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Provides administrative support and oversight to vocational service providers approved as vendors to Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services. Also coordinate Special Programs administered by DARS, such as: Long Term Employment Support Services, Extended Employment services, Long Term Mentally Ill Services, Substance Abuse Services, and Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services. May provide limited transportation to clients when no other options are available. If there are any questions relative to transportation, please call.

Providing preventive dental care to children who are most at risk for dental caries (cavities or decay) and long term dental disease. Provides parents with information on proper oral hygiene, nutrition and oral health literacy in an effort to reduce high risk behaviors (pre-chewing food, sharing utensils, putting children to bed with sugary drinks) that lead to Early Childhood Caries. Nurses apply semi-annual fluoride dental varnish to the teeth of CHIP-enrolled children from tooth bud eruption to age 36 months who do not presently receive varnish treatments through another health care provider.

Darkness to Light (D2L) - Stewards of Children introduces a curriculum that educates the community about child sexual abuse and surrounding issues. Information provided assists in identifying child abuse, child neglect, and child sexual abuse, and teaches community members how to report concerns of abuse and neglect. Skills developed in the D2L - Stewards of Children empower community members to share in the protection of children by effectively identifying, responding to and reporting child abuse.

State correctional institution.

Offers free job services to help people in the community in learning/upgrading computer skills, job preparation, and job search skills for today's workplace.

Provides substance abuse programs such as screenings, assessments, IMPACT(DUI courses), and continuing care for those individuals who previously have come from substance abuse programs.

Employee Development and Work Adjustment Training is comprehensive, individualized, and designed to develop or reestablish skills, attitudes, personal characteristics, work behaviors, and functional capacities in order to achieve positive employment outcomes. Services are time-limited and can be provided directly to individuals seeking employment or indirectly through employer/employee support programs. Job services are provided at the job site and can include counseling, intensive job training, and development of work habits, and behaviors appropriate for the work environment. Prior to completion of the program, a review is held utilizing input from the program individual, staff, families, advocates, funders, and other involved agency representatives to determine the potential for competitive employment, additional training, or the transition to other Goodwill programs. Employee Development and Training is offered to individuals living in the counties of Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Campbell, Carroll, Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Grayson, Henry, Montgomery, Patrick, Pulaski, Roanoke, Rockbridge, and Wythe, and the cities of Buena Vista, Covington, Galax, Lexington, Lynchburg, Martinsville, Radford, Roanoke, and Salem.

Provides for an increased public awareness of adoption, improves the services system to promote adoption as a positive permanency planning option for children who need expanded kinship networks.

Provides a thrift shop with a wide array of excellent quality items from jewelry and clothing to large furniture. Merchandise is in excellent condition and well-organized. Additionally, staff is eager to help make your shopping experience easy and enjoyable. The mission of the Blue Ridge Hospice Thrift Shops is three-fold. Uses proceeds from store sales to provide quality hospice care to residents of Winchester and the counties of Clarke, Frederick, Warren, Shenandoah, Page, and western Loudoun. Provides high-quality, reasonably-priced merchandise to these communities. Also assists those who wish to donate belongings they no longer need.

The Special Services Library offers library materials and services for individuals who are blind and physically handicapped, including talking books and Braille materials.

The Energy Assistance Program (EAP)consists of three components; Fuel Assistance (FA), Coolng Assistance (CA) and Emergency Crisis Assistance (CAP). The FA component is intended to provide supplemental assistance to offset the rising costs of heating expenses. The CAP component is intended to provide assistance with heating equipment needs and emergency fuel outages. Fuel Assistance opens the second Tuesday in October. The last day for applying is the second Friday in November. Main Qualifications: Have a heating need, meet the income and resource levels, include all persons living in the household, live in an eligible living arrangement and meet the citizenship requirements. Crisis Assistance applicants must meet the following: income level, resource level. Deposits: Opens the first working day in November. May only receive once per lifetime per fuel type. (Natural gas, electric and LP gas) Heating Equipment: Opens November 1st or the first working day in November for Replacement, purchase, or repair o

The department investigates complaints of cruelty to animals, quarantines animals that have bitten humans, provides 24-hour emergency service for injured or stray animals and removes stray dogs and livestock from streets and public areas. The Animal Shelter is operated in accordance with state and local law.

Provides services to support the planning and development process of land use by providing special planning studies, plan review, zoning code enforcement, building code inspections, and staffing for the planning commission.

Provides a regional organization comprised of the four counties in the Northern Neck. Also coordinates planning and technical assistance for the counties.

Offers services to older adults and/or individuals over 18 with disabilities. Services include counseling; Medicaid pre-admission screening for nursing homes, adult care residences and in-home personal care; housing alternatives counseling; home-based care advocacy; companion services; and liaison with community resources and agencies. Transportation provided only under limited conditions.

Provides free, legal assistance to elderly, disabled, or low-income individuals and families who face the loss of a critical need such as personal safety, income, housing, medical benefits, education or family stability. LSNV provides services in a variety of substantive civil legal areas, including: family law, housing law, elder law, public benefits claims, access to health care, child advocacy, employment law, consumer law and AIDS/HIV issues. Staff and volunteers provide legal advice, brief service, and representation in administrative hearings and in court, as well as community legal education, and advocacy before local and state governmental entities, all without charge.

Provides placement for children in need of foster care and services to the children and their families.

Long-term pediatric residential care facility dedicated exclusively to children with severe physical and intellectual disabilities. Staff provide medical, therapeutic, educational and recreational services for children and young adults, ages newborn to 21 years.

The Ombudsman Acts as a resource for information and counseling for the citizens regarding institutional and community based long-term care options, and general issues and concerns affecting the elderly. Protects and represents the rights of persons in Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, and Adult Care Residences or those receiving long-term care services in their home. Seek to educate consumers of long-term care facilities and their families about their rights and how to advocate on their own behalf. Serves as a point of entry whereby complaints made by or on behalf of older persons receiving long-term care services, can be received, investigated, and resolved. Serves as an advocate and/or mediator between residents and those responsible for their care. Provides relevant education for facilities, agencies and community groups.

Shop at Goodwill retail stores for great bargains on clothing and accessories, furniture, kitchenware, art, music, toys, books, electronics, collectibles and much more. We offer thousands of new and used items at unbeatable bargains. Boost your wardrobe and home furnishings with name brands and designer labels that you can afford. We offer full lines of men's, women's and children's clothing. And, with constantly changing inventory, you never know what you will find. And, remember, when you shop Goodwill, not only are you getting quality, brand-name merchandise at unbelievably low prices, you are also helping your neighbors in need. The dollars you spend support our Work and Training programs for people with disabilities and disadvantages.

Group instruction and computer-based training for foreign-born individuals. Open entry and exit.

Provides a variety of services to meet specific counseling needs.

For individuals and families who are experiencing acute emotional and/or substance abuse problems. If the individual experiencing the crisis has attempted to harm themselves or others, call 9-1-1 immediately. Crisis stabilization Services include: crisis intervention referral to the crisis stabilization unit critical incident stress debriefing emergency assessment referral to mental health and community agencies outreach community education Through crisis response, the crisis stabilization unit is a 15-bed short stay facility that provides initial screening, assessment, triage, short term, crisis focused intervention and medical evaluation. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in Virginia: Lee County: 276-346-3590 Scott County: 276-452-1144 Wise County: 276-523-8300

RBHA provides Outpatient Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment.

Internal medicine and primary care centers offer occupational health services, travel medicine and overseas clearance exams.