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NATASHA House (New Alternative Towards A Secure Home Atmosphere) is a faith-based nonprofit in York County founded by Deloris L. Borum and incorporated in 2009

The organization has provided transitional housing to 255 families and served an additional 230 families through outreach programs across the Virginia Peninsula

Programs include the HOME program for homeownership preparation, C.H.A.M.P.S. for youth trauma-informed education, and Seed2Table Enterprise for agribusiness training

100 percent of program graduates have remained housed afterward, and 83 percent of participants who left before completing a program also remained housed

The House of Delegates formally commends NATASHA House for its service to unhoused mothers and children in Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, Williamsburg, and James City and York counties