“You have to keep looking forward and focus on the positives.” Although Aaran’s life has been difficult, she reminds herself of that mantra and what she has gone through to get to where she is. She has difficulty talking about what led to her incarceration in 2018 and what led to her homelessness after being […]
In Summer 2023, Teresa was excited to share her story and her hope for a brighter future. Teresa was working hard with New Hope Housing’s Operation Stream Shield program multiple days a week and had just landed a job with United Airlines. Although she was working hard and planning for the future, she had not […]
Dawn and Ed have been together for 15 years and can’t imagine being apart for even one day. When they first sought shelter, they learned they didn’t qualify as a family because they don’t have children with them. A bed for a woman was open, but none for men at the time. Separate or stay […]
Great news! An employment pilot program succeeded and is now a full program within Fairfax County – and we need volunteers to help! Last Fall, you might have seen us on NBC highlighting a pilot program to clean up Fairfax County’s streams. This program provided part-time work to guests at local shelters to pick up […]
October 24th was a beautiful sunny day as the scissors snipped the red ribbon and the doors opened to the new Bailey’s Shelter & Supportive Housing facility on Seminary Road. It had been 18 months since the ground-breaking on April 5th, 2018, and each person there was excited to enter the new building to see […]
You may have seen us on NBC recently! In case you didn’t, we’re excited to share a new partnership to help shelter guests get back to work! Starting October 1st, this pilot program with Fairfax County provides part-time work to guests at local shelters to pick up litter in and around our streams and remove […]
It was 1990: The first web server was created and became the foundation for the World Wide Web Archie, the first content search engine was introduced. Encyclopædia Britannica saw its highest all time annual sales – 120,000 volumes. Socialist governments were collapsing in Eastern Europe. Iraq invaded Kuwait. Jim Moran was first elected to Congress. […]
