Residents are offered comprehensive, goal-oriented case management including life skills and financial literacy education, mental health services, and employment assistance.
Residential Shelters
At Carpenter’s Shelter we have always believed that homelessness, in all of it’s forms, should be rare, brief, and non-recurring.
Rapid Re-Housing
David’s Place, a clean, safe facility connected to Carpenter’s Shelter, is the only day shelter in the City of Alexandria, and focuses specifically on meeting the basic needs of chronically homeless individuals.
David’s Place
Carpenter’s Education and Employment Services help residents increase their knowledge and achieve appropriate skills and certification to enhance their employability and thrive in the community.
Education and Employment
Carpenter’s Continuum of Care is designed to meet the challenges our clients’ experiences through a continuum of emergency and long-term case management and support services. Our structured case management program is goal-oriented and
Case Management
The Winter Shelter Collaborative is a partnership funded by the Office of Community Services of the City of Alexandria Department of Community and Human Services with services carried out by Carpenter’s Shelter.
Winter Shelter
Many of Carpenter’s Shelter’s residents and David’s Place members do not have or receive health care benefits. Under the volunteer leadership of Dr. Laurence Clark, Carpenter’s Clinic is able to provide quality medical care to uninsured clients and community members experiencing homelessness.
Carpenter’s Clinic
No child deserves to be homeless. Every action we take at Carpenter’s Shelter is aimed at strengthening homeless families to live successfully in the community, out of poverty, and as
