Are You Homeless? We Can Help.
Our 2023-2024 congregate shelters hosted up to 50 adults each night from October 21, 2023 – April 12, 2024. We have one site for men and one site for women, and we welcome non-binary folx where they feel most safe and comfortable.
We look forward to re-opening in Winter 2024-25.
Street to Shelter
1. Check the Calendar
Current season:
Nov 2, 2024-Apr 18, 2025
5:30pm-7:00am
2. Review Options
Our shelter is a “last resort” when you have no other place to go.
- Can you stay safely with family or friends?
- Can you stay at the Salvation Army?
- Do you have resources in another community?
3. Get Shelter
Current sites listed below. Please be our guest, arrive 5:30pm-7pm, but do not wait for us earlier than 5pm.
We do not require photo ID, breathalyzer, drug tests, or background check.
Service animals only.
Shelter to Home
PACEM can help you move back into the community and out of our shelters. A Case Manager/Advocate will work with you, meeting with you one-on-one at least every 14 days. Our goal is to help you along the path from Street to Home. With our help, a total of 50 individuals moved into a stable home during the 2019-2020 shelter season. These homes include private, market rate rental apartments, moving back in with family and friends, public housing, nursing homes, and assisted living. In addition to those who found stable housing, we helped guests get into a more structured shelter with work and/or sobriety requirements and guided guests as they reconnected with their family support network.
Other Help Available in Greater Charlottesville
Homeless? Call the Homeless Information Line, 434-207-2328.
Facing eviction or loss of housing but not yet on the streets? Call based on your current residence:
- Charlottesville: 833-524-2904 (English), 434-373-0930 (Espanol/Spanish); Community Resource Line
- Albemarle: see Community Resource Line, above
- Louisa: 540-967-9522; Louisa Community Emergency Fund (operated by MACAA)
- Fluvanna: 434-842-2521; local MACAA office
- Nelson: 434-263-8119; local MACAA office
- Greene: 540-948-3916; Skyline Community Action Partnership
For additional community resources, check out the latest Street Sheet (March 2024: English PDF; Spanish PDF from Jan 2024), updated quarterly by our student partners at UVA.
Region Ten CSB 434-972-1800 mental health, addiction services | The Haven at First and Market 434-973-1234 day resource center | On Our Own 434-979-2440 peer support, recovery services |
Offender Aid and Restoration 434-296-2441 re-entry services | Home to Hope 434-970-3601 re-entry peer support | Network 2 Work 434-961-5255 job placement and training |
Central Virginia Health Services 434-227-5624 healthcare services | The Women’s Initiative 434-872-0047 women’s mental health services | Virginia Employment Commission 434-282-2594 income development |
Outside of Charlottesville? Find Help Where You Are!
PACEM serves our neighbors local to the City of Charlottesville and counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Louisa, Nelson, and Greene. If you’re not our local neighbor, here’s where to find help:
- Waynesboro/Augusta: WARM (winter shelter November-March, and other programs)
- Staunton: Valley Mission (programmatic/year-round shelter)
- Culpeper/Orange/Madison: CHASS (year-round shelter), Culpeper Winter Heat Shelter
- Harrisonburg/Rockingham: Open Doors (winter shelter November-March, and other programs)
- Lynchburg/Amherst/Appomattox/Bedford/Campbell: CHIA (homeless hotline)
- Richmond/Goochland/Henrico/Chesterfield: Homeless Connection Line (homeless hotline)