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Offer a variety of virtual and live fitness and wellness classes at the hospital and local churches. Classes include Yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi, Senior Fitness, Pre-natal Yoga, Post-partum Yoga, Body Sculpting, Cardio Dance, Exercise Fundamentals, Zumba, Tai Chi, Feldenkrais and Boost Your Balance.

Investigates reports of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of adults over 60 years of age and incapacitated adults over 18 years of age and provides services when persons are found to be in need of protective services. APS 24-Hour Hotline: 888-832-3858

The City of Alexandria's Street and Sewer Maintenance division provides maintenance and repairs for all City sewers, streets, sidewalks and fire hydrants; maintains stream beds, weirs and stream banks; maintains drainage tunnels, box culverts and stormwater pollution removal facilities; maintains bridges; and conducts snow removal and flood control operations.

The Residential Program provides residential settings that range in levels of supervision, for deaf adults with mental illness who are in need of learning independent living skills. Its goals are to reduce or prevent hospitalization, to outplace deaf persons from institutions and to assist these persons to live and function within the community.

REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE PROGRAM Representative Payee Program provides financial management for people with disabilities who are not competent to manage their own funds. By paying bills and ensuring sufficient money to last throughout the month, we protect vulnerable people from being financially exploited and from becoming homeless. LEGAL CUSTODIAN PROGRAM FOR VETERANS The Legal Custodians program provides financial management for veterans with disabilities. The program permits The Up Center to become a veteran's custodian, allowing the agency to manage benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs if certain conditions are met. SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST The Up Center's Special Needs Trust program enables people with disabilities to receive the greatest possible benefit from financial settlements, financial gifts and other awards of money and assets without jeopardizing any public benefits and services to which they are entitled. People also use the Trust for money management and budgeting purposes.

Provides financial assistance for child care to income-eligible applicants.

Bedford Ride provides non-emergency medical transportation for older adults and individuals with disabilities who reside in Bedford County. Trips are provided in accessible vans. Transportation for grocery shopping and pharmacy trips may be available depending on scheduling availability.

Offers one-time and ongoing volunteer opportunities to support NVFS programs. See website for current list of opportunities. Recruits volunteers to provide services in the Alexandria, Arlington, Dale City, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, Leesburg and Sterling areas. Accessibility varies with site.

Provides information, referrals and support for family members and others affected by autism. Offers monthly meetings, website with monthly newsletter, social activities, and seminars for those who are newly diagnosed.

Provides therapeutic foster care, supported adoption, and related services to emotionally disturbed children, youth and their families. The program combines a strong social learning orientation with a "do whatever it takes" commitment value of family and community-based living for all children. An array of services supports this commitment including family reunification, counseling and independent living skills training. Pygmalion School component.

The health department offers an immunization program which includes routine childhood immunizations and adult immunizations, including flu vaccine. Many of the services are offered free or fees are sliding scale according to income and family size. Please call for more information.

A Constitutional officer elected for a four year term. The Commonwealth Attorney is responsible for representing the citizens of Smyth County to present evidence in court against persons charged with committing crimes. Cases presented by the Commonwealth's Attorney are tried in the Circuit, General District, and Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courts. Does not represent residents in private legal matters.

Direct and/or purchased services are provided to children by agency approved providers for 23 hours or less per day. Day care services may be provided for children from birth to 15 years of age; however, local agency discretion is used in cases of children from 14 years of age and older. There are several categories of day care services: AFDC/Working, AFDC Education/Training, Transitional, Fee System/At Risk, Fee System/Block Grant, Food Stamp Employment and Training. Some customers have to pay a portion of their income based on a fee scale.

Free non-therapeutic, professionally facilitated support groups for both adults and teens suffering from depression, anxiety, bipolar, and suicide loss.

Curriculum includes identifying triggers and cues to anger and completing a conflict trigger scale, developing a plan to keep anger from escalating to aggression, identifying cost of aggression and introducing effective coping skills including reframing conflict and decisional balance activties.

Provides a continuum of home, community and school based programs including: Intensive In-Home Services, Home Based Counseling, Therapeutic Day Treatment, Mental Health Support,; Substance abuse services, 7 Challenges, Adolescent Sex Offender Services, Parental Sensei Services, Therapeutic Mentoring. The Virtual Residential Program is a distinctive service designed to provide families, schools, and communities with a diversion alternative to unnecessary out-of-home placements and/or to expedite successful step-down of youth following residential or psychiatric placements.

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 supportive care to people who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness. Provides care in the patient's home and focuses on pain and symptom management so the patient's last days may be spent with family and friends with dignity. Also provides physical, social, spiritual and emotional care during the last stages of illness, during the dying process and during bereavement.

Provides eligible families with a monthly cash payment to meet their basic needs. For a child to be eligible he must be: *Under age 18, or if 18, will graduate from high school before age 19; *Going to school regularly if he is between the ages of five and 18; *Living with a parent or other relative; *A U.S. citizen or an eligible immigrant.

Child Protective Services (CPS) receives, and responds to, complaints of child abuse and neglect on a 24-hour basis. Social workers investigate or assess complaints, determine if child abuse or neglect has occurred and provide services to assure that children are protected. May also call State Child Abuse Toll-free Hotline.

A program to provide nutritional food to low-income individuals and families. Plastic card and pin number distributed to recipient which will be scanned by grocery store employee for approved purchases. EBT (electronic benefit transfer) cards are available within (7) days if the criteria is met for expedited services. Program known as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Community mental health,intellectual development and disability services , substance abuse services and emergency services.

Workforce Solutions and Continuing Education (WSCE) at Laurel Ridge Community College serves individuals and businesses throughout the community with high-quality, relevant course offerings in business, professional development, continuing education, and corporate training. Designed for adults of all ages, our programs offer high-quality instruction and hands-on skills that transfer directly into the workplace.

Offer utility assistance, eviction assistance, and supportive services to those struggling to maintain housing, regain stability, and/or to prevent homelessness.

The program offers group-based activities, personal care, and health monitoring to adults aged 18 and above who are unable to stay alone at home during the day for various reasons. The program also provides crucial respite care to families who provide caregiving.