VB Home Now is accepting proposals from organizations that assist families and individuals experiencing homelessness or a housing crisis in Virginia Beach.
Donor Name: VB Home Now Foundation
State: Virginia
City: Virginia Beach
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/31/2023
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
Specifically, the foundation is seeking innovative projects that contribute to the Virginia Beach homeless service system and will prioritize funding requests that provide resources, create partnerships, and address gaps within the community that directly impact the homeless and at-risk populations.
Funding Priority and Principles
VB Home Now prioritizes requests for funding that addresses gaps within the community directly impacting those individuals experiencing a housing crisis through the provision of resources and strategic partnerships. Specifically, they are looking for innovative projects to advance the work of the Virginia Beach homeless services system in making homelessness rare, brief and nonrecurring:
- To make homelessness rare they will need to strengthen the homeless response system’s capacity to prevent as many households as possible from experiencing homelessness by investing in programs that provide prevention services. Prevention services include the provision of financial assistance, rental subsidy and case management services to households who are experiencing a financial crisis and are most vulnerable to experiencing homelessness.
- Reduce the length of time households experience homelessness will advance the goal of making homelessness brief. Currently, the average length of time households experience homelessness after connecting with our system is 160 days. The goal is to reduce the time to 90 days. Additional investments in long and short-term housing subsidy programs are critical to increasing the system’s capacity to end a household’s episode of homelessness in the quickest amount of time.
The grants are looking for opportunities based on the principles of:
- Housing First
- Equity and Inclusivity
- Innovation
- Strategic collaboration
Performance Period
January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024.
Geographic Focus
VB Home Now initially and primarily welcomes funding requests from organizations serving residents of the city of Virginia Beach.
Eligibility Criteria
- Funding requests are generally funded to organizations with tax-exemption under section 501 (c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code.
- VB Home Now funds are exclusively intended to build programmatic capacity and provide direct assistance to clients in need. They do not fund operating costs such as salaries, fringe benefits, insurance or an organization’s rent/mortgage or utility expenses.
For more information, visit VB Home Now.
