Oakton,
Va., July 13, 2006—Northern Virginia
Family Service (NVFS) is pleased to announce
that it has received a $5,000 grant from the
Family and Children’s Trust Fund (FACT) to be
shared equally between the Alexandria and Arlington
Healthy Families programs administered by NVFS.
“NVFS is grateful to the Family and Children’s
Trust Fund for this important grant, which is
an acknowledgement of the quality of services
that the Healthy Families programs provide.
This grant will further help the agency provide
much-needed services to families in Alexandria
and Arlington,” said NVFS President and CEO
Mary Agee.
Healthy Families Alexandria is a voluntary home
visiting program, which supports new parents
and their young children during a child’s most
rapid and significant phase of development.
Started in 1993, the program improves parenting,
encourages child health and development and
prevents child abuse and neglect. Affiliated
with Healthy Families America, a national initiative
of Prevent Child Abuse America, the program
is a public/private partnership funded at the
local and state level.
The Family and Children's Trust Fund is administered
by a Board of Trustees appointed by the Governor
to raise and distribute funds to local communities
for family violence prevention, treatment and
public awareness throughout the Commonwealth
of Virginia.
Established
in 1924, Northern Virginia Family Service is
a private, non-profit community serviceresource
dedicated to helping individuals and families
find new paths to self-reliance and brighter
futures. Each year, NVFS helps more than 24,000
people find affordable housing, counseling and
child care; access to low-cost medical and dental
services; foster and respite care, job training;
trauma recovery; and much more. For more information,
visit www.nvfs.org.
