Press Releases

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Volunteers of America Chesapeake & Carolinas is excited to share that today the Raleigh Elks Lodge #735 donated and delivered Christmas trees to 10 of veterans living at our Maple Court Veteran Apartments in Durham, NC. This partnership comes as a wonderful surprise that will bring joy to our formerly homeless veterans who would otherwise be without personal trees this year. To learn more, click the news title.

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Volunteers of America Chesapeake & Carolinas is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a transformative $36,300 grant by Truist Foundation. This significant grant will help address critical funding gaps to enhance opportunities for local youth through our Newport News YouthBuild program. To learn more, click the news title.

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The Home Depot Foundation, and Michael & Son Heating & Air are teaming up to help 17 formerly homeless veterans living at our Maple Court Veteran Housing apartments in Durham in honor of Veterans Day. To learn more, click the news title.

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Volunteers of America Chesapeake & Carolinas announces the transition of Alexandria Community Shelter to Carpenter’s Shelter, effective December 13th, 2023. Carpenter’s Shelter will manage the facility through a contract with the City of Alexandria. To learn, click the news release title.

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Volunteers of America Chesapeake & Carolinas (VOACC) is proud to announce that our Maple Court Veteran Housing program has officially transitioned from offering temporary housing to permanent housing for our nation’s heroes in need. To learn, click the news release title.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

VOACC is excited to announce Caleb Jackson as the new Chair of our Board of Directors. Caleb has been a member of the Board since 2019 and had served as Co-Vice Chairman for two years prior to being voted Chair.

MARCH 7, 2023

Volunteers of America Chesapeake & Carolinas (VOACC) is proud to announce that we have been awarded $750,000 by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs to launch the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox (SSG Fox) Suicide Prevention Program in support of our nation’s heroes in Virginia! To learn, click the news release title.

JANUARY 17, 2023

We’re excited to welcome our brand-new Vice President of Maryland & DC Behavioral Health, Brandi-Goss Burchett; and our Director of Operations for the District of Columbia, Joseph Martinez-Williams. To learn, click the news release title.

JANUARY 16, 2023

VOACC is proud to announce that we’ve received a $20,000 grant from The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation to support the launch of Hope Has A Home™ for Women, a new medical respite program designed to support women experiencing homelessness, mental illness, substance use disorders, and chronic illness in Washington DC. To learn, click the news release title.

JANUARY 2, 2023

Adding to its existing Yo Creo En Mi (“Faith in Me”) behavioral health program for Hispanic/Latino individuals, Volunteers of America Chesapeake & Carolinas (VOACC) was recently awarded a grant of $500k a year for 4 years by SAMHSA to launch the Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) in Washington, DC. To learn, click the news release title.