SAMARITAN HOUSE, INC
Stop the Violence. Start the Healing.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Samaritan House is committed to fostering personal safety, growth, and self-sufficiency in adults and children through freedom from domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and families at risk of becoming homeless. We are dedicated to identifying and eliminating the root cause of violence wherever possible through prevention education, advocacy, community outreach and education.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Samaritan House Services and Programs
Samaritan House provides a wide range of comprehensive programs and services that are free to victims of violence (sexual and domestic violence and human trafficking) and homeless families. Services are community-based and residential, such as but not limited to, crisis intervention through its 24-hour hotline, emergency safe housing placement, individualized case management, financial literacy, vocational assistance, victim advocacy (including safety planning, lethality assessment, private legal and legal aid referrals, court and hospital accompaniment) individual counseling, support groups, comprehensive children’s services (including developmental screenings and art/play therapy, individual counseling) and permanent housing placement through a robust rapid re-housing and stabilization program (including financial assistance with rent subsidies). In addition, Samaritan House's provides a community-based outreach and education program and a primary prevention program to help build awareness of sexual and domestic violence along with human trafficking in the community. These programs are available to anyone interested in strategies to preventing and ending violence in our communities and are free of charge.
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.
Average number of service recipients per month
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Families
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Samaritan House Services and Programs
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of low-income families housed in affordable, well-maintained units as a result of the nonprofit's efforts
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Family relationships, Age groups
Related Program
Samaritan House Services and Programs
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of direct care staff who received training in trauma informed care
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Samaritan House Services and Programs
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of children served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
Samaritan House Services and Programs
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Total number of counseling sessions performed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth
Related Program
Samaritan House Services and Programs
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
Download strategic planHow we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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SAMARITAN HOUSE, INC
Board of directorsas of 03/20/2023
Judge Glen Huff
Virginia Court of Appeals
Term: 2019 - 2021
Mary Elizabeth Davis
Davis Law Office
Richard "Dick" Nottingham
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Dana Poole
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Ken Shewbridge
Retired-Business Owner
Susie Fulcher
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David Kenerson
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Ali Gunbeyi
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Glenn Huff
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David Kennerson
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Jody Luck
Retired, Wealth Advisor
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
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Sexual orientation
Disability
Equity strategies
Last updated: 03/24/2021GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more
- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.