NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICE
Investing in Families, Strengthening Communities
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Since 1924, NVFS has empowered individuals and families to achieve self-sufficiency and stability through services that provide the essential building blocks for financial, emotional, and physical wellbeing. NVFS provides integrated programs and services aligned with specific needs along its service continuum, ranging from short-term, immediate needs such as food, shelter, and safety to long-term goal-setting and sustained wellbeing. Each year, we impact the lives of more than 35,000 vulnerable individuals and families across Northern Virginia including Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William counties, and the surrounding cities.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Healthy Families
NVFS Healthy Families, affiliated with Healthy Families America, provides the tools, guidance and support that families need to build a healthy, successful life. The program provides free services in Arlington, Fairfax and Prince William counties and the city of Alexandria to promote healthy child development, and to prevent child abuse and neglect, for families with children pre-birth to age 3 or 4 (depending on jurisdiction).
Healthy Families’ four goals are to promote positive, nurturing, responsive parenting; improve child health and development; promote school readiness; and prevent child abuse and neglect.
Head Start & Early Head Start
NVFS’ Early Head Start programs provide tools and resources to pregnant women and parents of children ages 0-3 at home and at our centers so that they can build a brighter future for their family. NVFS Early Head Start offers home-based and center-based programs in Arlington, Loudoun and Prince William counties.
At our centers, children receive:
Full-day, full-year care, with a child-centered approach to learning
Daily nutritious meals
Coordinated services to provide comprehensive solutions to the child’s health and educational needs
In our home-based program, parent educators come to participants’ homes for weekly 90-minute education sessions. Families gather twice a month for play and socialization, and are linked with a variety of resources and services according to their needs.
NVFS also offers Head Start for children ages 3-5, as well as our Healthy Families home-visiting program for families with children ages pre-birth to 3 or 4 years old depending on jurisdiction.
SERVE
The SERVE campus houses a variety of programs that help our neighbors receive the immediate assistance they need, such as food and shelter, and develop the potential for future success, including rapid re-housing, health access and services for children. SERVE has been part of the Greater Prince William community since 1975 and merged with NVFS in 2009.
Family Shelter & Housing Programs:
With 92 beds, the SERVE Family Shelter is Northern Virginia’s largest family homeless shelter; on average, more than 40 percent of shelter guests are children. NVFS also helps families and individuals with housing and homelessness prevention, including rent and utility assistance to avoid evictions and disconnections.
Food Assistance:
The 8,000-square-foot Hunger Resource Center (HRC) serves more than 600 families per month, and nearly 9,000 unique individuals per year, with food and essentials. The HRC also houses NVFS’ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) outreach and nutritional education programs to ensure families are educated on and able to afford healthy food.
Youth Services:
Healthy Families and Early Head Start foster learning and development in young children and provide their parents with the tools to continue this growth. In addition to an on-site Early Head Start classroom, two home-based programs help 67 families build strong parenting skills and ensure children are healthy and meet developmental milestones.
Health Access:
NVFS’ health access programs connect children and adults with free or reduced-cost medical and dental care, as well as prescription medications. Access to appropriate health care ensures families and individuals maintain good health, which improves their overall well-being and self-confidence.
Multicultural Human Services
NVFS’ Multicultural Center (MC) provides a wide range of mental health and case management services, particularly for individuals and families new to the U.S., and is a centralized location from which clients can quickly become integrated into their new community. Our services include:
Immigration Legal Services
Counseling and Mental Health Services (Individuals, Couples, Families)
Groups: Anger Management, Domestic Violence Support Group, Batterer’s Intervention Program
Program for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (PSTT) and Trafficking Survivor Services
Domestic Violence Services
Case Management Services
Information & Referral
Financial Literacy
Money Management for Seniors
Training Futures
Training Futures is a nationally recognized workforce development program with proven results, providing training for living-wage professional office careers. It offers an innovative curriculum in a simulated office environment with two primary goals:
1) To help under- and unemployed adults secure professional careers with potential for advancement. Over 25 weeks, trainees learn technical skills (including Microsoft Office and business math), speaking and writing skills, how to function successfully in American corporate culture and much more. Trainees receive performance reviews and are expected to dress professionally, arrive on time, complete office assignments and interact professionally with staff and fellow trainees. Resume and interview preparation, as well as career research and job search techniques, are provided during and after the program.
2) To meet the needs of local employers who seek qualified, entry-level workers. Local employers have the opportunity each cycle to host an intern from Training Futures. Training Futures also provides free job matching services for employers who may wish to hire a qualified program graduate.
Training Futures was launched in 1996 and has since trained more than 2,200 people from diverse backgrounds and experience. Within six months of graduation, 72% of trainees secure full-time employment in an office environment. The employment rate of graduates far exceeds those of other national programs, placing Training Futures in the top-performing echelon.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of clients served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Ethnic and racial groups, Families, Health, Social and economic status
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Average hourly wage of clients who became employed after job skills training
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Training Futures
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
% of trainees successfully completed the program and graduated
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Training Futures
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of people within the organization's service area accessing food aid
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
SERVE
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
% of Head Start students demonstrating school readiness
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Head Start & Early Head Start
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of days of average length of SERVE Shelter stay
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Families
Related Program
SERVE
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of people who received clinical mental health care
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Multicultural Human Services
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
% of target children who had a primary health care provider within 2 months of birth or enrollment
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Infants and toddlers
Related Program
Healthy Families
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Northern Virginia Family Service’s (NVFS) breadth, depth and scope of services offer the resources and support to ensure that everyone in need, at every stage of life, maximizes their potential and fully contributes to a thriving community. We provide the essential building blocks for financial, emotional and physical well-being, serving as leaders and innovators for the Northern Virginia community. Every year, we empower 35,000 individuals to achieve self-sufficiency. With these essential resources, our community is better equipped for future success and engagement among all of our neighbors.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
NVFS has 25 board members acting on seven different committees to address financial, human resources, strategic planning, diversity and inclusion work, and other organizational efforts. In response to the disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on communities of color and foreign-born populations in combination with the racial awakening of 2020, NVFS sharpened our focus on the role the agency plays in creating an equitable community for all. In 2021, the NVFS Board of Directors approved the 2021 Strategic Plan which outlines a number of commitments to deepen the level of support offered to those who come to us for assistance—predominately people of color with low income. This includes strengthening service delivery; bolstering fundraising and business development opportunities; and advancing our equity, diversity, and inclusion work.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Our organization has the benefit of having the support of local business, faith-based organizations and individuals that keep NVFS' mission alive through contributions and volunteerism. We also have a diverse and knowledgeable group of 350+ staff and 25 board members that bring fresh ideas and problem-solving techniques to expand the agency's mission throughout the Northern Virginia Region.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
NVFS focuses support on children and adults who have experienced trauma, lack access to resources, and/or who are from historically disinvested and immigrant communities in Northern Virginia, with a particular emphasis on those with an income at or below 200% of the federal poverty line. Historically, NVFS clients—66% of whom identify as Hispanic and 21% as Black or African American—have experienced disproportionate impacts of racism and discrimination, making it more difficult for them to achieve self-sufficiency than their white peers.
Last year, NVFS helped more than 35,000 individuals on their path to self-sufficiency across 9 different program areas including Child Placement, Community Housing, Early Childhood Education (Head Start and Early Head Start), Healthy Families, Health Access and Anti-Hunger, Homeless Services, the Multicultural Center for Trauma Recovery, Workforce Development, and Youth Initiatives.
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NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY SERVICE
Board of directorsas of 09/27/2023
Dr. Jennifer Lindsey
Kevin DeSanto
Capital One / KippsDeSanto
Deborah Rosenberg
Transurban
Steve Gladis
Steve Gladis Leadership Partners
Rose Odenyo
EY
Marc Katz
CustomInk
Rene Salas
Retired
Casey Veatch
Veatch Commercial Real Estate
Kris Manning
Clrk Construction
Lynda Boggs
Deloitte
Xenia Garofalo
Eversheds Sutherland
Sonia McCormick
PNC
Jessie Clark
Carefree Boat Club
Luanne Gutermuth
LSG Solutions
Sam Hill
Retired
Lauren Peterson
The Peterson Companies
Marjie Alloy
Alloy Family Foundation
Lucas Collazo
INOVA Children's Hospital
Lynne Halbrooks
Nichols Liu
Richmond Hill
Northern Virginia Community College
Katie Joyce
KPMG
Alexander McDonald
Capital Impact Partners
Jennifer Siciliano
UVA Health
Vandana Sinha
American City Business Journals
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
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