key contacts
Debbie Markwood
Resident Services/ AmeriCorps Director
Ph: (804) 373-7201 ext. 17
FAX: (804) 373-7208
Service is the rent we pay for living.
- Marian Wright Edelman
eddie howard's story
Growing up in Blue Ridge Commons, a CHP multi-family property in Charlottesville, Virginia, Eddie Howard experienced firsthand the postive impact resident services can have on a child. After moving into his family's first home just a block away from the property, Eddie began volunteering with one of CHP's partner that provides resident services to Blue Ridge Commons. Today, both he and his wife work full-time providing youth programs, giving back to the community that raised them.
“I want to thank CHP for opening their hearts and giving back to our communities.”
-Eddie Howard
redefining affordable housing
through resident services and education
Meeting client needs and investing in the future success of our residents has always been the core of CHP’s mission. In 1997, CHP opened one of the first certified HUD Neighborhood Network Centers in the United States. Since that time
we have added community centers and after school programs in multiple rental communities to support our effort to strengthen families and build sustainable communities.
environmental sustainability
Many of resident services' programs incorporate sustainable practices into their education courses. For example, students at Tekoa, which is a residential program serving at-risk youth, participate in service-learning projects that work to clean-up our environment, recyle, and reuse materials.
economic sustainability
To promote resident self-sufficiency, we partner with faith-based groups, community organizations, businesses and universities to deliver training and mentoring to enhance life and job readiness skills and to promote financial, academic, and computer literacy.
social sustainability
With a grant from AmeriCorps, CHP is able to place AmeriCorps members in our program sites to work directly with our residents to increase literacy, teach conflict resolution skills, and promote a sense of civic engagement through service in the community. For more information about AmeriCorps go to www.americorps.org.
