Financial Aid-Utility/Fuel - Big Stone Gap, Emergency Fuel Fund, Mountain Empire Older Citizens
1501 3rd Avenue East, Big Stone Gap, VA 24219
Persons aged 60 and older in an emergency situation
8:30am to 4:30pm from Monday through Friday
Spanish
Walk-ins and telephone referrals accepted.
No fee
Norton, VA Lee, VA Scott, VA Wise, VA
Funded entirely by local donations of cash, this service assists people 60 years of age and older who are trapped in winter emergency situations with no money to buy fuel or pay fuel bills. Designed to prevent needy persons from having to choose between paying for fuel, food or medicine. Toll Free number - 800-252-6362
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.