Alice Tousignant is the Executive Director of Virginia Supportive Housing. She holds a Masters degree in Social Work Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of Rhode Island. Alice has over 30 years of experience in the fields of housing, homelessness and social services. She is the past Director of the Virginia Housing Coalition and the Associate Director of the Division of Housing at the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development. She is a founder and past President of Emergency Shelter, Inc. and past President of the Richmond Community Development Alliance. She is a graduate of Harvard's NeighborWorks Achieving Excellence in Community Development Leadership program, and a recipient of the Fourth Annual Virginia S. Peters Housing Award. Alice currently serves on the Board of Area Congregations Together in Service (ACTS) and is the Board Chair of the Virginia Collation to End Homelessness.
Story of Hope…A Place To Start
July 28th, 2010
About three years ago, everything changed for Jane. In her own words, she reports that within two weeks, her world “fell apart.” She lost her car, her children, and her housing and entered the homeless services system. Sometimes she stayed at a local shelter during the night, but had no where to go during the day.
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Anyone And Everyone Can Make It In Permanent Housing
July 20th, 2010
Instead of blaming the person experiencing the crisis and saying “they will never make it in permanent housing”, we should be looking at the services available in our community and asking why we do not have the capacity to meet this person’s needs.
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