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Provides both educational and emotional support for cancer patients and/or their families.

VOLUNTEER SVCS CO-COORDINATOR/TWO-YEAR Serve as a partner in education with the Lynchburg City School System at Linkhorne Middle School. Also provide tutoring and mentoring for after-school programs. Serve Lynchburg Community Action Group with building restoration. Volunteer at Habitat for Humanity and supply lunches to Habitat work crews. Actively involved with the Miller Home and Presbyterian Home for parties, one-on-ones, and repair work as well. EVENTS: CASA's Casino Night, EELC Fall Fair.

The centers offer employment guidance, training, and placement services to job seekers and employers throughout the Metro-Richmond region. Information and referrals to community and partner resources are also available to customers.

Provides assistance to individuals with intellectual disability and their families by advocating on their behalf, identifying needs, developing individual services plans, coordinating services and monitoring services. Case managers complete annual assessments, link clients to services, make home and on-site visits to programs, and coordinate and facilitate team reviews.

Assists visiting tourists with information about the area; historical sites, fun/recreational things to do, tour information, events and directions.

Hospice is a large program encompassing a wide range of services and care for those afflicted with a terminal disease and their families. Hospice strives to treat the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the patient. A nurse makes home visits to help manage symptoms, while home health aides help with personal care and companionship. Social workers aide with emotional support and advanced directives, speaking with families to determine strengths and needs, coordinate problem solving, counselling and referrals. Finally, chaplain services provide spiritual support upon request. Palliative care exists to enhance the comfort and quality of life, with no specific therapy being excluded from consideration.

The Golden Gazette is a free monthly community newsletter that covers a variety of topics and community news concerning older adults and caregivers in Fairfax County.

Program for people with Alzheimer's, Autism, Down Syndrome. Sheriff's office will place a wrist band/transmitter on program participants. Caregiver will check transmitter daily and once a month sheriff's office will change transmitter battery. If client wanders, caregiver needs to call 911 and reference Project Lifesaver client. 911 will dispatch Project Lifesaver Team with receiver to search for client with wrist band. Project is meant to bring peace of mind to family members. Personnel on call after office hours.

Provides emergency / supplementary food assistance for anyone who needs it.

Provides a private, non-profit health provider offering residents all phases of family practice medical care, lab service, dental services and behavioral health care.

A day program to help teens aged 14 to 18 who are on probation stay out of trouble and gain life skills.

Environmental Health Services protect the health and safety of Crater Health District residents through safe food and water, proper sewage disposal, correction of environmental hazards and investigation of animal bites/rabies exposures.

The Richmond Public Schools Early Head Start/Head Start Program provides comprehensive services to low-income pregnant moms, infants and toddlers, and preschool children and their families. Children will receive a developmentally appropriate experience that will make a difference in their academic achievement in school. Additionally, we will enhance family self-sufficiency and encourage development of the family unit to achieve their fullest potential.

Youth residential programs to address general psychiatric issues. Additionally, specialized programs for those with intellectual or developmental disabilities, sexual reactive behaviors and self-injurious behaviors.

To provide legal representation to indigent persons charged with a criminal offense. Client must be indigent based upon the state's financial guidelines to qualify for court-appointed representation. Once financial eligibility is determined, the court may appoint the Office of the Public Defender to represent the client in a criminal matter.

Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center provides information about Alzheimer's disease and related disorders to health professionals, patients and their families, and the public.

Provides free income tax assistance to low-income people filing forms 1040, 1040EZ or 1040A. Assistance is provided from February through April of each year by appointment. Participants should bring all the necessary papers with them. Please call for an appointment.

The program is set up to provide monthly benefits to workers of any age and their families who face a loss of income due to disability or the death of a family wage earner.

Residents of Covington and Alleghany County can receive free tax preparation assistance through the local Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, administered by the Alleghany County Commissioner of the Revenue.

Coordinates and refers qualified interpreters and computer assisted real-time translation (CART) aka captioning for the deaf and hard of hearing for the state agencies and the court system. The interpreter services program also publishes a Directory of Qualified Interpreters. The Directory includes contact information for interpreters in Virginia who meet the definition of a qualified interpreter. VDDHH distributes the Directory to consumers and service providers to assist in securing qualified interpreters for various assignments. A hard copy of this Directory can be obtained by contacting our agency via email or by phone or downloading a copy from our website.

The Prince George Parks and Recreation Department offers all-season youth and adult sports, programs in physical fitness family trips and activities, special interest classes, and youth support day camp programs.

Offers a club for 5th through 8th grade boys that meets Monday evenings for large group games, skits, dinner, speakers, Bible study and service. Leaders teach Skills for Adolescence.

Provides temporary rental assistance, mortgage, utilities, food, household products, prescriptions, transportation, and dental costs for individuals and families residing in New River Valley and transients who are experiencing a financial crisis who meet the eligibility guidelines · Utility payment assistance - up to $500 per year · Food, household supplies, diapers, and infant formula - monthly Assistance is available for households with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines (example: $52,400 for a family of four). · For Rental or mortgage payment assistance, call our Housing Crisis Hotline at 540-639-3159.

Provides an international service oriented civic club with emphasis on sight/hearing conservation, drug awareness and diabetes awareness. Y

Physical and developmental assessment important for infants and children at regular intervals. Health education for parents. A sliding scale fee is applied, based on income.