About Transitional Housing Barn

Transitional Housing Barn located in Bristow, VA provides sober housing for women.

Detailed description details:

Operating since 1997, BARN provides transitional housing for homeless women and their dependent children for up to two years. BARN offers shared living for up to 12 families at a time. The program provides intensive on site Case Management, Life Skills and Child Development Services. Self-sufficiency through employment and the ability to sustain independent permanent housing are outcome measures for this program. Initiated by the Benedictine Sisters of Virginia, BARN is now a nondenominational, collaborative project, supported by federal, state and local grants, corporations, foundations, community groups, local churches and concerned individuals. BARN is incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia and has been designated a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization by the IRS.































BARN provides transitional housing and intensive case management services to homeless mothers and their children for up to two years.  Mothers focus on budgeting, life skills, continued education, employment, parenting, and overcoming the traumas that led to homelessness.  Children focus on school and their development.































BARN can serve a maximum of 12 families.  BARN normally has 12 mothers and between 20 and 24 children in the house. The average length of stay is about 14 months.































BARN is a private non-profit 501(c) 3 organization funds come from HUD, the State, private foundations such as Freddie Mac, corporate donors, individual donors, and fundraising events.