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Mobility Mentoring® Coaches work one-on-one with low-income program participants twice a month for a year. After 6 hours of initial training, they commit to 4-6 hours of 1:1 coaching per month. Mobility Mentoring®Coaches are compassionate, open to learning, know how to handle challenging situations, and eager to coach an adult program participant to establish a pathway to economic self-sufficiency. A volunteer application and background check is required. Trainings are offered on an ongoing basis. Click here to learn more about Mobility Mentoring® and for upcoming training dates.
The Brisben Center maintains full-time living quarters for 80 people: 20 for single women, 28 for single men, and 32 in eight family units, including children. The average length of stay is 40-60 days. The shelter stays full or nearly full, serving those from across the Greater Fredericksburg region who have been displaced from their homes.
Do you want to be a part of something bigger than yourself? ... Looking for ways to give back in your own community? Thurman Brisben is always happy to have the help of our local community so check us out at our website http://BrisbenCenter.org
Homelessness is something no man, woman, or child deserves ... to experience. We strive to make a difference in this community where we all live, work, and call home so that we can end this large issue by solving it at its root.
Want to partner with us? Go to our website!
Rapid Re-Housing (Housing First) may work for some; however,... its not a one-size-fits-all solution.
Measure success with ending homelessness by "client-affordable re-housing". Not by re-housing clients until the Rapid Re-housing public subsidy ends.
We have a sad history of 10-year plans to end homelessness ... that did little beyond create systems to redefine how success is measured to conform to treasured philosophies [i.e. Housing First].
https://shelterforce.org/2021/04/27/bidens-housing-plans-fall-short-on-family-homelessness-policy
@Shelterforce #homeless #FXBG
VIDEO: Salem Fields Community Church in Spotsylvania is ... holding a 5K and kids mile to benefit the Thurman Brisben Center and their programs to help the homeless on May 22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiOMIb_MdwQ
THE BRISBEN CENTER
471 CENTRAL ROAD
FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA 22401
(540) 899-9853
