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Provides the Commonwealth of Virginia with legal representation in the form of prosecution of all criminal cases in the General District Court, Circuit Court and Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, plus handling many civil penalties and forfeitures. Also provides any legal advice to law enforcement agencies and officers.

Provide all members of the community with access to books and other library materials for information, entertainment, intellectual development, and enrichment.

Plan review and zoning compliance for code conformity

Care available at Clinch River Health Services includes prenatal care, infant and child care, adolescent medicine, primary gynecology, general internal medicine, geriatrics, preventive health care, minor surgery, and behavioral health services. Telemedicine services are available onsite at the center through the University of Virginia's Telemedicine Program. Several specialty services are available through this program. Provides access to medicines for patients free of charge through the pharmaceutical companies indigent programs. Patients must meet eligibility requirements of the individual companies. A Family Dental Program is available to eligible patients. The program uses funding obtained through the Southwest Virginia United Way and other sources. Services are provided by Dr. Mark Copas in Castlewood. Services provided include emergency services, extractions, fillings, and cleanings. Call the office number if interested.

Offering apartments at below market rent to qualifying low-income families in the City of Alexandria.

Provides emergency and crisis intervention. Offers help with clothing, rent, utilities. Serves the Counties of Warren, Page, Shenandoah and Rappahannock.

ACPS preschool programs provide children with opportunities to: Explore and create during many kinds of play Communicate and cooperate with other children and adults Learn and practice critical thinking and problem-solving skills Learn pre-literacy and early numeracy skills that support them in developing kindergarten readiness

50 Free pampers, training pants, or adult depends. Free clothes, shoes, and household items if donated.

Receives and investigates complaints of child abuse/neglect to determine if the act occurred and the amount of risk to the child involved. Removal or placement of children through the legal process may be necessary for the child's protection. Coordinators also provide counseling and ongoing supportive services to families with substantiated cases of child abuse/neglect. In addition, they promote community awareness and education of child abuse/neglect.

Develop adoptive placements to provide permanent homes for children in foster care whose parents' parental rights have been terminated. Recruit and train prospective foster and adoptive parents. Provide casework and supportive services to the children and families to ensure permanency. Provide adoption services in parental placement adoptions and step-parent adoptions, including home studies, visits and reports to the court.

Administers the election, offers voter registration, absentee balloting, and precinct and polling place services and information to citizens. Also, provides information about how to became a candidate for public office. In Virginia, you can register to vote at any of the following places: *Any voter registrar's office in Virginia; *Any Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles location; *Any United States Post Office; *Any public library in Virginia; *Any special registration site set up by the registrar's office; *Any state agency office. If you cannot leave home because you are physically disabled or have a continuing illness, call or write your voter registrar. The registrar will send you a mail-in application for voter registration, which is also available at registrars' offices, DMV offices, public libraries, and other locations. You must provide the following information when you register: *Your full legal name; *Your home address and how long you have lived there; *When and where you were born; *Your social security number; *Any place where you have been a registered voter in Virginia.

Performs soil evaluations for on-site sewage disposable systems and on-site evaluations for private drinking water wells; provides periodic inspections of restaurants and grocery stores, offers training opportunities for food service workers to increase knowledge and skills in food sanitation. Conducts rabies control activities including investigations of all animals bites. Performs other environmental inspections and investigations as required by local ordinances.

Offers support to survivors of domestic violence.

Parent education and coaching strengthen families and communities to prevent child abuse and neglect.

The Energy Assistance Program consists of three components: Fuel Assistance assists low-income eligible households by supplementing home energy costs. Applications are accepted the second Tuesday in October through the second Friday in November. Crisis Assistance assists low-income households with energy related emergencies. Applications are accepted November 1st through March 15th. Cooling Assistance assists households in acquiring or repairing cooling equipment and /or payment of electric bills to operate cooling equipment. Applications are accepted June 15th through August 15th. Additional information about EAP is available at www.dss.virginia.gov. Apply online anytime at www.commonhelp.virginia.gov.

Trained volunteers provide free income tax preparation assistance to individuals who earn less than $67,000 annually.

Offers opportunities for volunteers to work with people with Alzheimer's or other memory impairment. Training is provided. Sample volunteer activities include assisting people during an activity, engaging participants one-on-one (playing cards, helping with a puzzle, etc.) helping serve and distribute lunch, bringing in pets for pet therapy sessions, and set-up or assist with parties or celebrations. For individuals who wish to donate items, call or visit our website for a current list of items needed.

Registration days for Amherst County children eligible to enroll in kindergarten in the Amherst County Public Schools.

Provides a Holiday Assistance program for those in need. Also operates the Adopt-A-Cherub program where the family seeking aid for children completes an application and a wish list. When people call in and ask to adopt children, Social Services gives the benefactor a profile of the child or children and a wish list. Names of the families are confidential.

Provide the highest quality library services to fulfill informational, educational, recreational and cultural needs of the citizens in the dynamic and changing community of Mathews County.

Provide intake: Including diversion, investigation and referral services. Probation and parole supervision, counseling services including drug testing and supervising community work service and referrals for treatment services.

Temporary care arranged for children who cannot be in their own homes and who have been placed in foster care by the court.

Operates six group homes with two levels of assistance-Intensive and Supportive. Counselors help residents learn and master tasks such as maintaining good hygiene and nutrition, taking medications as prescribed, seeing doctors and dentist routinely, taking care of their home, planning their time, making decisions, and managing their finances.

Provides community health education, conducts immunization assessments in schools and day care centers and participates in a variety of community activities and partnerships. Offer programs on some chronic diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and breast and cervical cancer screening. Community programs provided related to child motor vehicle restraints, childhood obesity prevention and health promotion.

Responsible for providing 24-hour care for youth ordered into custody, for providing services to family members which promote the child's return to the birth family, and for providing custody studies, home family assessments, and ensuring parental rights are legally terminated if the child is adopted.