The Homeless Intervention Program (HIP), authorized by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, seeks to prevent the displacement of individuals and families from their homes as a result of eviction or foreclosure, assist homeless individuals and families in securing permanent housing and provide training and education component to ensure self-0sufficiency. 

The Homeless intervention program served 9 households with 22 individuals during the past year.

In order to be eligible for assistance through the HIP Program, applicants must meet all of the following criteria:

• Application in permanent housing must be in imminent danger of losing their home or apartment through foreclosure or eviction.
• Applicants in temporary housing must be in imminent danger of displacement.
• Applicants must be in a TEMPORARY FINANCIAL CRISIS due to an UNAVOIDABLE circumstance such as a temporary illness, job layoff, loss of day care or transportation for employment, delay in approval of benefits, homelessness or domestic violence.
• All applicants must have been Self-Sufficient prior to their crisis and the crisis must not be chronic.
• Applicants total annual income cannot exceed the HUD mandated lower income limits in the area they reside.
• Applicants must have exhausted their own resources and all other available.