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Nourishing
Families & Individuals
EMERGENCY FOOD
assisted 6,374 individuals
in 2,703 families through six food pantries.
FLOYD BACK PACK PROGRAM
served 172
children in 90 families.
Alleviating Immediate
Financial Crisis
EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
served 5,929
individuals in 2,469 families addressing basic
needs including shelter.
Keeping Tax Dollars Local
VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE
(VITA)
served 711 families who saved
$142,200 in tax preparation fees.
Support Services
VIRGINIA CARES
assisted 226 ex-offenders
to transition from prison or jail to society.
INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES
assisted 5,493 families.
Twenty-one
AMERICORPS MEMBERS
pro-
vided a combined 12,175 service hours.
Providing Shelter
HOUSING COUNSELING
provided 75 families
with knowledge to improve their housing and
financial situations.
HOMELESS and HOUSING PROGRAMS
assisted 85 families to obtain or maintain
permanent housing.
TO OUR HOUSE
winter shelter served 48
homeless men providing a total of 1,644 bed-
nights and 4,932 meals.
Early Childhood Education/
Family Support
HEAD START
provided comprehensive
education, nutrition, health, parent involvement
and social services to 369 pre-school children.
CHILDREN’S HEALTH IMPROVEMENT
PARTNERSHIP (CHIP)
provided 232 children
(ages 0-6) in 136 families with improved health
care, parent education and case management.
Transforming and Inspiring for over 50 years!
New River Community Action
provided services to 12,441
unduplicated individuals in
2015-2016.