Arlington County Efforts to Address Homelessness
Arlington County’s Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness
The Arlington, Virginia’s Continuum of Care adopts its new Strategic Plan, A Way Home for All (September 2023).
A Way Home for All sets the community’s sights on an ambitious endeavor: ending homelessness for all by 2026. The plan is laid with the foundations of equity and best practice, grounding the 3 pillars of the homeless system: Prevention, Response, and Housing Pathways. Building on over a decade of practice and performance, while seeking new ways to meet present-day challenges, the Continuum of Care is guided by the following values and a new mission.
The Arlington Continuum of Care works to make homelessness rare, brief and non-recurring by providing affordable and sustainable housing, tailored services, and by centering the voices and expertise of people with lived experience of homelessness. In those efforts, the CoC values Accountability, Collaboration, Dignity, Equity, Innovation, and Integrity. Read the plan, A Way Home For All(PDF, 2MB), and learn about how you can participate in the Continuum of Care here: Continuum of Care Governance – Official Website of Arlington County Virginia Government (arlingtonva.us).
2024 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count Results
Each year, the Continuum of Care conducts a Point-in-Time Count to understand the scope of homelessness in our community. Please see a summary of 2024’s results here: 2024 PIT Results Summary(PDF, 2MB). This year, Arlington Virginia’s Continuum of Care also conducted a parallel count of youth and young adults. To learn more about the outcomes of this effort, please see a summary here: 2024 Youth PIT Results Summary(PDF, 582KB). Data from Arlington, VA is part of a regional analysis and annual report on homelessness by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) Homeless Services Planning and Coordinating Committee. Learn more at www.mwcog.org/homelessnessreport.
Continuum of Care (CoC) Governance
The CoC is governed by a number of Boards and Committees who guide and support implementation of local priorities, resource allocation, and the implementation of its Strategic Plan(PDF, 2MB). The Governance Charter can be found here(PDF, 689KB). More information on the CoC governance structure, committees, and how you can apply to be a member, can be found here.
Annual Reports