Northern Virginia Family Service

Early childhood education services - see schedule o.

Health services - see schedule o.

Intervention & prevention services:multicultural center for trauma recovery - the multicultural center identifies the most common barriers to wellbeing faced in american society and provides a trauma-informed, culturally relevant response (through case management, mental health, and/or immigration legal services) tailored to each client's unique needs and capacity. The multicultural center helps clients to meet their basic needs, improve their mental health and family relationships, transition out of unhealthy situations (such as domestic violence), and attain durable status so they can become independent, contributing members of their new community. In fy24, 278 clients received individual mental health services, 90% of whom showed stable or improved mental health functioning after participating in services for more than three months; and 152 clients received case management services, with 81% of households who received long-term case management services showing stability or improvement in their community integration and economic independence.youth initiatives - nvfs's youth initiatives programs provide therapeutic case management, trauma-informed mental health, and group-based services that reduce family and community violence in specific high-need neighborhoods by intervening with at-risk youth and families experiencing multiple, complex needs stemming from family reunification. Services are offered to youth and their families in english or spanish and are provided in the home, school, or community. Programming includes csa case support; the intervention, prevention, and education (ipe) program; family reunification program; trafficking victims assistance program and aspire; violence prevention and intervention program (vpip); and youth substance abuse support resource navigation services. In fy24, intensive case management and group services were provided to 670 youth and their parents to promote healthy relationships. As a result, 83% of youth with known gang involvement demonstrated a reduction or elimination of gang participation, 95% of participants in the gang prevention program improved their school performance (including improvement in behavior, attendance, and/or gpa), and 93% of youth participants in family reunification group services became more resilient and less likely to engage in risky behavior such as involvement in gangs, human trafficking, and/or in other unhealthy relationships.

Anti-hunger services:anti-hunger - nvfs' hunger resource center (hrc) engaged a comprehensive network of resources to provide emergency food to more than 3,000 individuals in fy24. During the year nvfs worked to address barriers to food access by hosting several mobile food pantry "pop ups". In addition to basic food items, community members were able to connect with a variety of other nvfs and safety net resources. Additionally, over 100,000 meals at nvfs' serve family shelter are supplied annually by the hrc, which provides three (3) daily meals to nvfs' homeless shelter guests. The hrc is located on the nvfs serve campus in manassas and is the largest food distribution center in greater prince william.

Special initiatives: nvfs has launched several special initiatives, including community inreach, mental health capacity building, some of which are an evolution of our covid-19 crisis response. Community inreach is a neighborhood-based initiative that builds trusted relationships with residents and helps them identify and navigate many safety net services. Community inreach is focused on communities in loudoun, prince william, and fairfax counties. In line with our strategic goal to further develop our trauma informed competency, mental health capacity building has included training on core competencies and mental health first aid across program areas. Nvfs also administered a temporary "resource navigation" program, over the summer, in response to the sudden closure of another loudoun non-profit. The goal of the program was to support clients of that agency navigate to other community resources, including nvfs programs, that could continue to provide support in key areas of food, youth development programs and other basic needs. In addition, in fy24 nvfs operated eight affordable rental units in prince william county. These homes are designated for families living at 50% or 80% of the median family income with the goal of providing an affordable housing option to families with low-income. Nvfs launched is its first resident services contract in 2024 in loudoun county with a greater focus on the residents in affordable housing, instead of the development and/or management of physical affordable rental units.

Work, life, and innovation:escala - escala serves as a capacity building technical assistance partner to entrepreneurs who have traditionally been underserved. Escala provides technical assistance through individualized consulting and training workshops in both english and spanish to help entrepreneurs develop the knowledge, skills, and social and economic capital integral to achieve their intended outcome of launching a sustainable small business.training futures - training futures teaches marketable job skills using a "transformational learning" methodology that addresses the emotional state of trainees as they enter the program and systematically builds up their sense of identity and what is possible in their lives. Training futures delivers in-demand job skills training through an intensive, cohort model in which trainees experience a workplace culture; develop foundational digital skills and digital literacy; participate in an internship/capstone project; engage in individualized coaching; and receive customized job search, retention, and employment services support. In fy24, 65 trainees participated in three (3) training cohorts; 68% of graduates demonstrated improved digital literacy and graduated from the program and 41% had improved employment outcomes. Vehicles for change twenty (20) cars were distributed to families with low-income in fy24, ensuring they had reliable transportation to travel to their jobs, attend school, make doctors' appointments, and transport their children to childcare.career navigation - career navigation is an individualized, person-to-person approach that supports clients to increase their economic stability. Career navigators work with clients to identify goals and create an action plan to achieve career success. Career navigators support clients through career exploration and planning; interest assessments; goal-setting; identifying and pursuing credentials and certifications, when necessary; starting small businesses; identifying challenges and existing community resources to overcome those challenges; preparing tools and assisting in the job application process by helping to tailor resumes, practice interview skills, update linkedin profiles, etc.; and much more. Career navigators meet clients in locations convenient to them sometimes meeting during evening and weekend hours.

Ventures:teamup - employers partner with nvfs navigators to teamup and offer on-site workforce development services during work hours for employees who earn less than a living wage. Navigators work with each employee to identify challenges and create a customized plan that includes setting goals (such as earning a degree, developing new skills, saving money, etc.) and linking employees to resources including housing, childcare, transportation, financial planning, and healthcare.thrift shop - nvfs operates a thrift shop in falls church, which provides opportunities for individual, corporate, and community volunteerism while generating financial support for nvfs programs through the sale of donated goods.

Child placement:nvfs' therapeutic foster care program recruits, trains, and supports resource families to provide therapeutic care for foster care children and youth (ages birth through 18) who have significant behavioral, emotional, developmental, cognitive, and medical needs. Resource families participate in an intensive, evidence-based pre-service training and nvfs' therapeutic foster care program staff provide resource families with ongoing in-service training opportunities and the practical and emotional supports/resources they need to meet the significant parenting challenges they face day in and day out. In fy24, foster care was provided to 8 children. Nvfs closed the foster care program as of the end of fy24. Each child that was remaining in foster care at the end of the fiscal year had a comprehensive transition plan.