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Girls on the Run is an after-school program designed to inspire girls of all abilities to recognize and embrace their inner strength. Lessons emphasize the important connection between physical and emotional health. Offer a fall season and a spring season at schools and community sites throughout the Hampton Roads area. Offer a summer day camp for rising 3rd - 5th graders.

Maintains a supply of food staple items. Clients pick-up food during business hours.

Provides free insurance counseling for individuals age 60 and older and disabled persons over 18 and their families. VICAP, the Virginia Insurance and Counseling Assistance Program, helps them to understand Medicare, Medicaid and Long-Term Care Insurance. Assistance in choosing a Medicare Supplement Insurance or Medigap policy is also provided. Counseling can be done by telephone or in person. The program can also assist eligible clients sorting through complicated medical bills and patients' rights issues such as grievances and appeals.

Provides affordable housing for area residents. Accepts HUD Section 8 vouchers.

BSCI is a micro-enterprise development program that offers educational classes to entrepreneurs focusing on how to start and manage a small business. It also provides individual technical assistance to experienced business owners.

An optional local program designed to provide assistance, either maintenance or emergency, which cannot be provided through other means. Financed through state and local funding. May include assistance for medical or dental services, burial expenses, assistance for unattached children and interim assistance. The local program is developed by the local department of social services to meet the identified needs of each jurisdiction.

Our Military Kids offers extracurricular activity grants that build the child's self-confidence, enhance family wellness, and strengthen a shared sense of community.

New River Community Action's Homeless and Housing Programs offer financial services to those at-risk of becoming homeless (Prevention) and those already homeless (Rapid Rehousing) to help them obtain or maintain permanent housing. Clients must meet strict grant criteria to receive financial services through Homeless and Housing Programs and adhere to program policies and guidelines for continuing services. When available, funding is used for participant financial assistance in the form of rent deposits and last month's rent, rent payments, utility deposits and utility arrears, utility payments, and application fees. Homeless and Housing Programs provides free Renter Education Workshops twice a month. Workshops are for tenants, landlords, and those considering renting. NRCA staff educates participants concerning fair housing, the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, energy savings tips and financial tips. Homeless and Housing Programs offer counseling services. Counseling can be face to face, over the phone, or through the internet. Counseling sessions include completing a written spending plan, determining household goals, making referrals, and follow up on goal progression. For Rental or mortgage payment assistance, call our Housing Crisis Hotline at 540-639-3159.

Crisis Stabilization provides individualized crisis services on an outpatient basis. Resources and natural support systems are mobilized during the crisis episode in an effort to avert unnecessary psychiatric hospitalization and assist the participant in remaining in the community

Community Health education and information on sexually transmitted diseases and HIV is provided at no cost to individuals, groups, workplaces, churches, schools and health fairs. Free HIV antibody testing and counseling. AIDS Drug Assistance Program available to eligible clients. Free Hepatitis B & Hepatitis C Testing available.

Assists veterans and their families in obtaining state, federal and local benefits to which they are entitled. Act as informed advocates in the preparation, presentation and prosecution of claims and serves as a clearinghouse providing information and assistance that will enhance the veteran's quality of life.

Provides free budget counseling, housing counseling, educational services and a debt management program to families and individuals regardless of race, national origin, sex, social position or financial status.

Operates a 24-hour emergency room for emergency medical care. Patients seen in an Emergency Room basis. Xray, CT scan, full service lab on site for ER patients and outpatient referrals.

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialist can provide training to persons who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing and their families and training to businesses, nonprofits, and professionals that serve persons who have a hearing loss. Responds to request for information and referrals on niche topics related to hearing loss including, but not limited to, where to find sign language classes, support services, assistive technology, and more. Specialist promote public awareness about services via exhibits at local-regional events. Specialist assist clients with their telecommunication needs including applications, assessments, installation, training and troubleshooting specialized telecommunication equipment.

Receives reports of abuse and neglect; conducts investigations to determine validity of the CPS reports; and provides services that enhance child safety and prevent further abuse and neglect to families and children.

Library includes a Family Fun zone that expands the library with an area for families with younger children to focus on learning through play, beginning at birth.

The witness/victim assistance program helps victims and witnesses of crimes by providing information and support throughout the court process. Victims and witnesses play an important role in the prosecuting of cases, which may be frightening and frustrating. The witness/victim assistance program is here to make the experience easier for you. The services of the witness/victim assistance program are free.

Offers temporary payments to needy persons caring for related children under 18 (or if 18, will graduate from high school before age 19) who need support due to death, disability, absence of parent(s), and sometimes employment. Offers limited aid to unrelated children. Call for information on eligibility requirements and required documentation. Provides employment services to recipients, upon approval, through the Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare Program (VIEW Program). Call for information on eligibility requirements and required documentation.

Works with groups of parents and children to increase parenting skills by building healthy relationships through increased empathy and self-esteem. Expands parents' knowledge of appropriate developmental behaviors and offers positive parenting alternatives to hitting and yelling. Sessions last 12-21 weeks and are held at various sites throughout the county.

Clients are allowed a limited number of clothing and are only served once a month. Must display a genuine need and be willing to take the time to discuss the immediate as well as the long-range need.

Gallaudet University is a comprehensive liberal arts university of learning, teaching and research for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.

Provides emergency financial aid for burial. Must have paperwork, including bill, from a funeral home.

Program supplying nutritional food to income eligible individuals and their families. Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards are distributed to acquire approved purchases. Individuals may visit the web site to determine eligibility. For lost EBT card call customer service at 866-281-2448. You may also go to your local DSS office to receive a new card.

Care Coordination services help older adults and their care givers navigate the Long Term Care services system and make decisions about personal care.

To support children, teens and adults as they make the journey towards mental stability, independency, and overcoming life’s challenges. Through utilizing supported cognitive, behavioral, and interpersonal interventions. ​