Online benefits application and screening pathway - Virginia; program, income, household, identity, and documentation rules apply
Virginia CommonHelp
CommonHelp is Virginia's official application and screening pathway for food, health, cash, energy, and child-care assistance. Eligibility depends on the program and household circumstances.
City resident navigation for food, shelter, clothing, healthcare, employment, financial assistance, older adults, disability, and protective services - City of Fairfax; assessment, eligibility, privacy, and jurisdiction rules apply
Fairfax City Human Services Resource Page
Fairfax City's human-services page connects residents with county and community services, including emergency food access, crisis lines, protective services, older-adult services, and disability resources.
Searchable public, nonprofit, and service-provider directory for food, housing, health, behavioral health, legal, transportation, and family supports - Fairfax County and City of Fairfax; each listing sets eligibility, hours, capacity, and scope
Fairfax County Human Services Resource Guide
The Human Services Resource Guide is a searchable directory with program descriptions, eligibility, locations, languages, and contact information. Verify each listing directly before relying on it.
Affordable rental, home repair, tenant, shelter, day-service, and encampment-support pathway - City of Fairfax; property owner, assessment, funding, capacity, and eligibility rules apply
Fairfax City Housing and Homelessness
Fairfax City publishes affordable rental and home-repair resources, shelter and day-service connections, and a response protocol for encampments on city-owned property. It is not a guarantee of housing or shelter.
Homelessness-prevention, street-outreach, emergency-shelter, hypothermia, and permanent-supportive-housing pathway - Fairfax County and City of Fairfax; assessment, availability, and eligibility rules apply
Fairfax County Office to Prevent and End Homelessness
The Office to Prevent and End Homelessness coordinates outreach, shelter, hypothermia prevention, supportive housing, and Continuum of Care work for the Fairfax area. Start with Coordinated Services Planning for assessment.
Family emergency shelter and supportive-services pathway - Fairfax area; families with children, referral, capacity, and intake rules apply; not a general drop-in shelter
Katherine K. Hanley Family Shelter
The Katherine K. Hanley Family Shelter provides shelter and supportive services for families with children. Contact Coordinated Services Planning for assessment and referral; availability is not guaranteed.
Day shelter, meals, showers, laundry, document recovery, mail, phone, computer, and service-navigation pathway - Fairfax area; day-service hours, safety, conduct, and capacity rules apply
The Lamb Center
The Lamb Center offers daytime services for people experiencing homelessness, including meals, showers, laundry, document help, mail, phone, computer access, and connections to other resources. Confirm current hours before traveling.
Affordable housing, rental, homeownership, rehabilitation, fair-housing, and housing-counseling pathway - Fairfax County and City of Fairfax; income, waitlist, property, funding, and program rules apply
Fairfax County Housing and Community Development
Fairfax County's housing department administers or coordinates affordable-dwelling, rental, homeownership, rehabilitation, and fair-housing resources that may serve City of Fairfax residents under shared arrangements.
Volunteer home-repair and accessibility-modification pathway - Arlington, Fairfax County, City of Fairfax, and Falls Church; application, safety, property, project, and capacity rules apply
Rebuilding Together Arlington/Fairfax/Falls Church
Rebuilding Together Arlington/Fairfax/Falls Church helps eligible homeowners and residents with critical home repairs and accessibility work through volunteers and partners. Confirm service area, application status, and project fit directly.
State housing-finance, homebuyer, rental, mortgage-relief, and housing-resource pathway - Virginia; program, income, lender, property, and application rules apply
Virginia Housing
Virginia Housing offers statewide housing programs and information. Use it as a navigation resource and verify current eligibility, participating providers, and application requirements.
Free civil legal-aid pathway for eligible low-income, older, and disabled residents - Northern Virginia including Fairfax; income, conflict, intake, topic, and case-acceptance rules apply
Legal Services of Northern Virginia
Legal Services of Northern Virginia provides civil legal assistance for eligible clients, including housing, benefits, consumer, and elder-law matters. Confirm current intake and eligibility; it is not emergency dispatch.
Statewide civil-legal-information and legal-aid navigation pathway - Virginia; topic, income, location, and provider rules apply
Virginia Law Help
Virginia Law Help helps residents identify legal-aid and low-cost civil-legal pathways for housing, benefits, family, health, and consumer issues.
Refuse, recycling, yard waste, streets, stormwater, wastewater, transportation, and public-facility pathway - City of Fairfax; material, service-area, response, permit, and emergency rules apply
City of Fairfax Public Works
Fairfax City Public Works manages refuse and recycling, yard waste, streets, stormwater, sanitary sewer infrastructure, transportation, and public facilities. Confirm pickup rules, accepted materials, and the correct reporting route before a cleanup or disposal project.
Building permits, inspections, code enforcement, fire-safety, and hazard-investigation pathway - City of Fairfax; property, inspection, fee, notice, appeal, and jurisdiction rules apply
City of Fairfax Code Administration
Code Administration handles building permits, inspections, fire and hazard investigations, and community risk reduction. Confirm the correct department and process before assuming a property-code remedy.
Planning, zoning, permits, property-use, development, and records-research pathway - City of Fairfax; jurisdiction, inspection, fee, notice, and appeal rules apply
City of Fairfax Zoning and Development
Fairfax City's zoning and development staff handle zoning permits, plan review, land-use cases, and development questions. Verify the current permit, inspection, notice, and appeal process before starting work.
Water service, billing, leaks, water quality, and after-hours emergency pathway - Fairfax County and City of Fairfax service area; account, service-address, payment, outage, and emergency rules apply
Fairfax Water
Fairfax Water provides water service and publishes billing, quality, leak, and emergency contacts for the service area. Confirm the property account and the correct after-hours route.
Electric service, outage, billing, payment-support, and energy-assistance pathway - Virginia customers; account, outage, payment, and emergency rules apply
Dominion Energy Virginia
Use Dominion Energy's current outage, customer-service, and assistance routes when it is the electric provider for a property. Call 911 for a downed line, fire, or immediate danger.
Natural-gas service, leak, outage, billing, and safety pathway - Northern Virginia customers; account, location, payment, and emergency rules apply
Washington Gas
Use Washington Gas for gas-service questions, billing, outage, and assistance. If you smell gas or suspect an active leak, leave the area and call the emergency number or 911 from a safe location.
Fare-free local bus and accessible transportation pathway - City of Fairfax, Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Metrorail, George Mason University, and regional destinations; routes, schedules, accessibility, and service rules apply
City of Fairfax CUE Bus
CUE provides fare-free local bus service and publishes routes, schedules, rider rules, live tracking, and accessibility information. Confirm current service and accessible-transportation options before traveling.
Accessible and senior transportation pathway - City of Fairfax and shared Fairfax service area; disability, certification, fare, reservation, and capacity rules apply
City Wheels and Fairfax County Transportation Programs
City Wheels and Fairfax County transportation programs provide options for eligible residents with disabilities, older adults, and people using human-services programs. Confirm certification, reservation, fare, and service-area rules.
Specialized transportation for residents using qualifying human-services programs - Fairfax County, City of Fairfax, and Falls Church; certification, sliding-scale fee, reservation, and space-available rules apply
Fairfax County Fastran
Fastran offers specialized transportation for eligible residents participating in qualifying human-services programs. Certification is required and service is not guaranteed; confirm the route with the certifying agency.
Subsidized transportation pathway for eligible older adults, people with disabilities, and limited-income residents - Fairfax County, City of Fairfax, and Falls Church; residency, income, disability, waitlist, and program rules apply
TOPS Transportation Assistance
TOPS provides transportation subsidies through a debit-card program for eligible residents. The waitlist can close; verify current application status, eligibility, and alternatives.
Free public-library, computer, Wi-Fi, information, meeting-room, digital-media, and community-learning pathway - Fairfax County and City of Fairfax; card, branch, program, room, and technology rules apply
Fairfax County Public Library
Fairfax County Public Library operates branches serving the City of Fairfax, including the City of Fairfax Regional Library, with books, computers, Wi-Fi, meeting rooms, outreach, and digital resources. Confirm current hours and program access.
Public school, family, student-support, special-education, enrollment, and school-community pathway - City of Fairfax; enrollment, age, residency, disability, and program rules apply
City of Fairfax Schools
The City of Fairfax Schools works with Fairfax County Public Schools and families to support students and publish enrollment, school, and community information. Confirm current school boundaries, registration, and student-support routes.
Public school, family, student-support, special-education, attendance, and community-resource pathway - Fairfax County and City of Fairfax partnership; enrollment, residency, age, disability, and program rules apply
Fairfax County Public Schools
Fairfax County Public Schools is the partner school division for City of Fairfax Schools. Confirm enrollment, school boundary, special-education, attendance, transportation, and family-support information through the current school system.
Home-delivered meal pathway for eligible homebound adults over 60 and adults with disabilities - Fairfax County, City of Fairfax, and Falls Church; assessment, consent, caregiver, nutrition, and contribution rules apply
Fairfax Area Agency on Aging Home Delivered Meals
The Fairfax Area Agency on Aging provides weekly home-delivered meals to eligible homebound older adults and adults with disabilities who cannot prepare meals and lack an able-bodied caregiver. Referrals require the participant's awareness and consent.
Transportation information, disability/paratransit, volunteer rides, and older-adult mobility-navigation pathway - Fairfax County, City of Fairfax, and Falls Church; age, disability, income, certification, and service rules apply
Fairfax Area Agency on Aging Transportation
Fairfax's aging services publish transportation, paratransit, volunteer-ride, and mobility options for older adults and people with disabilities. Confirm eligibility and availability before planning a trip.
Workforce, job-search, training, resume, and employment-support pathway - Virginia and Northern Virginia; eligibility, appointment, program, and funding rules apply
Virginia Career Works
Virginia Career Works provides workforce and employment services. Confirm current Fairfax-area locations, appointments, training eligibility, and available supports.
Veteran benefits, housing, behavioral-health, employment, and service-navigation pathway - Virginia veterans and eligible family members; military-service, benefit, and appointment rules apply
Virginia Department of Veterans Services
Virginia's veterans-services network can help eligible veterans and family members navigate benefits, housing, employment, behavioral health, and related supports.
Emergency food-provider map, food distribution, SNAP/WIC, summer meals, and food-navigation pathway - Fairfax County and City of Fairfax; provider hours, supply, language, transportation, and eligibility rules apply
Fairfax County Food Access Program
Fairfax County's Food Access Program connects residents to emergency food providers and related food resources. Call or email the provider before visiting because hours, supplies, and eligibility can change.
Regional food-resource and hunger-relief referral pathway - Northern Virginia and the Washington region; household, provider, language, supply, and service-area rules apply
Capital Area Food Bank
Capital Area Food Bank's get-help pathway helps residents identify nearby food resources. Confirm the current provider, hours, eligibility, and transportation options before visiting.
City parks, trails, recreation, wellness, community facilities, and program pathway - City of Fairfax; age, schedule, registration, accessibility, and program rules apply
Fairfax City Parks and Recreation
Fairfax City Parks and Recreation publishes parks, trails, programs, facilities, and registration information. Confirm schedules, accessibility, and current program rules.
Regional parks, trails, recreation, nature, facilities, and community-program pathway - Fairfax County and surrounding area; schedule, registration, accessibility, and facility rules apply
Fairfax County Park Authority
The Fairfax County Park Authority publishes regional parks, trails, recreation, nature, and facility information that may be useful for low-pressure community connection and practical planning.
State benefits, protective-services, child-care, family-support, and local-agency navigation pathway - Virginia; program, household, identity, documentation, and jurisdiction rules apply
Virginia Department of Social Services
Virginia DSS provides statewide information and local-agency pathways for public benefits, protective services, child care, and family supports. Confirm the local Fairfax intake route and current eligibility.
Shared city/county circuit-court records, civil, criminal, probate, protective-order, and court-navigation pathway - Fairfax City and Fairfax County; filing, case, confidentiality, jurisdiction, and legal-advice limits apply
Fairfax County Circuit Court and Legal Navigation
Fairfax City and Fairfax County share constitutional court officials and court records. Use the court's current information for filing, records, protective orders, and self-help navigation; court staff are not a substitute for legal advice.