Family PASS presents: Affordable Housing in Fairfax: It's Good for Business

Please join us in a discussion on how a lack of affordable housing in Fairfax impacts the working homeless, low income families and our workforce, our community and our schools.  This program will also explore what proposed federal budget cuts could mean to our businesses and our community – to the homeless and low income families next year. 
WHAT: Second Annual Breakfast on Affordable Housing, Low Income Families and the Homeless
WHEN:  Thursday, May 18^th
WHERE:  Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Baker-Tilly room
PRESENTED BY: FAMILY PASS, a member of the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Partnership to Prevent and End Homelessness with support from:
Our Community Sponsor T.M.Associates Management,
and Family PASS Friends: In 2016 the count of homeless in Fairfax showed that:

• 66% of adults in families that were homeless are employed
• 32% are children under the age of 18
• 80% of adults in homeless families are female and of those
• 33% are victims of domestic violence

 
Please join the discussion with representatives from the public, private and non-profit sectors at this annual event that provides an update on homelessness in Fairfax County, the status of affordable housing, and addresses how low income and the working homeless impact Fairfax businesses.
Agenda:
7:30 Networking and Continental Breakfast                     8:00 Welcoming Remarks
8:15 Panel Discussion                                                            9:15  Q & A
 
Moderator: Kathy Albarado, Founder and CEO of Helios HR, Member, Northern Virginia Chamber Board of Directors
Panelists:  

• Vincent Rogers, Director of Housing and Community Development, Fairfax County  Redevelopment and Housing Authority
• Thomas Barnett, Program Director, Office to Prevent and End Homelessness, Fairfax County
• John Sekas, President, Sekas Homes, Member Governing Board, the Fairfax-Falls Church Partnership to Prevent and End Homelessness
• Danielle Colon, Director, Domestic Violence Service, Shelter House
• Kathi Sheffel, Social Worker Liaison, Fairfax County Public Schools     
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• Family PASS is a member of the Fairfax-Falls Church Partnership to Prevent and End Homelessness and receives support, in part from the Consolidated Community Funding Pool.