For assistance: 9 AM to 5 PM Call 757-563-4784
A home host is a person with a big heart who is willing to offer up a couch, a bed, or a room for a week or more to a trans person in our community experiencing homelessness.
While we provide peer to peer counseling, offer resources, and help our clients get the assistance they need to get back on their feet, our home hosts make sure they have a roof over their head during this process.
1 in 5 transgender people (19%) in the US has faced housing discrimination.
Many shelters often deny entry or fail to provide appropriate services based on their gender identity, making those services dangerous or inaccessible.
You do not need a specific skill set other than passion for our cause. TAP VA volunteers share the passion of helping homeless transgender, gender non conforming, and non binary people help themselves to get back on their feet.
You can donate any amount of time and energy in any way that you can.
Our wonderful volunteers help to provide transportation for our clients to appointments, provide an empathetic ear for our clients, represent us at events, and much, much more.
On average, we receive 20 requests for assistance each month and have assisted over 250 individuals since 2015, but none of this is possible without the compassion and generosity of all of our volunteers.
TAP Virginia is a completely volunteer-run organization, which extends to its Board of Directors. We have a wonderful community of volunteers that is continually growing and we would love to meet you! We hold monthly volunteer meetings, and our volunteers assist with everything from our client programs to community outreach along with our many events and gatherings.
We have an inclusive non-discrimination policy and welcome all who wish to join.
TAP Virginia is a completely volunteer-run organization, which extends to its Board of Directors. We have a wonderful community of volunteers with that is continually growing and we would love to meet you! We hold monthly meetings, and our volunteers assist with everything from our client programs to community outreach along with participating in our many events and gatherings.
We have an inclusive non-discrimination policy and welcome all who wish to join.
The Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia follows an equal opportunity employment policy and employs personnel without regard to race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, physical or mental ability, veteran status, military obligations, and marital status. This policy applies to all Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia’s employees, volunteers, members, clients, and contractors.
Hampton Roads, Virginia
This form is for volunteer-related questions only. To sign up as a volunteer, please use the form located above. For general inquiry, please email transactivistva@gmail.com
We accept frozen and canned goods, other nonperishable items, and new or gently-used clothing from individuals and companies as donations to our Trans Clothes Closet. Please email us with "Local Donations" as the subject header and we will be happy to arrange a pickup!
Are you local to Hampton Roads? Register your Kroger Plus card with TAP Virginia using the code VK155, swipe it when you make a purchase, and a percentage of your spending goes directly to our efforts through the Kroger Community Rewards program.
Register your Amazon account with TAP Virginia, shop online using smile.amazon.com instead of the main website, and a portion of the sales from qualifying purchases are sent directly to TAP Virginia.
Want to help but aren't sure what to give? Our Amazon Wishlist is updated regularly to reflect the needs of the clients of TAP Virginia.
Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) corporation located in Virginia Beach, Virginia (tax ID number 47-4938459) (757) 563-4784
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