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The Cemetery Board regulates for-profit cemeteries that offer perpetual care services or pre-need burial contracts, and that are required to maintain trust fund accounts. Cemeteries owned and operated by churches, the state, and all counties, cities, and towns are exempt from licensure and the board's jurisdiction. Additional exemptions are given to certain non-profit, association and family cemeteries.

Medication Assisted Treatment Program, Suboxone and Vivitrol Clinic, Accepts Medicaid, Medicare and most Inusrance. Offers Counseling and Case Management as well.

Provides assistance to individuals who have been in the US less than 8 months, are an entrant as a refugee, a child living with refugee parents or an Americasian.

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.

Provides site evaluations and permitting for on-site sewage disposal (septic) systems and private wells, as well as regulatory oversight for private sector evaluations and designs in these fields. We provide health education to the community with regard to safe food handling practices, lead exposure, radon, rabies, and other environmental health concerns. We also inspect and/or permit daycare and adult care facilities, school cafeterias, restaurants, hotels/motels, bed and breakfasts, festival and fair vendors, campgrounds, summer camps, migrant labor camps, and marinas. Additionally, we investigate animal bites and/or potential rabies exposures and certain environmental complaints.

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

Rental Security/Utility Deposit Program To assist low income households to secure decent, safe and affordable housing by providing funding for the security and/or utility deposits for a rental housing unit approved by the Rental Housing division. For the purpose of this program, an individual is considered a household. Assistance is provided based on the availability of funding , and is provided one time only to eligible households. Please call the Regional Housing Crisis Hotline at (757) 227-5932 to begin the referral process. Optional Relocation Program To reduce the effect of financial hardships suffered by low or moderate-income tenants or owner occupants who are temporarily or permanently displaced from their housing unit by Code Enforcement or other city agency action due to unsafe and or hazardous living conditions. Assistance is provided based on the availability of funding and is provided one time only to eligible households. Please call the Regional Housing Crisis Hotline at (757) 227-5932 to begin the referral process. Tenant Based Rental Assistance Program To assist low income homeless families and/or those in imminent danger of becoming homeless to secure decent, safe and affordable housing by providing funding for vouchers to be utilized for rental housing units approved by the Rental Housing division. Initial voucher assistance is for twelve months and may be renewed one time for up to an additional twelve months subject to the availability of funding. Please call the Regional Housing Crisis Hotline at (757) 227-5932.

Subsidized housing for very low-income seniors or individuals with disabilities.

The Alzheimer's and related Dementias Education and Referral Center (ADEAR) provides evidence-based information to people living with Alzheimer’s and related dementias and their families, health care professionals, and the general public. ADEAR can assist with: Answers to your specific questions about Alzheimer's and related dementias Free articles and publications about dementia symptoms, diagnosis, related disorders, risk factors, treatment, caregiving tips, home safety tips, and research Referrals to local supportive services and research centers that specialize in research and diagnosis Spanish language resources Clinical trials information Information on advances in research

Coordinates and activates emergency disaster services in Rockbridge County. For emergency disaster services, please call: Craig Bryant, Emergency Coordinator: (540)463-1467 After hours, please call: Rockbridge County Sheriff's Office: (540)463-7328

Provides a public library for the residents of Virginia Beach.

The NAMI HelpLine is a free, nationwide peer-support service providing information, resource referrals and support to people living with a mental health condition, their family members and caregivers, mental health providers and the public. HelpLine staff and volunteers are experienced, well-trained and able to provide guidance.

Identifies and assists individuals who have the potential to succeed in higher education. The program provides academic, career, and financial counseling to its participants and encourages them to graduate from high school and continue on to the post-secondary school of their choice. Talent Search also serves high school dropouts by encouraging them to reenter the educational system and complete their education. The goal of Talent Search is to increase the number of youth who complete high school and enroll in the post secondary education institution of their choice.

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 of primary heating source. Primary Fuel: Opens the first working day in January. It is for those that did not receive fuel assistance. Requires cut off notice for electric and gas. Almost out of fuel oil, wood, coal or island purchased kerosene. Cooling Assistance: Is offered during the beginning in mid-June. Must meet eligibility requirements.

ODEF is a procurement, processing, research, and distribution center for donated human eye tissue. Coordinate events from the time of a donor’s death to the transplantation of corneal or scleral tissue.

Pastoral counseling services.

To enable people to improve their lives through an education process that uses scientific knowledge focused on issues and needs. Building on the strength of agriculture, natural resources, family and community heritage, they enable people to shape their futures through research based educational programs. Provides research based information through a system of campus and locally based educators.

Programs and activities that are being offered are senior programs, aquatic exercises classes, youth sports, cardio and weight rooms, indoor walking track, swim lessons, water aerobic classes, yoga, senior exercise classes, open gym. Also outdoor facilities that are available include the walking track at Mt. View and Felts Park, tennis courts, Galax Municipal Golf Course, skate park, picnic shelters, and playgrounds.

An elevator-equipped housing community consisting of one and two bedroom apartments with full kitchens for people aged 62 or older or people with disabilities requiring a physically accessible home. Accessible minibus transportation is available on a scheduled basis Monday through Friday and emergency response service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. People wishing to reside at Scott Hill must have an adjusted income which does not exceed federally established income limits for the Clifton Forge area. The amount paid for rent, including a utility allowance, will not exceed thirty percent of an eligible resident's adjusted income. Services include: *Evening meal prepared by the on site Dining Services Manager; *Accessible minibus transportation available on scheduled basis Monday through Friday; *24 hour maintenance/emergency response provided; *Service coordinators available to link residents to supportive services within the community; *Recreation room with pool table; *Beauty parlor/barber shop.

Provides quality legal assistance to low-income persons who reside in the Williamsburg area in civil matters. Applicants for service should contact the agency's Intake and Referral Unit or visit the nearest service office to be screened for eligibility.

Prevention, investigation, and control of communicable diseases. Visit the Virginia Department of Health epidemiology website for more information: www.vdh.virginia.gov/epidemiology.

To provide legal representation to indigent persons charged with a criminal offense. Client must be indigent based upon the state's financial guidelines to qualify for court-appointed representation. Once financial eligibility is determined, the court may appoint the Office of the Public Defender to represent the client in a criminal matter.

Provides one-to-one mentoring services to citizens throughout Metro Richmond, Hopewell and Petersburg. Adult volunteers (Bigs) mentor youth with the goals of increasing academic success, creating healthy lifestyles and building social skills. Volunteer screening and training, mentor and youth support services, and skill building are provided by staff.

Oversees tax assessment and collection.

Neighborhood centers offer a variety of recreational activities including the classic games of pool, ping pong, basketball, foosball, and four-square as well as skill development in special topics, arts and cultural explorations, and academic enrichment. Neighborhood centers offer activities for all ages - After School programming, active Fifty Plus programming, family meal nights, Teen Scene, summer day camps, social activities for the neighborhood, and classes for citizens across our City.