Who We Are
60-bed Residential Shelter north of Old Town Alexandria for individuals and families: The residential shelter, housed in a bright, modern facility, offers a comprehensive and structured case management program that is goal-oriented toward self-reliance. This program provides assistance with substance abuse and mental health disorders, life-skills and job readiness training, access and referrals to social services agencies and other partners and assistance with the housing search.
Carpenter's serves homeless people including those who are chronically mentally ill; those working to live a life of sobriety or abstinence from drugs and alcohol; individuals who are unemployed and unemployable; physically ill or disabled persons; victims of domestic violence or abuse; the elderly; veterans; parolees; and refugees. The shelter assists in alleviating the crisis atmosphere and provides a supportive environment where healing and stabilization can occur.
Most residents are encouraged to seek full-time employment and save their income. Although there is no predetermined length of stay at Carpenter's Shelter, most individuals stay between one to three months with families averaging three months.
Additional languages spoken other than English are Spanish and Amharic.
The facility is bus accessible.