Weigh in on Arlington County's FY2025 Budget

Please Tell the County Manager's Office: Human Services Are a Priority for Me!

Arlington is facing a $25-to-$40-million budget shortfall for fiscal year (FY) 2025. Please take a moment to tell the Arlington County Manager's Office that Human Services are a priority. Lend your voice to ensure Arlington's Safety Net stays strong!

Arlington Masculinity Survey

With the rising conversations on the state of men and boys and clear data that shows categories in which they are falling behind, there is reason to ask how this is showing up in Arlington and how can we respond. Project PEACE has launched an initiative called Arlington Transforming Masculinity (ATM) to imagine ways in which we can increase the wellbeing of men and boys. The first step is getting a better sense of what men and boys are experiencing. We are asking people in the Arlington Community to fill out this quick survey to help shape the direction of this work. Several participants will win a $15-$30 gift card in appreciation for their time. We welcome all ages! 

• English Survey/ Arlington Masculinity Survey

• Spanish Survey/ Encuesta - Masculinidad en Arlington

• Mongolian Survey/ Арлингтоны эрчүүдийн судалгаа

This initiative is all a part of Project PEACE’s goal to promote healthy relationships and prevent violence. If you would like to find out more about Project PEACE’s mission, please visit the site: www.arlingtonva.us/projectpeace.

Record rent burdens batter low-income life

"More tenants than ever spend half or more of their income for shelter, leaving less for everything else, taking an emotional toll and leaving some without a place to call their own," the New York Times reports.

"To understand how rising rents punish families of modest means, look no further than the queen-size bed that Jessica Jones and her three children share in her mother's living room."

For homeless services staff, fulfillment doesn’t pay the bills

"We just won't be able to reduce homelessness in the ways that we would like or solve the problem unless we have the people there to deliver the services," said Joy Moses, the National Alliance to End Homelessness's Vice President of Research and Evidence. "We're in a critical shortage at the moment, and our systems are at risk," she said. "It's something that we can't ignore anymore."

"Every level of government and the private sector has a role to play in addressing the problem."

These early red flags can predict a partner’s likelihood to become abusive, study finds

"It's one of the very first studies to identify behaviors which are predicting abuse but are not themselves abusive," said the study's lead author Dr. Nicolyn Charlot, a researcher associated with the psychology department of the University of Western Ontario.