Hundreds of Volunteers Catalogue 462 Chronically Homeless People in Fairfax County
Here's what they found.
More than 200 volunteers spread across Fairfax County last week and registered 462 chronically homeless people. The volunteers held a debriefing and presented a report of their findings on Monday at the Jubilee Christian Center in Fairfax. Here's what they found: People who are chronically homeless must have lived on the street for more than one year or three times in the last four years. "We learned that chronic homelessness comes in many forms for many reasons," said Pam Michell, Executive Director of New Hope Housing, "and each story is unique and each solution is unique but that all solutions require stable affordable housing and supports and people who care." On Feb. 25, 26, and 27 the volunteers counted, photographed and collected …
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