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Project and Partners

The Freddie Mac Foundation funded a three-year, $3 million dollar project to re-tool Virginia’s family homelessness system. Three partners were involved, each with a different set of responsibilities. The project partners worked together very closely, and held weekly conference calls to coordinate activities throughout the three-year project.

• The Commonwealth of Virginia was responsible for changes to state funding and coordination of state agencies through the Governor’s Coordinating Council on Homelessness. A dedicated State staff person was hired with Freddie Mac Foundation funding to support the Coordinating Council. Staff from the Department of Housing and Community Development was responsible for the shift in state funding to rapid re-housing.
• The Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness (VCEH) was responsible for working with local coordinating groups (Continuums of Care or CoCs) and private sector funders, and conducted advocacy work to increase awareness and funding for rapid re-housing in the state legislature.
• The National Alliance to End Homelessness (Alliance) was responsible for the training and technical assistance aspects of the project, including training nonprofits on rapid re-housing implementation, and data and systems changes initiatives. It also administered the Freddie Mac project.