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LoopHousing provides safe and affordable housing options for individuals impacted by incarceration. Services include reentry housing, transitional housing, emergency temporary housing, and room and board/shared living arrangements. The program works with fair-chance landlords and housing partners to help individuals secure stable housing during and after reentry into the community.

Provides a private christian education to children preschool ages 3 and 4 as well as kindergarten through grade 12 using a state approved curriculum. LICENSED BY: State Board of Education

WIC stands for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. The goal of the program is to improve the health of pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women, infants and children (under 5 years) through better nutrition and access to health care. The program is funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture and operated in Virginia through the Virginia Department of Health. The program provides screening and referrals to other health, welfare and social service agencies, nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and support as well as supplemental nutritious foods. To be eligible for the WIC Program, applicants must meet categorical, residential, income and nutrition risk requirements.

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.

Provides business, industry, and government with a single source for training and development to enhance the skills of your workforce. For individuals, we offer a schedule of classes for just-in-time learning, career enhancement, or new skills development.

Sexual Assault Services provides a support system of people helping people through understanding, peer interaction, education, and advocacy. This program helps sexual abuse and sexual assault survivors discover paths to healing and to regain power over their lives.

Provides intensive family counseling within a family systems perspective. Offers outpatient therapy, intensive in-home interventions, group therapy and on-going supervision and treatment planning using video taping. Also offers child, individual, family and group-counseling, intensive in-home, systematic assessments, stress management, autism therapy, adoption counseling and trainings for professionals.

Provides emergency shelter to the community of PWC, Manassas City and Manassas Park residents. Clients must be referred by CES Coordinated Entry System of PWC.

Offering a wide range of case management, residential, and day support services, our Community Options Division works to ensure that people with an intellectual disability are able to live in their own home communities in an environment that encourages personal growth, access to community resources, lifestyles enhancement, and genuine personal choice and self direction.

The Office of the Common Interest Community Ombudsman offers assistance and information to association members regarding the rights and processes available to them through their associations. WHAT CAN THE OMBUDSMAN DO *Assist members in understanding and exercising their rights in resolving issues with their common interest community associations (condominiums, property owners' associations, and cooperatives). *Issue non-binding explanations (not interpretations) of laws and regulations governing Associations. *Offer referrals to alternative dispute resolution services. *Assist members in using the procedures and processes available to them in their association to resolve conflicts within the community. *Receive complaints concerning timeshares, and refer potential violations of timeshare law or regulations to the Common Interest Community Board for further action as warranted. *Receive "notices of final adverse decisions" from individuals who believe an Association violated common interest community laws or regulations. WHAT CAN'T THE OMBUDSMAN DO *Offer legal advice or interpretation. *Interpret Association documents such as governing documents, bylaws, etc.

Circuit Court for Grayson County within the 27th Judicial Circuit of Virginia. The circuit court is the trial court with the broadest powers in Virginia. Handles all civil cases with claims of more than $15,000. Shares authority with the general district court to hear matters involving claims between $4,500 and $15,000. Authorized to hear serious criminal cases called felonies. Handles family matters, including divorce. Hears cases appealed from the general district court and from the juvenile and domestic relations district court.

Soup Kitchen that addresses hunger in the region by providing individuals in need with a free hot lunch and a limited number of food items to take home.

Each of the county health departments provide immunizations for infants, children and adolescents to prevent illnesses such as diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, Hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenza type B (Hib), measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (chicken pox). Most of these vaccines are FREE and no appointment is needed for immunization clinic. Offer adult immunizations for influenza, pneumonia, and tetanus. The local health departments also administer some vaccines needed for foreign travel for a fee. Appointments are needed to receive foreign travel vaccines.

Provides after school care to children ages 5-18 throughout the school year.

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.

Inova Blood Donor Services collects blood and blood components that help save lives in the community. Inova Blood Donor Services also supplies blood, blood components and/or testing to hospitals and medical centers.

Hot meal delivery. Special diets are available. Frozen meals are kept on hand for emergency and weekend use.

The Housing Crisis Hotline conducts the initial intake assessments and referrals for emergency shelter, transitional housing, rapid re-housing and permanent supportive housing Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach and Western Tidewater. The hotline also does eligibility screening, referrals and waitlist management for financial assistance in form of rent, mortgage, including first months rent security, or utility deposits to avert eviction or end homelessness for multiple agencies in the region. Each referral source has a limited amount of referrals each month.

Provides law enforcement and emergency services to the citizens of the county. Additional programs include: Senior Call In Program This program is in place for the elderly population who live alone to phone in each morning and let the communications officer know that they are okay. If they fail to call, an officer will be sent to their home to check on them if they cannot be reached by phone. To sign up for this program (at no cost), simply contact the Sheriff's Office at 276-773-3241. Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) This program is aimed at the student population in the school system. Students are taught the dangers of drug use and ways to say "No". Project Child Find This project is in place so that parents may bring their children to the Sheriff's Office to have them fingerprinted. Special finger print cards are available at no cost for this valuable record. Education Grayson County School Resource Officers teach "Class Action," a law related education course which instructs high school students in areas such as character, responsibility, and respect for others. Crime Prevention The Grayson County Sheriff's Office is proactive in it's crime prevention efforts and coordinates many community services and crime reduction education programs. The Grayson County Sheriff's Office is also responsible for conducting home and business security surveys; managing the Neighborhood and Business Watch Programs, and being invovled in many community events and seminars. House Watch Program This free service is offered to all Grayson County residents. It allows a home owner the peace of mind that their property is being watched while they are out of town. A deputy will check your home at least once every day while you are gone. You can request a house watch by calling 276-773-3241. Child Safety Seat Inspections An Operation Kids trained deputy will inspect and install your child saftey seat for you. The deputy can also check your particular safety seat model to ensure that it hasn't been recalled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for potential safety concerns. Project Lifesaver Project Lifesaver helps provide rapid response to save lives and reduce the potential for serious injury for adults and children who wander due to Alzheimer's, autism, Down syndrome, dementia and other related cognitive conditions. Contact Karen Smith at (276) 773-3241 if you would like more information on this program. Child Identification Kits The Grayson County Sheriff's Office will assist you with the completion of a Child Identification Kit at no cost to you.

To create life-long learners and to empower our diverse community to reach its academic, social, cultural, and emotional potential.

Death records are filed at the health department in the county in which the death occurred, not the county in which the person lived. Certified copies can be obtained only by a relative of the deceased or by a representative of a funeral home. Local health departments have death records on file from 1963 to present.

Adult Outpatient Services provides counseling to Chesterfield County residents over the age of 18 who do not have a primary diagnosis of substance abuse. For routine Intakes, individuals are encouraged to call the main telephone number and speak with an Intake Specialist. Clients may also come directly to the building and request an Intake and Assessment through the Same Day Access process.

The Energy Assistance Program consists of three components: Fuel Assistance assists low-income eligible households by supplementing home energy costs. Applications are accepted on 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 You may apply online anytime at www.commonhelp.virginia.gov

American Red Cross provide certified classes in CPR, first aid, babysitting, HIV/AIDS and lifeguard and water safety. Taught by Red Cross volunteers to the public. There is no age requirement. The purpose of this program is train individuals to overcome any reluctance to act in emergency situations and to recognize and care for life-threatening emergencies such as respiratory or cardiac problems, sudden illness, and injury. All facilities are physically impaired accessible with notification, hearing and visually impaired can be accommodated and individually read the materials and tests.

Local Emergency Management Office