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Community Action Agency details shelter services, requests continued funding and a one-time homeless-housing installment
Summary
The Community Action Agency requested level funding and additional one-time support to develop transitional housing: it asked Amelia County for level funding ($15,012) and an $6,250 installment of a previously pledged $25,000 regional commitment toward homeless housing and transitional micro-home planning.
Sean Rozier (S9), vice president of empowerment services for the area Community Action Agency, asked the supervisors for level funding of $15,012 to support programs such as Head Start, homeless-response services and workplace supports tied to TANF. He highlighted regionwide service delivery and that county match funds help leverage federal and state grants; he said the agency brought over $7 million in matched funding to the region in the prior year.
Rozier also updated the board on Madeline's House, the regional domestic-violence shelter reopened 09/30/2024, and the agency—s work in forensic accompaniment for sexual-assault victims. For a one-time capital effort toward regional homeless housing and transitional-microhome development, Rozier asked Amelia to include the next $6,250 installment of a committed $25,000 regional pledge; the agency said they plan to begin pre-construction on a transitional-housing micro-home village this fall.
Why this matters: the agency—s programs provide emergency shelter, domestic-violence services and early-childhood supports that county residents rely on; the one-time homeless-housing commitment is positioned as a regional capital step rather than ongoing operational support.
