Support Group-Caregivers - Big Stone Gap, KinCare, Mountain Empire Older Citizens
1501 3rd Avenue East, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219
Eligibility
Call for information
Hours
8:30am to 4:30pm from Monday through Friday
(276) 523-4202
Voice
Website
https://www.meoc.orgLanguages
Spanish
Application process
Call for information
Service area
Norton, VA
Wise, VA
Scott, VA
Lee, VA
Provides services, support and assistance specifically to grandparents and/or other relative caregivers who are acting as surrogate parents or who have custody of relative children. Services include care coordination, monthly support groups, events, back to school supplies, counseling/case management, legal assistance, parenting education and information, advocacy, and information and referral.
Providing organization
Mountain Empire Older Citizens
MEOC is the area agency on aging and public transit provider for Lee, Wise and Scott Counties and the City of Norton in the southwestern tip of Virginia. MEOC also operates Mountain Empire PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly), directs the Southwest Virginia Children's Advocacy Center and Mountain Laurel Cancer Support and Resource Center, and serves as the aging and disability resource center for its service area.