This document summarizes efforts to end homelessness in Fairfax-Falls Church Community. It finds that preventing homelessness through community case management has helped reduce the number of first-time homeless. However, developing affordable housing remains a challenge due to limited resources. Stakeholders are encouraged to continue engagement and collaboration to identify impactful projects that can help house the vulnerable.

1. Ending Homelessness in the
Fairfax-Falls Church Community
Snapshot 2011
Homelessness is a real issue in our community.
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2. Implementing the 10-Year Plan
 Office to Prevent and End Homelessness
 Governing Board
 Business Engagement
 Consumer Advisory Council
 Foundation
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3. 2011 Snapshot
This is the second annual snapshot of communitywide data made
possible through a collaborative approach. It reflects the progress
toward the 10-Year Plan goals, our collective successes and challenges,
and the tremendous need that exists in our community.
• Building upon the baseline measures established in last year’s
Snapshot.
• Demonstrating success and identifying areas for development.
• 19 organizations including more than 120 programs used Homeless
Management Information System to collect and report data.
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4. Preventing Homelessness
Increased efforts to prevent and divert people from homelessness are
having a positive impact.
• The number of people homeless for the first time have decreased.
o FY 2010 – 1,639
o FY 2011 – 1,376
• 1,477 people served in community case management.
o 91% of people who were served by the HPRP federal stimulus
program have not become homeless.
o Continuously improving on program effectiveness and efficiency
based on lessons learned from local experience, as well as proven
successful strategies from other communities.
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5. Bringing People Home
Central to the Fairfax-Falls Church 10-Year Plan to Prevent and End
Homelessness is the development of 2,650 new affordable housing units
with appropriate support services for our most vulnerable neighbors.
• Increasing number of people moving from homelessness into
permanent housing
o FY 2010 – 482 people
o FY 2011 – 714 people
• Bridging Affordability
o DHCD in partnership with 9 nonprofits
o $3.5 million in long-term rental subsidies
• Housing Blueprint
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6. Challenge
Economically challenging times have hindered our collective ability to
identify and move individuals and families into housing quickly.
• Gaps in Housing Targets
o FY 2010 – Goal 124, Achieved 103 – Gap 21
o FY 2011 – Goal 228, Achieved 196 – Gap 32
• Context
o Potential loss of additional resources to the community for
affordable housing and support services from the federal
government and foundations.
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7. Solution
Homelessness impacts all of us and each of us has a role in ending it.
 Build on the successes of business engagement efforts, such as
Jeans Day.
 Continue to engage the faith community in efforts to develop new
housing opportunities.
 Identify specific projects that could have the greatest impact and
develop resources to implement.
 Focus on repurposing scarce existing resources and increasing
collaboration as all organizations do more with less.
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8. Take Action Today
The most vulnerable of our neighbors thank you
for your ongoing commitment and shared passion to
take action, inspire hope and create opportunities
for a better tomorrow.
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