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The Virginia Department of Social Services Foster Care Program provides homes and compassionate foster parents for children who are removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect, or other family circumstances that prevent children from remaining in their homes.

Provides a center for seniors offering meaningful services and activities including consumer education, some health services, crafts entertainment, interaction and fellowship, the serving of hot, well-balanced meals at noon to persons aged 60 and older. Transportation is provided to and from the center. Center is located at Winchester Parks and Recreation.

Veteran Direct Care is a service program for veterans of any age, who are determined and referred by the Veterans Health Administration, to be at-risk of institutional placement and desire self-directed care. In other words, the program is designed to allow veterans who are potential candidates for nursing home placement to receive that level of care in their homes.

Physical exam, pre-conceptual exam, condoms, birth control methods, and counseling. All services strictly confidential. A sliding scale fee is applied, based on income.

Provides pre-dispositional secure custody of up to 48 juveniles placed by the J&D and Family Court Services System. Program offers educational, recreational, medical, supervision, and assessment services along with room, board and clothing. Post-Dispositional Alternative Services are available to the court for youth in lieu of commitment to state learning centers.

A specialized K-12-day school, John G. Wood (JGW), teaches students with emotional and behavioral challenges that impact their academic success. The goal is to transition students back to their public school as soon as possible. JGW includes a broad range of courses for children in kindergarten through grade 12 and Extended School Year (ESY) services are available during the summer. Some residents of VHBG's Transitional Living programs attend JGW in addition to students who commute from multiple localities in the Richmond region. Students take a full range of academic courses that include CTE classes, online courses and electives with the ability to earn or work toward a Standard, Alternative, or General Education Diploma (GED). Self-contained classrooms are also available for more intensive support. JGW is licensed by the Virginia DOE, accredited by VAISEF, and aligned with Virginia SOLs.

Volunteers provide in-person or virtual friendly visiting; transportation to the grocery store, medical appointments, and general errands; intermittent respite to full time caregivers; technology assistance; and assist with household tasks and seasonal yard work. Volunteers may also help in Fairfax county senior or adult day health centers. The Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program volunteers advocate for residents of long-term care facilities. The Virginia Insurance Counseling and Assistance Program (VICAP) assists residents with Medicare issues. Fairfax Pets on Wheels volunteers along with their pet, visit residents of nursing facilities and adult day health care centers.

Card games, billiards, entertainment/music, crafts, speakers, luncheons, Health and nutrition programs, screening, blood pressure screening an covered dish luncheons.

Provides clinics to assist women in planning their families. Confidential birth control services and counseling are available. Special emphasis is focused to teens (teen clinic). Multiple languages availble via phone interperter line.

Mental Health Skill-building Services (formerly titled Mental Health Support Services) are provided for individuals 18 years and older who suffer from serious mental illness or mental illness with intellectual disabilities or substance abuse. This home and community-based program includes training, assistance and monitoring for individuals with a mental health diagnosis and who meet eligibility criteria.

Provides special services for refugees. Requires official refugee status. Provides short-term maintenance payments for indigent refugees.

CVACL's Education and Nutrition Sites provide hot, nutritionally balanced meals for older adults in a local group setting. Meetings include educational presentations and discussions, health screenings, adapted exercise sessions, recreational activities, artistic and cultural programming, and social events. Van transportation is provided for participants needing assistance traveling to and from the site or its events, as well as for occasional group trips to grocery stores, pharmacies, and local shopping. As part of CVACL's "wraparound" services, each site member is assigned a Care Manager to provide needs assessments, referrals, and follow-up.

Provides books and other materials, specialized collections, programs and services for the informational, educational and recreational needs of children, adults and special populations.

A free Speakers Bureau to provide information of concern to seniors and their care givers. Presentations may be tailored for a group's demographics, time constraints, and particular interests. Speakers are available at your convenience and evenings and weekends are acceptable. Available to participate in health fairs, trade shows and senior fairs.

A full-service regional library.

Serves as a department of local governmental authority which provides housing for low to moderate income families. Programs provided: Public Housing, Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8), Affordable Housing, Resident Services and Community Development.

Selects, organizes, preserves, and provides easy access to a collection of materials designed, within local space and budget limitations, to meet the day-to-day information needs of county citizens.

Provides certification through National Interpreter Certification (NIC), training through the Certification Maintenance Program (CMP), and self-regulation using the Ethical Practices System (EPS). Also provides support services for practicing and student sign language interpreters.

Provides education to children with disabilities who reside in the city of Alexandria.

Piedmont provides services to persons who are 65 years or older, who are in need of inpatient treatment for mental illness. They must meet the requirements for voluntary or involuntary admission as determined by their mental health center, and do not have a medical condition that requires priority treatment in an acute care hospital. This agency is handicapped accessible.

Offer a Financial Support Program which provides financial assistance to people with Parkinson's disease (PD) and their families who reside in the state of Virginia. Approved applicants will be eligible for up to $400 once per calendar year (January-December). Funds may be used for programs, services, and activities designed to improve quality of life.

Provides the citizens of Chesapeake law enforcement and preserves the peace.

Assists ADULTS OF ALL AGES who have no prescription health coverage to access the free medications from participating pharmaceutical companies. Eligibility is determined by the pharmaceutical companies participating in this program; each has different eligibility criteria. Staff complete the application using a specially designed computer program developed by the Virginia Health Care Foundation. Staff also assist with applications for Virginia Medicaid. In Lee, Scott, Wise Counties, Norton: 276-523-4202 or 800-252-6362 In Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, Tazewell Counties: 800-349-6362

Protects communities by coordinating and integrating all activities necessary to build, sustain, and improve the capability to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from threatened or actual natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other man-made disasters.