Northern Virgina Family Service Case Study

Northern Virgina Family Service (NVFS) is a nonprofit organization providing social services to individuals and families in need. The organization has a history of community service and was originally founded in Alexandria, Virginia in 1924. From the simple beginnings of providing food, coats for children, and coal for heating, NVFS has grown into an organization with 15 locations in Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William Counties, and in the city of Alexandria. Commensurate with the growth in size, the mission of NVFS has also broadened. The mission of NVFS is “to empower individuals and families to improve their quality of life and to promote community cooperation and support in responding to family needs.” (NVFS Bridging Affordability, 2014, p. 4)
NVFS provides wide-ranging community
An argument can be made that sex offenders have been marginalized by society by their actions (no judgment is intended here). Therefore, should they also be accorded the same benefits that are provided by our Government to our citizenry? A sex offender might make the case that if he or she is employed and paying taxes that they should also be able to benefit from federal or state programs that their taxes contribute to. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) believes that federal laws requiring lifetime registration and the restriction of federal funds to states that do not comply with federal sex offender legislation violate the rights of sex offenders. Worse yet, these federal and state mandates (I.e. registration and housing assistance) may actually put children and society at greater risk to sexual offenses because they do not address the underlying causes of sex offenses or educational programs that properly address the controversial issue (Hardenbergh, 2009, p.