ALTERNATIVE HOUSE
THE ABUSED AND HOMELESS CHILDREN'S REFUGE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM
Street Outreach
Culmore Teen Center
Safe Youth Project
Support on Suspension
Annandale Neighborhood Center
Franconia Family Resource
Center
Walk-in Counseling
Many young people who join gangs do so to receive the
structure and support ideally provided by a family. When
stresses--emotional, financial, and/or cultural--take their toll on a
family, teenagers are especially vulnerable to defining themselves
through drug use and gang membership. It is these high-risk young people
Alternative House outreach programs target.
Alternative House's neighborhood outreach programs began in December
1993 to reach out to youth in their own neighborhoods. Today the
program includes a street outreach van stocked with food, clothing, and
other survival supplies, and neighborhood-based counselors who go into
the streets to find and help young people in need.
The Culmore Teen Center provides teens with an accessible, safe and
welcoming place to spend their free time and get critical support
services. Located in space donated by a local apartment complex and
administered by Alternative House, the Culmore Teen Center is a
collaborative effort among a variety of groups, most notably the Culmore
Community Action Committee and the Fairfax County Department of
Community and Recreation Services.
At the Culmore Teen Center, youth take advantage of a variety of
programs and activities including:
Homework help
A computer center with internet
Sports
Games
Workshops
Activities are designed to help youth stay in school and steer them away
from gang membership, drug abuse, and violence. Teen Center staff
provide counseling and crisis intervention, and coordinate with parents,
teachers, and guidance counselors to bring a much needed extra level of
support to the many high-risk youth who rely on the Teen Center.
Over 300 young people in 7th through 12th grade come to the Teen Center
each year, and 90% have stayed in school.
Now younger children have a safe place to come after school too. The Safe Youth Project (SYP) provides much needed after-school support services to 4th, 5th and 6th graders. SYP provides homework help, recreation activities and life skills workshops to help children improve their grades and make positive decisions. All of the children in SYP have stayed in school, and 90% have improved their grades. SYP Culmore opened in September 2004, and SYP Annandale opened in September 2006. Each program serves 25 young people.
Culmore Safe Youth Project/ Culmore Family Resource Center
3304 B Culmore Court
Falls Church, VA 22041
(703) 820-9039
Annandale Safe Youth Project
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
4801 Ravensworth Road
Annandale, VA 22003
Now young people have a safe place to come during the day if they have been suspended from school. Support on Suspension provides 7th through 12th graders a safe and constructive environment where they can keep up with their school work, get one-on-one help from staff, and participate in workshops to improve their decision-making skills. Students must be referred from their base school. Support on Suspension is made possible through a partnership with the Fairfax Partnership for Youth.
Support On Suspension - Culmore
6017 Argyle Drive
Falls Church, Virginia 22041
(703) 820-8611
Support on Suspension – South County
This site opens September 2007 at the Huntington Community Center
Details to come…
The Annandale Neighborhood Center opens in September 2007 on the grounds of Annandale High School. The Neighborhood Center is a community-based resource and referral source that serves as a location for programs, workshops and activities and as a place for community members to meet.
The Neighborhood Center promotes access to services by linking, enhancing and filling gaps in human services and recreational and educational activities. In doing so it creates safer, more caring neighborhoods, connects people and places, and strengthens the community.
Please take a look at our Google calendar for upcoming events at the Annandale Neighborhood Center!!!
Annandale Neighborhood Center
Grounds of Annandale High School
Medford Drive
Annandale, VA 22003
Franconia Family Resource Center
On Mondays and Wednesdays counselors provide drop-in support to children and teens in the Franconia neighborhood near Springfield Mall. Young people get homework help and counseling, participate in life skills group and recreation activities, and go on field trips.
Franconia Family Resource Center
7224 Commerce Street
Springfield, VA 22150
Walk-in, no cost crisis counseling is available at our youth Outreach Programs and at the Franconia Resource Center. Trained counselors are available to assist during a crisis and provide referrals to other community resources.
Referrals can also be provided through our 24-hour crisis hotline, 1.800.SAY.TEEN.
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Alternative House Phone: 703.506.9191
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