Program areas at Caritas
Shelter - Caritas offers adult services and is the largest and most inclusive emergency shelter in central Virginia providing food, shelter, client assistance, and a pathway back to self-sufficiency. Caritas helps more than 550 individuals annually.
Works - Caritas runs an intensive six-week workforce development and life skills program for men and women with significant barriers to employment including homelessness, addiction, and felony convictions. More than 88% of works students leave the program employed and equipped to thrive in the community.
Furniture bank - Caritas accepts donations of new and gently used furniture, kitchenware, linens, and basic household items at central Virginia's only furniture bank, which serves more than 650 families annually. Equipped with basic household goods, these families can dedicate their resources to breaking the cycle of homelessness and poverty.
Caritas operates a residential recovery program for women struggling with substance use disorders. The facility includes a stabilization unit, recovery program, medical clinic, transitional program, aftercare services, and an alumni association.
Recovery residences - Caritas provides stable housing at a reasonable cost in a sober living environment, and utilizes resource connections to enhance individual support networks, employment opportunities, self-awareness and self-esteem in order to provide a close community that provides a jumping off point for individuals to practice their own pathway to recovery.
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