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Emergency Shelter - Williamsburg, Avalon Center

Confidential, Williamsburg, VA 23188

Eligibility

Call for eligibility criteria.

Hours

Everyday 24 hours, 7 days a week

Languages

Spanish

Application process

Call the office for more information.

Fees

No fee

Service area

Poquoson, VA Williamsburg, VA Charles City, VA Gloucester, VA James City, VA King And Queen, VA King William, VA Mathews, VA Middlesex, VA New Kent, VA York, VA
Avalon operates an emergency shelter campus including six 2-bedroom apartment units for women with children and a 12-15 bed communal shelter for single adult women. Survivors may also be sheltered in hotels and in community based safe houses. Residents are provided with all their basic needs including shelter, food and clothing and offered case management, counseling and support groups, legal advocacy, hospital accompaniment, life skills training and van transportation services. Residents are provided assistance with gaining employment and transitional or permanent housing.

Providing organization

Avalon Center
Avalon works to end domestic and sexual violence by breaking the cycle of abuse through prevention, education, shelter and support services in the Williamsburg and Middle Peninsula region.