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United Way reports eviction-reduction pilot results, centralized assistance numbers to Newport News council
Summary
United Way of the Virginia Peninsula told Newport News City Council on Jan. 14 about its Community Assistance Network and eviction-reduction work, reporting regional and city-level service statistics, a decline in landlord filings and executed lockouts, and details on program staffing and partnerships.
Veil West, president and chief executive officer of United Way of the Virginia Peninsula, updated the Newport News City Council on Jan. 14 about the nonprofit’s Community Assistance Network and its role in a state-funded eviction-reduction pilot.
West said the Community Assistance Network (CAN), launched in 2021, provides a single regional phone line and coordinated referrals across roughly 150 partners and has connected nearly 10,000 people to assistance since inception. She told council that, in Newport News specifically, CAN served 795 households from July through December of…
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