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The Emergency Services Program provides an effective, rapid response to critical situations 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. Services are directed toward adults and children and adolescents who are experiencing severe, acute symptoms of mental illness or emotional disorder, including those with a risk of suicide, risk of danger to others, and emergencies related to alcohol or drug abuse or addiction.

Provides personal and/or economic growth for persons with disabilities through the provision of training, supports, community participation and employment options. Services include work adjustment training, extended employment, work readiness, day support, and supported employment. IDCs are located in Atkins, Wytheville and Hillsville, Virginia.

Provides protection for adults from abuse and neglect. Investigates and responds to reports of suspected abuse of disabled adults over age 18 and any person over age 60. In emergencies after hours, call your local police. The Waynesboro Office of the Shenandoah Valley Social Services handles all Adult Protective Services cases for the cities of Staunton and Waynesboro, and the county of Augusta. In emergencies after hours, call your local police or the Statewide 24 hour Toll-free Hotline: (888)832-3858.

Provides assistance to Rappahannock County residents in accordance with Federal Programs. Programs include SNAP, TANF, Medicaid, Heating, Cooling and Emergency/Crisis Assistance. Child Care Subsidy assistance and employment services assistance programs. Foster Care, adult services, adult protective services, child protective services, adoption, foster care prevention and ongoing child protective services also offered. Healthy Families program. LINK program and adult case management services through Encompass Community Supports Services Board also offered at this location. Locality Children's Services Act (CSA) operations are also administered by social services.

In partnership with people with disabilities and their families, the Division of Rehabilitative Services collaborates with the public and private sectors to provide and advocate for the highest quality services that empower individuals with disabilities to maximize their employment, independence and full inclusion into society. May provide limited transportation to clients when no other options are available. If there are any questions relative to transportation, please call.

Area office of Virginia State Police. Important numbers while traveling in Virginia: *Virginia State Police----#77 on cell phone. *Highway Helpline---------5-1-1 or 1-800-367-ROAD (TTY users call 7-1-1). Toll-Free, 24-Hours for latest information on road and traffic conditions or to report unsafe conditions. To view traffic cameras and travel alerts, go to www.virginiadot.org and click on Travel Center.

Provides a thrift shop with donated items such as clothing, furniture, small appliances, fans/air conditioners, bedding/linen and household goods. Accepts donations during business hours. Furniture Vouchers available for individuals/families impacted by fire/flood.

Connects people with opportunities to serve, provides technical consultation to agencies or groups who would like to develop or improve their volunteer programs, provides information about volunteer management training and other management resources and promotes local volunteering.

Determines eligibility for programs that pay for medical expenses of TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families), or SSI (Supplemental Security Income), recipients, and for persons who are blind, permanently disabled, over 65, and for some pregnant women and some children under 21. Call for appointment and information on required documentation. Additional Website: http://www.FAMIS.org

Provides public school services for Lee County students. Offers Head Start, GED programs, alternative and gifted education, before and after-school programs. Offers a wide continuum of services for students with disabilities, ranging from self-contained classes to monitor-only status. Educates students in the least restrictive environment. Facilities are available for use by the community according to availability and guidelines.

Temporary care arranged for children who cannot be in their own homes and who have been placed in foster care by the court.

The Norton Parks and Recreation Department offers a variety of children's programs and activities. Please see below for more details. Summer Camps Recreational Youth Flag Football Recreational Youth Basketball Recreational Youth Soccer

To enable African Americans and disadvantaged others to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power, and civil rights through program services and advocacy.

The general district court hears traffic violation cases, minor criminal cases known as misdemeanors, and civil cases such landlord and tenant disputes, contract disputes, and personal injury actions.

Engaged Fathers and Men improve the quality of children's lives by supporting fathers in becoming more Responsible, Empowering, Available and Loving men in the lives of their Children. Provides encouragement and support and resources and information to support their parenting goals. Children NEED fathers and fathers NEED their children. Engaged Fathers and Men helps to strengthen this relationship. Contact Eddie Harris at 434 882-1026 or 434 296-4118 ext. 227. ACCESSIBILITY: Fully accessible to persons with disabilities.

HUD Certified Housing Counselors provide anyone pursuing the homeownership dream with all the necessary information, financial evaluation, and guidance to achieve their housing goals. Also, Housing Counselors help them to understand their options and assist in becoming "mortgage ready" by helping them to improve their credit and manage their budget and debt.

Responsible for the administration of a wide variety of financial assistance programs supported by federal, state and local funds and for the administration of a wide variety of service programs designed to meet social needs.

Long term care nursing services that provides physical, speech and occupational therapy. Offers respite care.

Offers convenient walk-in medical clinics with licensed medical providers who are available during extended hours 365 days a year to treat any non-life-threatening illness or injury that needs immediate attention.

Temporary care arranged for children who cannot be in their own homes and who have been placed in foster care by the court.

Medicare is a health insurance program for people age 65 or older. Certain people younger than age 65 can qualify for Medicare, too, including those who have disabilities and those who have permanent kidney failure. The program helps with the cost of health care, but it does not cover all medical expenses or the cost of most long-term care.

Provides immunizations for communicable diseases and for foreign travel requirements. Also offers flu and pneumonia shots. Tests for sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV/AIDS and for communicable diseases such as TB.

The Trans Health Project takes a comprehensive, systematic approach to expanding access to transgender-related health care by: educating affected individuals about their legal rights; cultivating a robust movement to achieve health care equity; expanding enforcement of existing legal protections; and driving clinical policy changes among insurance carriers.

Oxford House, Inc. is a network of self-run, self-supported recovery homes for members recovering from alcohol and substance abuse throughout Northern Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia (DC). We provide separate houses for men and women and some houses accept children with parent. When an individual is accepted for membership in an Oxford House, there is no time limit on how long he or she can live there, but the use of alcohol or drugs or non-payment of rent will result in expulsion. There is no clean time required to move into an Oxford House. All houses are near local transportation including buses and subways. Wheelchair accessibility varies by location.

Provides Campus Community Partnerships for Research, free research and analytical study to non-profit community agencies. Projects are advised by trained researchers (faculty) and carried out by students. Students and faculty will work with the proposing agency, organization, or individual to address a community-identified need.