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Permanent supportive housing works and it saves money. It is a proven solution to homelessness for people experiencing disabilities including mental illness and substance use disorders. This housing model is also effective for some ex-offenders and veterans.
VCEH has identified permanent supportive housing as one of our priority program areas. Our goal is to increase investment in permanent supportive housing in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
To guide our work in this area, VCEH has established an Advisory Workgroup. See below for the list of Advisory Workgroup members.
Click here for the VCEH Policy Brief on Permanent Supportive Housing.
George Braunstein, Executive Director, Fairfax County-Falls Church Community Services Board, Fairfax
Phyllis Chamberlain, Executive Director, Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness
Joy Cipriano, Director, Office of Property and Resource Development,
Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board, Hampton
Laura Dupuy, Executive Director, Lynchburg Neighborhood Development Foundation, Lynchburg
Claudia Gooch, Vice President for Community Planning and Development,
The Planning Council, Norfolk
Donna Harrison, Community Placement Coordinator, Virginia Department of Corrections,
Offender Release Services-Community Release Unit, Richmond
Pat Helton, Executive Director, Family Resource Center, Wytheville
Andy Kegley, Executive Director, Helping Overcome Poverty?s Existence (HOPE), Wytheville
Michelle Krocker, Executive Director, Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance, Fairfax County
Laura Lafayette, Chief Executive Officer, Richmond Association of Realtors, Richmond
Joel McNair, President and CEO, Pathway Homes, Fairfax County
Helen O’Beirne, Director, Center for Housing Leadership,
Housing Opportunities Made Equal Inc. of Virginia, Richmond
Michael Shank, Director of Community Support Services, Virginia Department of
Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Richmond
Mira Signer, Executive Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness - Virginia, Richmond
Kathy Talley, Deputy Executive Director, Virginia Supportive Housing, Richmond
Jim Tobin, Executive Director, Piedmont Community Services, Martinsville
Alice Tousignant, Executive Director, Virginia Supportive Housing, Richmond
Allison Wingfield, Executive Director, Rush Homes, Lynchburg
Michael Wong, Executive Director, Harrisonburg Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Harrisonburg
For more information on permanent supportive housing, visit the website of the Corporation for Supportive Housing.
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