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Grant will help S2S with homelessness transition Shelters to Shutters (S2S), a national non-profit that transitions individuals and families from homelessness to economic selfsufficiency, has received a three-year, $130,000 grant from the Hampton Roads Community Foundation. S2S will use the grant, which is the first major foundation grant it has received, to fund the placement of individuals experiencing homelessness in onsite jobs at apartment communities across
the nation and provide them with housing at the same properties at which they work. “We could not be more honored to receive this extremely generous grant from the Hampton Roads Community Foundation. It will enable us to to transform more lives by giving those who are experiencing homelessness the hand up they deserve and to provide more apartment communities with outstanding employees in the process,” said Andy Helmer, S2S
CEO. “We have grown so much since our founding more than three years ago, and this grant will be a valuable tool in our ongoing expansion.” The Hampton Roads Community Foundation is southeastern Virginia’s largest grant and scholarship provider. Since its founding in 1950, the regional community foundation and its donors have provided more than $250 million in grants and scholarships to improve life in southeastern Virginia.
S2S first started operating in the Hampton Roads area in 2017 through a partnership with Drucker + Falk, one of the largest property management firms in the country headquartered in Newport News. In addition to Drucker & Falk, S2S currently partners with more than 20 apartment management companies – including such major industry players as AvalonBay Communities, Equity Residential and Waterton
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