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Provides consultation to parents and custodial family members on issues such as rights and responsibilities in special education and the special education process. Provides information on disabilities and makes referrals to appropriate agencies and organizations. Workshops are offered. A lending library is available.

The Virginia State Fire Marshal's Office (SFMO) provides fire safety to the citizens of the Commonwealth by educating citizens and visitors about fire hazards and fire prevention techniques and identifying factors that increase risks from fire and implementing programs to reduce those risks.

Dental services are available for eligible children through high school age and adults 60 years of age and older. Services include: Preventive and diagnostic procedures Examinations X-rays Fluoride treatments Prophylaxis (prevention of or protective treatment for disease) Sealants (protective coatings put on teeth) Fillings Simple extractions

CARITAS Works provides intensive, innovative and life transforming career preparation and job placement services to motivated individuals referred by Richmond's homeless services system. Offers 5-week all-day training that focuses on career development and job readiness begins with classes in basic computer skills, resume writing, interviewing techniques and professional networking.

RACSB offer psychiatric counseling to individuals, groups and families; specialized outpatient counseling and case management services; case management services to link individuals to community resources and to inpatient/residential programs. RACSB also offer emergency crisis intervention.

Provides leisure time activities for persons 50 years and older - includes senior activities, day trips, special seasonal activities, crafts, music and more.

A public school system which offers special education, vocational and continuing education, and General Education Degree (GED) programs.

Provides employment opportunities to people who participate in the TANF program. The employment services program allows people to achieve economic independence by removing work barriers; obtain work skills necessary for self-sufficiency; contribute materially to their own self-sufficiency; and obtain work experience.

Provides socialization over a noon meal at dining center, while offering a variety of recreational, cultural, health, and social activities based on the interests of members age 60 years or older.

Provides a wide array of medical services through various centers and departments located in the hospital including Allergy & Clinical Immunology, Anesthesiology, Blue Ridge Poison Control Center, Cancer Center, Cardiology, Charles O. Strickler Transplant Center, Children's Hospital, Clinical Pharmacology, Continuum Home Health, Dentistry, Department of Medicine, Dermatology, Digestive Health Center of Excellence, Emergency Medicine, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Epidemiology & Virology, Family Medicine, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics & Palliative Care, Center for Global Health, Health Evaluation Sciences, Heart & Vascular Center, Hematology/Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Neurological Surgery, Neurology, Neurosciences Center, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Pathology, Pediatrics, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Plastic & Maxillofacial Surgery, Psychiatric Medicine, Pulmonary & Critical Care, Pulmonary Function Laboratories, Radiation Oncology, Radiology, Rheumatology & Immunology, Sleep Disorders Center, Surgery, Urology, and Women's Place, a comprehensive care center for women. To access hospital services, please call: Main Hospital Switchboard: (434)924-0211 Toll-free Patient Access Line: (800)251-3627

A nurturing environment for children with disabilities. Care is available for a few hours, before and after school or all day. Computers, adaptive toys, and other special equipment are available for the children.

Assists children who have been permanently and legally separated from their birth parents to become permanent members of a new family. The goal of adoption is the third ranking permanency planning goal for Virginian children in foster care. Return of the child to the birth parents is the first goal and placement with relatives with a transfer of custody to the relative is the second goal. The goal of adoption is selected for children in foster care when the two higher-ranking goals cannot be achieved.

Oversees general government operations to ensure efficient and effective management of the people's resources.

Provides the community with an emergency medical planning and development facility. The Lord Fairfax Emergency Medical Services Council, Inc. has been created to establish, operate, administer and maintain an Emergency Medical Services System which provides for the arrangement of personnel, facilities and equipment for the effective and coordinated delivery of emergency health care. Service area covers Planning District 7.

Provides comprehensive health services are provided for uninsured people with HIV/AIDS.

Provides a non-profit religious, charitable, and educational organization which operates induction, and training centers for drug abusers, alcoholics and other teen boys with life controlling problems. In patient rehab is offered also. The teen challenge program, a 14 month residential program is divided into phases- orientation, probation, and academics. The academics begin 1 month after entry into the program. Agency offers positive peer culture and staff involvement.

Elderly and disabled adults who are unable to protect themselves from abuse, neglect, and exploitation are eligible for our services, regardless of income. Adult protective services investigates reports of abuse, neglect and exploitation of adults over the age of 60 or incapacitated adults over the age of 18.

Provides 24-hour comprehensive residential services for pregnant and parenting young women between ages of 13-21 years old. Services include ; individual and group counseling; family support group; childbirth, child development and parenting class; life skills training; on-site daycare services; regularly scheduled recreational opportunities; employment counseling and education

Lynchburg Parks & Recreation’s aquatics program offers swim lessons to lifeguard training, to a water slide, public pool and sprayground.

Provides shelter, care and protection for animals. Seeks out suitable homes for animals and works to prevent cruelty to animals. Offers humane information on the care of animals and humane education program for schools and civic organizations.

The District participates in the Virginia DMV car safety seat program that includes provision of the car seat and hands-on instruction for use based on an income eligibility basis. Educational programs on various health-related issues can be scheduled through the district for groups and civic organizations.

Provides programs for drug addictions, primary addiction to opiates. Services provided include consultation and evaluation, maintenance treatment and medically supervised withdrawal. Pantops Clinic provides methadone and suboxone maintenance.

Inspects facilities that prepare food for public consumption, including but not limited to: restaurants, school cafeterias, licensed day-care providers, hospital cafeterias, and temporary food service units at events. Maintains a certified lead risk assessor on staff to conduct environmental lead investigations when indicated as a part of a work-up of a child with an elevated blood lead level. Provides permitting for onsite sewage disposal systems. Issues permits for single family home alternative sewage discharges jointly with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. Permits all private drinking, heat pump, and agricultural wells. Monitoring wells are excluded. Permits and inspects hotels, campgrounds, summer camps, migrant labor camps, and jails. Provides rabies prevention and illness outbreak investigation services.

Peer Support Specialists provide services to eligible candidates who are at risk of decompensation because of difficulty understanding stressors and difficulty increasing supports. WRAP services focus on health and safety in eight-week training programs that help prevent crises but also focus on assisting individuals to build “daily wellness toolkits” that offer hope for a healthy daily routine that can facilitate integrated community citizenship. Services are provided at care coordination offices, assisted living facilities, and the Southwest Virginia Mental Health Institute.