Partner: St. Joseph's Villa

Advisor: Drew Melson

Adriana, a rapid rehousing participant with St. Joseph’s Villa, is residing in a hotel with her two daughters and eight grandchildren. Her debilitating chronic health conditions prevent her from working and caring for herself, yet she does all she can to provide care for one of her adult daughters who has a developmental disability and is unable to live independently. Adriana’s other adult daughter was recently released from incarceration and has not yet obtained employment. Adriana would be grateful for assistance with a rental deposit, to help her obtain more suitable housing accommodations for her family.

Partner: St. Joseph's Villa

Advisor: Drew Melson

Adriana, a rapid rehousing participant with St. Joseph’s Villa, is residing in a hotel with her two daughters and eight grandchildren. Her debilitating chronic health conditions prevent her from working and caring for herself, yet she does all she can to provide care for one of her adult daughters who has a developmental disability and is unable to live independently. Adriana’s other adult daughter was recently released from incarceration and has not yet obtained employment. Adriana would be grateful for assistance with a rental deposit, to help her improve housing accommodations for her family.

Partner: St. Joseph's Villa

Advisor: Drew Melson

Tori, a mother of two, recently escaped an abusive and violent relationship and is now seeking safe and stable housing. She has been homeless for the last two months – she is currently employed, but is living out of her car and getting friends to provide childcare while she is working. Assistance with a rental deposit would help give Tori and her children a permanent place to call home.

Partner: Caritas

Advisor: Jenn Patterson

Walter has recently come to shelter after completing substance use disorder treatment in Kentucky. Walter has significant eye decompensation due to complex medical issues, and needs support in purchasing eye glasses in order to aid him in finding employment. Walter unfortunately has already accessed his medical support for obtaining eye wear.

Partner: Caritas

Advisor: Tori Purcell

Kim has been staying at CARITAS Women's Emergency Shelter for the past week. She has been working on her employment search since coming to shelter. However, her phone bill was turned off which makes her employment search difficult. Your assistance will allow her to get her phone turned back on and increase the productivity of her job search.

Partner: Henrico County Public Schools Office of Family & Community Engagement

Advisor: Virginia Hansom

Crystal is a single mom who wants to be able to support her daughter's goal of achieving an advanced diploma. Her daughter needs an additional foreign language credit over the summer to make this happen. Due to Crystal's recent surgeries and her daughter's health condition, she isn't financially able to afford the online summer course fee. Assistance with this expense will ensure that her daughter is able to achieve her educational goal.

Partner: Henrico County Public Schools Office of Family & Community Engagement

Advisor: Virginia Hansom

Crystal is a single mom who wants to be able to support her daughter's goal of achieving an advanced diploma. Her daughter needs an additional foreign language credit over the summer to make this happen. Due to Crystal's recent surgeries and her daughter's health condition, she isn't financially able to afford the online summer course fee. Assistance with this expense will ensure that her daughter is able to achieve her educational goal.

Partner: Caritas

Advisor: Jenn Patterson

David has been experiencing homelessness intermittently over the past two years. He has been in the shelter for the past few months due to his rent increasing $400 a month, and him not having enough work to sustain his rent. David works with Staff Zone, but has limited opportunities to pick up shifts due to a lack of transportation. Supporting David with a bike and a bike lock would allow him to be able to pick up more shifts, which would support him in finding stability in housing.

Partner: Henrico County Public Schools Office of Family & Community Engagement

Advisor: Virginia Hansom

Yolanda is a single mother of 4 with 2 sons graduating this year and one of them leaving for college to Mary Baldwin in August. She will have college expenses. Yolanda is out of work due to having surgery because of a job-related injury and will be out in recovery for 3 months. She had an insurance agent sign her up for insurance however he didn't sign her up for the short-term disability. She found this out after surgery. This assistance will help her until she can get back to work.

Partner: Henrico County Public Schools Office of Family & Community Engagement

Advisor: Virginia Hansom

Crystal is a single mom who is trying to pay past rental fees. She has been interviewing for jobs but also needs transportation to get home from work. Being unable to work has put her and her family in a situation where she is facing eviction from her apartment.

Partner: Henrico County Public Schools Office of Family & Community Engagement

Advisor: Virginia Hansom

Crystal is a single mom who is trying to pay past rental fees. She has been interviewing for jobs but also needs transportation to get home from work. Being unable to work has put her and her family in a situation where she is facing eviction from her apartment.

Partner: Caritas

Advisor: Tori Purcell

April came to CARITAS Women's Emergency Shelter about a week ago. She has been working on finding full time employment and has been using staff office phones to make employment related phone calls as her cell phone bill has been turned off. Your support will allow her to get her phone turned back on and continue to work on her employment search.

Partner: Caritas

Advisor: Jenn Patterson

Eddie has been experiencing homelessness since December of 2022 and has recently been connected to shelter. While he is in the process of being connected to Medicaid and Medicare, he is unable to afford prescriptions for his mental and physical health. Support in affording his medications would allow him to stabilize his health while working on other barriers toward housing.

Partner: Safe Harbor

Advisor: Victoria Barahona

Sally is a single mother of two and a survivor of sexual and domestic violence. Sally is experiencing severe medical concerns due to her type 1 diabetes. Due to her medical problems, she has not been able to work as much. Due to her inability to work, she has fallen behind on her water bill and received a cut-off notice this week. This support would help Sally and her family overcome this financial barrier.

Partner: St. Joseph's Villa

Advisor: Drew Melson

After experiencing homelessness, Laila is now working two jobs and hopes to maintain the housing she has obtained. However, finding reliable transportation to work has been a challenge for Laila. Assistance with transportation costs would help Laila afford this month’s bills and continue on her journey to self-sufficiency and independence.

Partner: Henrico County Public Schools Office of Family & Community Engagement

Advisor: Virginia Hansom

Crystal is a single mom who is trying to pay past rental fees. She has been interviewing for jobs but also needs transportation to get home from work. Being unable to work has put her and her family in a situation where she is facing eviction from her apartment.

Partner: Caritas

Advisor: Jenn Patterson

Robert has been experiencing homelessness since a knee injury has left him without work. Without work, he lost income and housing. Robert has accessed medical services to address his knee injury, and has found the stability in shelter to focus on gaining employment. Robert has a vehicle, but without income does not have gas money to be able to attend interviews and secure employment. A gas card would allow him to be able to do this.

Partner: Caritas

Advisor: Tori Purcell

Melanie has been staying at CARITAS Women's Emergency Shelter since the beginning of May. While here, she's started working so that she can catch up on bills and begin applying for housing. Melanie has been very driven and focused on her goals and moving forward. However, she has a phone bill that she has been unable to catch up on. She relies on her phone for work and for communication with her case managers and landlords. Your assistance will allow her to pay this bill before her phone gets cut off, as well as to continue to focus on working and saving for housing.

Partner: Caritas

Advisor: Jenn Patterson

Terrence has been in shelter for 30 days, and due to his consistency in meeting with the case manager and working towards his housing plan, he was offered a job with the shelter as a maintenance tech. As such, Terrence travels between the different facilities of the agency to make repairs, but needs a form of transportation to be able to get to and from easily. A bike and lock would facilitate him in being able to get to and from work daily, and would also mean an ability to get to and from work once he is stably housed.

Partner: Safe Harbor

Advisor: Lily Miller

part 2/2. Carrie is a survivor of domestic violence and a single mother. She is currently living in a transitional program while trying to save for her own place! She was able to save up to purchase a car this year but needs assistance making her June car payment totaling $355. Multiple deaths in the family, unfortunately, set her back on her bills and she would greatly appreciate any support!