Friends Of Falls Church Homeless Shelter

217 Gordon Road
Falls Church, VA 22046

(703) 854-1400 Visit Website

Class of Housing/Services: Homeless shelter, Medical Help, Hot Meals, Counseling

General Information:
Seasonal homeless shelter. Opens in November. Case Management is year round. Contact for details.   Services Provided: Counseling: Shelter staff provides intake and crisis counseling to all Shelter residents. Staff also advise residents on available city, county, and other available social services and provide contacts to be consulted. The Shelter has also established working relationships with the Lamb Center and the First Christian Church Day Services to meet resident needs when the Shelter is closed. Falls Church City and Fairfax County human services personnel visit the Shelter on a regular basis to dialogue with residents as do representatives of the Unity Club of Falls Church and the Fairfax/Falls Church Community Services Board. Warm Beds: The Shelter is able to house 12 individuals, 10 men and 2 women. The Friends have an explicit policy of reserving two beds for women, who have separate sleeping and shower facilities. Each resident has his/her own bed and locker and may reserve a bed for the following night. If a resident does not show up at the shelter by the established time, the reserved bed is made available to other individuals who are experiencing homelessness. Residents stayed at the Shelter an average 25 nights last season. Hot Meals: Volunteers provide hot meals and deliver them to the Shelter every evening. Most meals are made and delivered by individual families, although local school children and local restaurants also provide meals. Faith communities in the Falls Church area take turns in providing breakfast items as well as staples for the week ( milk, juices, bread, fruit, snacks, etc.) Life Skills Classes: Life skills classes and resources are made available to all shelter residents.  Classes are held weekly in the meeting room. Topics of discussion include, but are not limited to, the following: Crisis intervention, anger management, budgeting skills, available community services and how to access such resources, and Out of Poverty. Medical Help: Fairfax County Health provides the services of a nurse practitioner that periodically visits the Shelter and is also available for telephone consultations. Socialization: The smallness of the Shelter provides residents with unique socialization opportunities among residents, staff, volunteers, and Falls Church City and County staff. Independent surveys among residents continuously rate the Shelter as very welcoming and over 90% of past residents say that they would recommend the Shelter to other individuals experiencing homelessness.

Website: http://www.fallschurchshelterfriends.org

Helpful Definitions For Friends Of Falls Church Homeless Shelter:
Emergency Homeless Shelters both provide short term relief for the homeless and low income persons. Usually there is a maximum stay of 3 months or less. Many of these shelters ask their clients to leave during the day. Meals and other supportive services are often offered. 3 times out of 5 these shelters offer their services free of charge.



How To Volunteer at Friends Of Falls Church Homeless Shelter:
Be a volunteer. Call Friends Of Falls Church Homeless Shelter at (703) 854-1400 for current volunteer work opportunities.

As A General Note About ShelterListings.org Listings:
ShelterListings.org does our best to provide listings that are free of cost. Many of the homeless shelters and services are free of charge. Some do charge small fees. We always urge the users of our website to visit the websites of the providers listed, OR give them a phone call to find out complete details.

In furtherance; Halfway Houses, Transitional Housing, and Substance Abuse Treatment Centers for the most part charge a fee. Most of the substance abuse resources we provide are low cost, Medicaid or sliding scale fee. We provide as much information as possible on the website of these locations.

Rooming and Boarding Houses do charge fees. We list them where we find them. They are a nice low cost option for housing.

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