Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission

Pathway Homes is a nonprofit organization based in Fairfax, VA, dedicated to providing housing and supportive services for adults facing serious mental illness and co-occurring disabilities in Northern Virginia and Washington D.C. Through their housing-focused model of care, they serve over 2,000 individuals, offering 526 permanent supportive housing units to foster recovery and self-fulfillment. Committed to social justice, Pathway Homes also emphasizes the importance of community engagement, relying on the support of donors, volunteers, and local partners. Their impactful services significantly reduce the costs associated with hospitalization and incarceration while ensuring that individuals in need receive the care and stability they deserve. Generated from the website

The Tahirih Justice Center is an innovative, efficient, and strategic nonprofit organization that works to protect immigrant women and girls from gender-based violence through legal services, advocacy, and public education programs. Focused on our mission, we also work to maintain and grow our organizational capacity. Our dedicated staff, infrastructure, processes, policies, and procedures make the Tahirih Justice Center better able to provide life-saving protection for our clients. We intentionally foster a learning environment ; to that end, we have integrated processes for continuous reflection, evaluation, feedback, and learning that include: A professional development stipend for each staff member, and routine in-house trainings on issues such as stress management, diversity, and public speaking Regular staff and departmental meetings where information is shared and everyone is invited to raise concerns and help address problems Tahirih's efforts to manage high quality programs and operations have been recognized through several distinguished awards, including the 2007 Washington Post Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management. We invite you learn more about who we are, join us in our efforts to overcome gender-based violence and achieve justice for women and girls in need. FACT The 100 days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide alone created 500, 000 widows in Rwanda. Learn More

Boat People SOS, founded in 1980, conducts joint rescue-at-sea missions with international organizations. It has rescued more than 3,000 Vietnamese boat people in the South China Sea. The organization s programs, serving more than 10,000 individuals a year, include direct services, capacity building and advocacy. Its programs include community organizing, community against domestic violence, disaster relief and recovery, health awareness programs for immigrants, HIV and AIDS prevention, and home ownership program. The organization also provides other programs, such as individual development accounts, marriage and family wellness, mental health prescreening, tax services, victims of exploitation and trafficking assistance, workplace safety education, and youth program. It has established collaboration with local and national service providers and various grassroots organizations. Boat People SOS is headquartered in Falls Church, Va., and has locations in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Texas, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri and California.