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Employment Services provides long-term employment, training, and supports for people with intellectual, developmental, and other disabilities at our site in Hampton. Employment Services offered through Government Contract work across the Nation. Employment Services provide adult students with disabilities the opportunity to participate in certification programs, preparing them for life-long careers in high-demand industries resulting in economic independence. Supported Employment helps people with disabilities gain employment with businesses in the community. Day Support provided to people with intellectual, developmental, and other disabilities at our site in Hampton. In this program, people with disabilities work on life and social skills, and also volunteer/participate in the community.

Provide hearty bag lunches on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Provides economical homes to own or rent and related supportive services to low-income individuals and famlies.

Acquires food products through donations, canned food drives, food bank programs or direct purchase and distributes the food to people who are in emergency situations.

Provides an array of outpatient services for children with serious emotional disturbances, substance abuse disorders and intellectual and developmental disabilities. Services include psychiatric treatment, medication management, individual, family and group counseling, school-based day treatment, Intensive In-Home Services, Infant/Toddler Case Management, and case management for children 3-18. Services are for children only. Child and Family Outpatient Services is the Regional Children's Center which serves the counties of Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, Warren, Clarke, and the City of Winchester. New Clients, please call the Triage Call Center in Front Royal: (540)635-4804

The environmental health programs include lead exposure, food establishment inspections, rabies prevention, sewage and water permits and complaint investigations. Both nurses and environmental health specialists work together to investigate communicable diseases, including outbreaks.

Offers a multi-faceted recreation and community center. Provides indoor winter leagues with Basketball, volleyball, karate and indoor walking for health program. Outdoor leagues include softball, and all types baseball for all youth ages. Offers Your Way, weight room, lighted tennis courts, concerts, and a shelter with picnic tables to rent. Red Cross water safety instruction is offered at the pool. The pool is disability accessible with a chair lift.

Provides planned combinations of individualized activities, supports, training, supervision and transportation to individuals with intellectual disabilities to improve their skills or maintain an optimal level of functioning. The program is designed to provide training and support in non-vocational areas such as self care, independent living, communication, socialization and motor skills.

Providing Christmas to children by way of food, clothing, toys, and other gifts. Call for dates and times to fill out applications for Holiday Assistance.

Offers recreational opportunities for adults (age 55 and older) to join together in fellowship and activities that enhance their quality of life, respond to their needs and interests, support their independence and encourage their involvement in and with the center and the community. Offers health and wellness programs, blood pressure screening, nutritional education programs, bloodmobiles, arts and humanities programs, retired and senior volunteer program, AARP Covington-Alleghany County Chapter #1702, AARP income tax assistance, LOA - Area Agency on Aging Diner's Club program (Tuesday and Thursday), Meals-on-Wheels program, line dancing, dances, appreciation socials, Older Americans Month Open House, advance crafts for men and women, Covington Senior Center Newsletter and Calendar of Events, covered dish luncheons, duplicate bridge club, transportation, shopping and much more.

Emergency Management

The aim of prevention services is to promote strengths, reduce the influence of risk factors, and support an individual's own sense of competency. In this way, one's skills and abilities are improved, attitudes are changed, and behavior is enhanced, thereby reducing the incidence of emotional and behavioral disorders, substance abuse and violence.

Identifies, assesses, and provides services to children and families in an effort to protect children, preserve families, whenever possible, and prevent further maltreatment. Is non-punitive in its approach and is directed toward enabling families to provide adequate care for their children. Local departments of social services are responsible for receiving reports of abuse and neglect; conducting investigations to determine the validity of the CPS reports; and providing services that enhance child safety and prevent further abuse and neglect to families and children. Also develops statewide public awareness and education programs and administrates state and federal grants to prevent abuse and neglect.

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 Family Access to Medical Insurance Security program (FAMIS). Provides health coverage for children who have not had any health insurance coverage for 6 months. Designed to cover children of working VA families who make too much money to qualify for Medicaid and too little to afford private health insurance. For more information on FAMIS, please call Toll-free: FAMIS (866)873-2647, M-F 8AM-7PM and Sa 9AM-12Noon.

Provides services to individuals in the Harrisonburg and Rockingham County region that include: Children's Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Prevention Services, Children's Case Management, Nursing and Psychiatric Services and Parent and Child Education (PACE) program. In-home services for court-ordered children and families, family care coordination for families involved in the CSA system.

The fund distribution process allocates the net proceeds from the annual United Way of Rockbridge campaign to maximize the resources available to local agencies.

Provides intensive family counseling within a family systems perspective. Offers outpatient therapy, intensive in-home interventions, group therapy and on-going supervision and treatment planning using video taping. Also offers child, individual, family and group-counseling, intensive in-home, systematic assessments, stress management, autism therapy, adoption counseling and trainings for professionals.

Performs and provides support for programs and activities related to the physical development and the use of land within the City's limits. The activities include the development of the City's Comprehensive plan and the on-going implementation of that plan; reviewing and permitting land uses through rezoning, use permits, site plan review, subdivisions, and certificates of compliance.

Administers the social security retirement, disability and survivors benefit programs. We are also responsible for determining entitlement to Medicare and eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. SSI is a benefit program for the blind, disabled and those ages 65 or older and who have little or no income and resources. Clients may now apply online for certain benefits, see if they qualify, estimate future benefits, change address and/or phone number. Please see web site for more information.

VA CARES (Community Action Re-entry System) is a member of a statewide re-entry program for adult prisoners and returning citizens released from Virginia's state institutions and local jails. This program is operated by People Incorporated of Virginia. Program services include: information and referrals to meet immediate needs, such as: food, clothing, medical care, and housing. Assistance is provided to help program participants obtain jobs through job readiness workshops. Participants in these groups are provided job leads. Peer groups are also provided to help to returning citizens make connections and address barriers to reunification and community engagement.

William and Mary's predominantly residential undergraduate program provides a broad liberal education. The undergraduate program is integrated with selected graduate and professional programs in five faculties -- Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Law, and Marine Science. Masters and doctoral programs in the humanities, the sciences, the social sciences, business, education, and law provide a wide variety of intellectual opportunities for students at both graduate and undergraduate levels.

Provides law enforcement and crime prevention in the town of Blacksburg.

Provides general education services for grades K through 12 and special education services for ages two to 21. Provides GED classes an examinations where appropriate. Summer school is offered. Continuing education and vocational technical training is offered to students and to community citizens. School facilities are available for rental by community organizations.

Warming shelters are not activated but will be if the need arises. (Greene County EMS)