Fairfax City Seeks Volunteers for New
Homelessness Task Force
The City of Fairfax has established the Homelessness Task Force to address the impact of homelessness within the city, both for individuals experiencing homelessness and the greater community.
The purpose of this task force is to help the city to be a community that supports all people, accomplished through facilitated community dialogue and interface with existing systems serving individuals at risk or experiencing homelessness.
The city encourages both residents and members of the business community to apply to participate on this task force. Applications will be accepted through 5 p.m. March 31. Please click here to apply for membership to the task force.
About the Homelessness Task Force
Led by Mayor Catherine Read, Councilmember Kate Doyle Feingold, and Councilmember So Lim, the task force will be comprised of city residents and representatives from city businesses (including at least one representative from Fairfax Circle businesses).
Also on the task force will be representatives from human service organizations connected to the Partnership to Prevent and End Homelessness service continuum, including the Lamb Center, FACETS, and the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board. The city human services director will serve as an advisor and staff support for the task force.
Key partners of the task force will include the city police department, city fire department (including a community paramedic), the city parks and recreation department, the city economic development office, the Office to Prevent and End Homelessness, City of Fairfax Regional Library, and the Central Fairfax Chamber of Commerce.
The task force will meet quarterly with an option to meet more frequently. Meetings, which will be open to the public, will be listed below and on the city calendar.
Task force members will be chosen through an application/interview process to ensure membership reflects diverse stakeholder perspectives.
Click here to visit the Homelessness Task Force webpage (fairfaxva.gov/homelesstaskforce) for more information.
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