About Burfoot House


Objectives include:
- Acclimate the client to a stable, safe environment
- Establish short-term weekly plan
- Variable length program for making progress towards goals/self-
sufficiency
- Promote development of interpersonal and decision-making skills
- Teach and foster the development of appropriate social skills and
self-care
- Provide basic mentoring and case management plan
- Target specific employment, savings, and housing goals
Who is eligible to reside at the Burfoot House?
Single women:
- sleeping in places not meant for habitation;
- living in emergency housing for homeless persons;
- evicted with no residence and lacking resources to
obtain a home.
Who is ineligible to reside at the Burfoot House?
Women:
- with felony convictions; with child-related restrictions;
- with active domestic violence cases;
- with pending warrants;
- actively using alcohol or illegal drugs;
- with history of violent, explosive or destructive
behavior.
Referrals to the Burfoot House:
1. Please call the Regional Housing Crisis Hotline at 757-587-4202 Monday thru Friday 8 am - 7 pm. This is the starting point for anyone experiencing a housing crisis throughout Greater Hampton Roads and in need of shelter, case management, and related services and/or community resources.
2. Referrals to the Burfoot House are made by the Regional Housing Crisis Hotline personnel after a phone screen.
3. Burfoot House Director follows up the referral by calling the applicant to review the intake information and share additional information about our program.
4. Applicant is referred to Chesapeake Integrated Behavioral Health for a mental health screen.
5. Applicant is screened on a national database.
6. Applicant is referred to Chesapeake Regional Hospital Transitional Care Program and certified by a practicing physician as: free from communicable disease and does not have any disability that prevents her from obtaining gainful employment. A negative result on a TB test is required.
7. And finally, a face to face interview is scheduled at the Burfoot House typically on a Thursday. Admissions are usually scheduled on Friday afternoons.