the full NAEH blog post here. Many thanks to NAEH for their partnership in breaking the cycle of homelessness.  This year, Flagler will help 300 families find a permanent place to call home. How can you join the fight against ...Read More

Read more in the Richmond Times-Dispatch article 116 families benefit from housing blitz, published February 10, 2014. From October 17, 2013 to January 24, 2014, Flagler Housing & Homeless Services participated in Virginia's first-ever Rapid Re-Housing Challenge.  Thirty-one organizations across the state set a collaborative goal to place 500 homeless families in permanent housing in 100 days. In partnership with the National Alliance to End Homelessness, 545 families now have a home as a ...Read More

The national Council on Accreditation (COA) has presented St. Joseph's Villa with the 2013 Innovative Practices Award honoring the performance and quality improvement of our Flagler Housing & Homeless Services. Our case study submission about Flagler's multi-year transition to rapid re-housing and resulting outcomes was one of two selected winners in the nation. Click here to read our case study on the COA website.   "We are grateful to the COA for ...Read More

UPDATE: The workshop has been rescheduled for Spring 2014.  Stayed tuned for more information! It's been full steam ahead for Flagler Housing & Homeless Services since completing the transition to rapid re-housing on July 1st.  We anticipate helping 300 families at-risk for or experiencing homelessness obtain permanent housing before the end of 2013! Flagler is committed to providing wrap-around services that help individuals and families increase their ability to maintain stable housing. On Saturday, October 19, from 12-4 ...Read More

St. Joseph's Villa had the honor of welcoming Governor McDonnell to our campus on June 24, 2013 for his Road to Ending Homelessness Press Conference.  During the press conference, the Governor announced a 16% decline in homelessness throughout Virginia over the last three years.  He attributed much of the success to rapid re-housing and cited St. Joseph's Villa as a state leader in reducing homelessness.  Today (July 1, 2013), the Villa's ...Read More