Neighborhood and Community Services

Fairfax County Neighborhood and Community Services is pleased to announce a new web page celebrating the accomplishments and impact of Black leaders and community members who have provided the inspiration, leadership or vision that contributed to NCS.  This page is launching in February 2025 in honor of Black History Month. Black History Month has been celebrated annually in the United States since 1976, and the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has proclaimed February 2025 as Black History Month in Fairfax County. The web page also features information on Fairfax County and NCS Black History Month programs and events. The collection of stories is an opportunity to learn about the people whose lives have impacted NCS' history and current mission - and are being remembered for generations with their name on NCS facilities and historical markers. NCS will continue to expand this collection as part of NCS Stories - an initiative to preserve and share stories of the persons, places and events that shaped the Fairfax County Department of Neighborhood and Community Services. To share additional information for potential inclusion on this page or other Stories pages, please email NCSCommunications@fairfaxcounty.gov.   

Students in grades 7-12 gathered at Jim Scott Community Center in Fairfax on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, for Fairfax County Neighborhood and Community Services’ “Truth in Voice, Truth in Service” event.  The inaugural event was part of the 2025 Day of Racial Healing in Fairfax County. Earlier this month, the Board of Supervisors proclaimed Jan. 21, 2025, a Day of Racial Healing. The Day of Racial Healing is part of a national effort. The teens took part in discussions co-facilitated by leaders from NCS and Northern Virginia Community College’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Center. Some of the highlights of the event: Anthem HealthKeepers donated 1,200 bags that were used to prepare auto emergency preparedness kits for the Fairfax County Department of Emergency Management and Security (DEMS) to distribute at upcoming community outreach events. Participants created 940 kits. The Minority Tech Foundation donated three laptops that were awarded to the event’s most engaged participants. See photos from the event in this Flickr album. See a video of the event on Fairfax Channel 16's YouTube page.