DID YOU KNOW...

83% of households we help are families with children

We provide stable housing and other services for more than 1,000 working-class families each year

11% of Virginia families live in poverty
We help low-income families and individuals by providing affordable, stable housing and individualized case management that will help them address structural barriers to long-term housing like poor credit histories, itinerant rental histories, little or no savings, and low incomes.
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GSH provides grants up to $500 per family in the period of a year to prevent evictions, or help with first months rents and security deposits. Grant applicants are carefully evaluated for factors that lead to long-term housing stability, helping us keep households at risk of homelessness from losing their home. Eligible clients must live within the following zip codes: 22303, 22306, 22307, 22308, 22309, 22310, 22315, 22060, and 22079.
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NEWS
Sheehy supports causes through annual giving program
AUTO REMARKETING STAFF, Auto Remarketing; January 13, 2021 FAIRFAX, Va. - With its president saying that people have experienced extreme challenges over the past year, Sheehy Auto Stores is donating $115,500 among 22 charities throughout the communities they serve in...
Emergency rent, utility assistance help struggling families stay afloat
LESLIE MILLER, The Arlington Catholic Herald; January 12, 2021 La’Trell Smith Owens was working the front desk at a hotel when the coronavirus blew into Virginia last March. As states started putting restrictions in place to slow the spread of the virus, the travel...
EVENTS
- Feb 12Mardi Gras Virtual Cocktail Making Class
Bring a taste of NOLA home with this Mardi Gras cocktail class. John Shope from Catoctin Creek will be joining us again to help us all create a few iconic […] - Feb 19Virtual Concert Benefitting GSH Featuring Yasmin Williams
Join us for a virtual benefit concert with acoustic fingerstyle guitarist Yasmin Williams. With a compositional style that’s relaxing as well as inventive, Yasmin specializes in lap tapping, a technique that involves […]
See what some of the families are saying about how GSH was able to help them…
Office Address:
8305 Richmond Hwy #17B
Alexandria, VA 22309
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 15096
Alexandria, VA 22309
Phone: 1-703-768-9404
Fax: 703-768-9419
TTY: 711