The Salvation Army Central Virginia Area Command

Pathway of Hope enhances existing Army services and elevates the potential impact for families across the country. It leverages the full range of Salvation Army services including spiritual resources such as connecting families with a religious community and offering pastoral care if the client wishes. In addition, families are provided a comprehensive support system of services and care as a means to break intergenerational cycles of poverty. For example, Pathway of Hope may provide families with budgeting assistance, automobile repair, continuing education tuition, or childcare.

The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club provides tutoring, recreational activities, after-school care and an evening meal for the children of those families who participate in activities at the Club. The Boys & Girls Club is a neighborhood-based program that has served the Church Hill community for over 60 years.  Its mission is to provide young people with strong educational opportunities, solid values, positive role models and character-building activities that will help them develop into responsible citizens and leaders.  

The Salvation Army Family Services program reaches out to those requiring assistance with the basic necessities of everyday life - food, clothing and shelter.  With varied challenges, many of these impacted families are on the verge of  becoming homeless.  The program helps prevent homelessness by: Assisting clients through direct financial supportAssisting clients through the provision of food and clothingAssisting clients through financial assistance with utility billsAssisting clients in obtaining referrals

The Salvation Army can house 55 men, women, and children experiencing loss of housing because of crisis situations.  Clients receive hot meals, beds, and case management in an effort to help them regain self-sufficiency. Transformational case management and programming such as A Step Up, provide residents with educational and job opportunities.