Program Services and People Served

Virginia Place is a self-sufficiency program for single parents who are full-time students in a post-secondary educational institution.  “The primary purpose of the program is to help parents and their young children develop the educational and family life skills needed to achieve self-sufficiency.”  Underprivileged, Single Parents and their dependent children are the focus of the program.  Completing the Virginia Place program prepares families to live and work successfully in the Lexington area community.  As each family succeeds and leaves the facility, another family moves in and begins to profit from this unique, integrated and comprehensive program.  Many of the graduates have become very active in the civic life of the community and are currently “giving back” to the community that helped them through the Virginia Place program. 

The Virginia Place self-sufficiency program is a comprehensive program which includes housing, child care, counseling, workshops, support from neighbors and staff, and special activities.  These activities enhance health maintenance, parenting skills, management of family resources, nutritional knowledge, problem solving, work skills, and job-search techniques. 

Basic to this self-sufficiency program is educational development.  Parents fulfill academic or vocational training coursework as full-time students, while the children attend the Virginia Place Child Care Center.   One Parent Family Facility, The Child Care Center takes children from 6 weeks to 4 years old.  It is a 3 star developmental curriculum based program under the guidance of competent, loving teachers. One parent family facility is a partner with the Early Head Start and the Head Start programs.