Community Lodgings

Overview
Headquarters: 
Alexandria, VA, USA
Website: 
communitylodgings.org
Size: 
11-50 employees
Founded: 
1987
Annual Budget : 
$1-5M
Areas of Focus: 
Education
Housing / Shelter
Youth / Children
Populations Served: 
Children and Youth
Families
Homeless
Low Income
About Us
Mission: 

Community Lodgings based in Alexandria, Virginia, is a nonprofit whose mission is to lift families from homelessness and instability to independence and self-sufficiency through Transitional Housing, Affordable Housing and Youth Education Programs. We offer three core services to over 275 individuals daily. We own and operate five units of transitional housing and 40 units of affordable housing. Our clients are our neighbors.

Programs: 

Transitional Housing Program
Through our community-based Transitional Housing Program, Community Lodgings serves six homeless families per year. While in the program, the transitional families are provided with subsidized housing, family therapy, job counseling, child services, and enrichment learning opportunities through the award-winning Youth Education Program, ESL instruction, budget mentoring, and other assistance that helps them achieve self-sufficiency. The goal of this program is for families to move on to permanent housing within two years.

Affordable Housing Program
Community Lodgings provides 39 affordable housing units for low-income families in the Arlandria-Chirilagua neighborhood of Alexandria. Residents are predominantly Latino families who have few other options for permanent, affordable housing in the City

Youth Education Program (YEP)
The Youth Education Program provides afterschool and summer learning programs to 125 homeless and low-income students in grades 1-12 at three learning center sites. The goal of our YEP is to increase students’ academic achievement, reduce at-risk behaviors, and promote parental involvement. We work with students with the greatest need and greatest gaps in educational achievement

industry: 
Nonprofit