Across Virginia, communities are accepting that homelessness is solvable. 1,000 Homes for 1,000 Virginians is a statewide initiative - led by the Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness - to house the 1,000 most vulnerable Virginians cycling between the streets, emergency shelters, hospital emergency rooms, jails and prisons. As part of the national campaign, the 1,000 Homes for 1,000 Virginians initiative aims to compile information about the most vulnerable people experiencing homelessness, in Richmond and across the state and then systematically house them before their homelessness causes them to die. Richmond is the first city to join this statewide initiative. Locally, Homeward and Virginia Supportive Housing are leading the campaign.
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