A-SPAN provides life-sustaining services for Arlington's homeless. Our mission is to provide permanent housing for this vulnerable population through outreach, support and relationships built on trust and respect.
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A-SPAN provides life-sustaining services for Arlington's homeless. Our mission is to provide permanent housing for this vulnerable population through outreach, support and relationships built on trust and respect.
Homeless Bagged Meal Program
The Homeless Bagged Meal Program is at the foundation of A-SPAN's work with the homeless. Operated entirely by volunteers, meals are served at St. George's Episcopal Church/Oakland Park. Homeless Bagged Meal Program Volunteers may choose to prepare meals, serve meals, or both. Contact the Volunteer Coordinator at 703-228-7815.
VIsit http://www.a-span.org/baggedmeal.html for complete instructions on the preparation and serving of bagged meals.
Opportunity Place
The hub of operations at A-SPAN is Opportunity Place where homeless people receive a wide spectrum of services focused on assisting them to achieve stable income and housing. Funded primarily by HUD, the program provides street outreach, case management, and employment services including job training and placement. Partial funding is provided by United Way.
Opportunity Place programs are designed to assist clients in addressing their personal barriers to self-sufficiency with the support of staff and volunteers. Counseling, clothing, hygiene items, showers, washer & dryer, free local phone call, voice mail answering service, assistance obtaining personal identification, mail drop, and other services are available to homeless individuals during walk in hours.
Opportunity Place is located in the Shirlington area of Arlington County at 2708 S. Nelson Street on the second floor.
Walk-In Hours: 1 to 5 PM, Monday through Thursday
Appointment Hours: 9 AM to 5 PM Monday through Friday
For further information about Opportunity Place programs, contact Leonard Chari at (703) 854-0152.
Transitional Employment and Life Skills Training
Our Transitional Employment and Life Skills Program provides one-on-one assistance in areas of employment search such as resume writing, interview coaching, on-line applications, transportation assistance to get to and from job interviews and the use of a telephone line so that homeless individuals are able to receive messages from prospective employers.
Permanent Supportive Housing
A-SPAN has two HUD funded permanent supportive housing programs known as In-Roads and Striving Home that focus on homeless individuals who fit HUD's definition of chronic homeless and who have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness. Many of the people currently in this program went directly from the streets into housing, exemplifying the "housing first" model.
