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Counselor works in the home with client and care giver/families to prevent home removal. common referral causes; truancy/academic performances, disruptive/oppositional behavior, abuse, neglect, depression, child bearing transitioned into or out of the home for brief period, child under probation, poverty, autism, pregnancy/teen parent, suicidal/homicidal certifications in other areas.

FAMIS is Virginia's health insurance program for children. Provides access to quality health services for children who do not have health insurance. FAMIS Plus is Virginia's name for children's Medicaid. FAMIS Plus also provides great benefits and covers children in families with low or no income, even if the children are covered by health insurance. FAMIS and FAMIS Plus cover children for: *Doctor visits; *Hospital and emergency care; *Well-child and well-baby checkups; *Shots; *Prescriptions; *Tests and x-rays; *Vision and dental care; *Mental health care.

Services are designed to prevent the breakdown of relationships between the incarcerated and their families. We do this through providing meaningful visitation.

Essex County Parks and Recreation offers a wide array of public spaces, facilities, and programs for recreation, leisure, and cultural enrichment. Their services include maintaining parks and reservations, providing recreational facilities, hosting events like the Cherry Blossom Festival and Summer Concert Series, and offering environmental education programs.

Provide medical care for needy persons who have insufficient income to meet their medical needs.

Lakeside Center is a day support program that provides psycho-educational, social and recreational opportunities serving individuals with serious mental illness.

WIC stands for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. Provides nutrition education, breast feeding promotion and support, supplemental nutritious foods, counseling at WIC clinics, and screening and referrals to other health, welfare, and social services. Improves the health of pregnant women, infants and children (under 5 years) through better nutrition and access to health care. All pregnant women who received WIC will be offered a breastfeeding nutrition education class and will meet with the breastfeeding peer counselor to answer questions concerning feeding options before delivery. The breastfeeding peer counselor also follows breastfeeding women during the time that they are breastfeeding.

Provides public library and information services to the community.

Information and assistance provides resource information that older persons and/or their caregivers need to help find and access services, whether it is from the Agency on Aging or from another agency or program.

Provides a Federal Agency to protect and manage 190,000 acres of National Forest land and provide recreation opportunities. In the Northwest Region of Virginia, the USDA Forest Service also has offices in Edinburg, Harrisonburg, and Warm Springs. Please see the web site for more details. Serves the counties of Amherst, Augusta, Bedford, Botetourt, Nelson, and Rockbridge and the cities of Buena Vista, Lexington, Staunton, Waynesboro.

Provides services, substitute care and supervision for a child on a 24-hour basis until the child can return to his or her family or be placed in an adoptive home or another permanent foster care placement. Local departments of social services provide training for foster parents. The training is designed to help foster parents understand and manage the needs of children in their care.

Provide an effective and comprehensive child development program to meet the emotional, social, health, nutritional and psychological needs of qualified preschool children and their families.

The Richmond AIDS Consortium is the clinical research arm of the VCU HIV/AIDS Center. RAC participates in a number of industry-sponsored HIV clinical trials that bring new treatments for all patients, particularly to those with drug resistant HIV and adherence issues.

There are two parts of Medicare, hospital insurance (part A) and medical insurance Part B helps protect people 65 and over from the high cost of health care. Disabled people under 65 who have been entitled to Social Security Disability benefits for 24 or more months and insured workers and their dependents who need dialysis because of a permanent kidney failure also have Medicare protection. Medicare helps pay the cost of inpatient hospital services, and certain other medical items and services not covered by hospital insurance.

Crisis Intervention Crisis services offered to children and adolescents who are at risk of entering the hospital or have marked reduction in their psychiatric, adaptive, or behavioral functioning, or an extreme increase in personal distress. Crisis Intervention provides up to 30 days of short-term counseling intended to prevent exacerbation of the condition and provide treatment in the least restrictive setting. Services are provided in the office, home, and community. Call hotline number for after hours services 540-981-9351 (TTY/TDD accessible).

The Energy Assistance Program consists of three components: Fuel Assistance assists low-income eligible households by supplementing home energy costs. Applications are accepted the second Tuesday in October through the second Friday in November. Crisis Assistance assists low-income households with energy related emergencies. Applications are accepted November 1st through March 15th. Cooling Assistance assists households in acquiring or repairing cooling equipment and /or payment of electric bills to operate cooling equipment. Applications are accepted June 15th through August 15th. Additional information about EAP is available at www.dss.virginia.gov. Apply online anytime at www.commonhelp.virginia.gov.

Investigate reports of child abuse and neglect. Provides services as needed.

Provides a variety of services and support for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. The headquarters of the Arc has access to information, advocacy, and skills they need to participate as active citizens of our democracy and active members of the community.

Mental health assessments, crisis intervention services, assistance with hospital transitions and pre-screening for hospitalizations.

Capital formation; networking assistance; business planning; federal procurement assistance; government financing.

Promote the orderly and efficient developments of the physical, social, and economic elements of localities. Provide technical assistance with economic development and transportation planning, state and federal grants, mapping, GIS. Staff provides technical/liaison assistance to member jurisdictions

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.

Helps ex-offenders by providing appropriate assistance to meet their basic needs. Re-entry program for ex-offenders, jobs, counseling, housing, transportation and clothing. Provide transportation if possible, but primarily give bus tickets (no more than 10 in a six-month period) for doctors appointments, going to/from work, job interviews. Virginia Cares offers the following services: Emergency Assistance for basic needs (ex. housing, food, clothing, personal toiletries) Assistance in obtaining vital documents (ex. photo ID, drivers license, birth certificate, social security card) Job Readiness Skills Training and Employment Services – soft skills training, resume assistance, interview workshops, basic computer skills training, weekly ‘Who’s Hiring’ tip sheets Transportation assistance and bus passes to verified job interviews and confirmed work sites. Bi-monthly support group activities on various topics. Referrals to community partners for counseling, legal and medical services.

Accepts and maintains voter registration applications and records; election records; candidate filings; and absentee ballots, etc.

Issues warrants, admits to bail, commits to jail, issues emergency custody orders, emergency protective orders, temporary detention orders and answers as many legal questions as possible. We issue civil warrants and direct persons to the proper court. We distribute pamphlets placed by citizens against family violence. We direct abus