INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS/YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES
City Hall Building
306 Cedar Road, 5th Floor
Chesapeake, VA 23322
Phone: (757) 382-6191
Fax: (757) 382-6372
TDD: (757) 382-8214
E-mail: intergovaffairs
@cityofchesapeake.net

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Intergovernmental Affairs/Youth & Family Services

Effective July 1, 2007, the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs was eliminated and two divisions within the Department of Neighborhood Services were created which include:

• Office of Housing

• Office of Youth Services

Office of Youth Services

The Office of Youth Services will serve as a central point of contact for youth and families needing support services. It will also be responsible for recommending and implementing policies affecting youth and their families.

Office of Housing

The Office of Housing will coordinate housing needs within the city of Chesapeake and to serve as a resource for citizens seeking housing, and to provide opportunities for fair access to quality housing. This office will ensure that the City complies with all local, State and Federal housing guidelines.

The Office of Housing administers the U. S. Department of
Housing & Urban Development's (HUD) Community
Development Block Grant Program for the City. 

Our House Families - www.ourhousefamilies.org
(formerly known as the Community Resource
Network of Chesapeake, Inc.)  
receives HUD funds and operates 
the City's only Emergency Homeless Shelter.   

Until July 1, residents requesting services may still contact Intergovernmental Affairs/Youth and Family Services at the address, telephone numbers, and email address listed at the right. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.

These divisions will continue to provide staff support to the City Manager’s Office and the City Council appointed Chesapeake Youth Committee, as well as the multi-disciplinary, interagency Chesapeake Council On Youth Services.

Staff is responsible for administering, centralizing, and coordinating the City’s federal, state, and local grant program operations; the City’s Americans with Disabilities Act compliance programs; assisting with historic preservation efforts; and operating and managing the City’s Office of Youth Services; the Family Resources Center, the Community Development Block Grant Program and the HOME program.