Increase awareness of substance abuse issues and strengthen community norms that support substance-free living.

Drive-To-Work helps low-income or previously incarcerated persons to get their driver’s license so they can drive to work and keep a job.

The Ombudsman Acts as a resource for information and counseling for the citizens regarding institutional and community based long-term care options, and general issues and concerns affecting the elderly. Protects and represents the rights of persons in Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, and Adult Care Residences or those receiving long-term care services in their home. Seek to educate consumers of long-term care facilities and their families about their rights and how to advocate on their own behalf. Serves as a point of entry whereby complaints made by or on behalf of older persons receiving long-term care services, can be received, investigated, and resolved. Serves as an advocate and/or mediator between residents and those responsible for their care. Provides relevant education for facilities, agencies and community groups.

Works to end the criminalization of poverty in Virginia by exposing and addressing criminal legal system policies that target people because of poverty and race. Through a mix of community organizing, local and statewide policy advocacy, and litigation, our program intervenes at many points in the criminal legal system. Our campaigns range from initial law enforcement contact in the community, through the courts, to individuals' confinement in Virginia's jails and prisons, and finally to their reentry into the community.

The National Center for Transgender Equality advocates to change policies and society to increase understanding and acceptance of transgender people. In the nation's capital and throughout the country, NCTE works to replace disrespect, discrimination, and violence with empathy, opportunity, and justice.

The JCRC of Greater Washington is the government advocate and community relations resource for the Jewish community, representing human service agencies that support youth, the elderly, special needs and the wider community.

The Family Partner Program works together for families in Southwest Virginia to help support each individual family in service development according to their unique needs. Advocates for your family. Also affiliated with the local chapter of the Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health.

Available to citizens statewide, Virginia's public mental health, intellectual disability and substance abuse services system is comprised of 13 state-operated facilities and 40 locally run community services boards (CSBs) The CSBs and facilities serve children and adults who have or who are at risk of mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, intellectual disabilities, or substance abuse disorders.

Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation empower Virginians impacted by breast cancer through education, access, advocacy, and community action. VBCF is statewide and sends educational materials, gives educational talks, and provides information at health fairs throughout Virginia to educate the public and policymakers.

Offers a Center for Independent Living that supports people with disabilities who seek to establish an independent life style. Services include information and referral for affordable/accessible housing, personal care, public transportation, interpreters for the deaf or hard of hearing. Also provides peer counseling, independent living skills training, advocacy. Need for clerical volunteers, literacy tutors, and general advocacy.

Offers workshops, presentations, speakers and consultation to individuals and groups on disability-related issues. Assists persons with disabilities to access benefits, vocational rehabilitation and other services available to them in the community.

CARECEN promotes the comprehensive development of the Latino/Central American community in the Washington Metropolitan Area by responding to its changing needs as it deepens its roots in the United States.

Avalon provides accompaniment services for survivors who are involved with the court system. Legal Advocates, are not lawyers, but work in conjunction with law enforcement officials and judicial systems to help navigate the way to safety. The Legal Advocate works closely with Victim/Witness personnel to make sure that survivors are given all appropriate legal resources.

An Ombudsman is defined as one who investigates complaints and assists in achieving resolutions. Serves as an advocate for older persons who receive long-term care services. Investigates concerns and complaints regarding long-term care services in nursing homes, adult care residences, and in-home care providers. Addresses concerns about diet, staff, quality of care, environmental conditions and violations of clients rights. Includes the Volunteer Ombudsman Program and the Elder Abuse Prevention. LOA's Long-Term Care Ombudsman is part of a program administered through the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman of the Virginia Association of Area Agencies on Aging (V4A). To contact the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman call 1-800-552-3402.

The Hanover CASA Program advocates for the best interests of children involved in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court process. The CASA program trains and supervises volunteers who gather information that is shared with the court when making decisions about the needs of abused and neglected children, or other children involved in juvenile dependency cases.

disAbility Resource Center teach consumers how to make their voices heard by assisting people with disabilities to understand their rights and responsibilities and advocate at the local, state, and federal levels. Additiional Languages Spoken, DARI & FARSI.

Advocate for awareness and understanding by educating members and community about DS, and offering education practices to help members navigate the school years - from IEPs to behavior and everything in between.

Commonwealth Catholic Charities local private guardianship program acts as a guardian of last resort to adults who are legally incapacitated. Candidates must be screened for services. Client services include routine visits and monitoring of care.

A national nonprofit that expands possibilities for people with vision loss in the United States. Removes barriers, creates solutions, and expands possibilities, so people with vision loss can achieve their full potential. Offers advocacy, technology, and information and tools for the professionals who serve people with vision loss and for people with vision loss. The web site serves as a gateway to information and services. The Helen Keller Archives are also housed here.

Advises county and state policy makers who advocate for programs and services that meet the needs and priorities of persons with physical and sensory disabilities. Provides disabllity related training and resources to Fairfax County residents.

The Refugee Resettlement program welcomes refugees, empowering people escaping persecution to begin new lives with dignity through early self-sufficiency. CCC strives to help these newcomers as they transition into our society while also fostering a community climate of acceptance for persons of different cultures. Services include orientation, employment, case management, English as a Second Language classes, school liaison services, medical liaison services and housing.

To preserve, protect, and promote the civil, human, and linguistic rights of deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the United States of America and U.S. territories.

Provides crisis intervention and court accompaniment throughout the prosecution process; will provide an update on the status of the pending criminal case; are available to explain the prosecution procedure (i.e. what is expected of the victim, and what the victim may expect); will address safety concerns of the victim and will work with employer or school to advocate for the victim; assist with victim compensation. Victim(s) or witnesses(es) need to contact this office if telephone or address changes.

Serves senior citizens through programs and services enabling the individual to remain independent and productive. Also participates with the Hampton Roads chapter Alzheimer's Association for subsidized in-home respite care. Agency provides in home care, care coordination, transportation, congregate and home delivered meals.

In conjunction with Virginia Division of Social Services and Division of Child Support Enforcement, The Virginia Paternity Establishment Program works closely with the birth registrars of each birthing hospital by providing training and education of our program. The program also provides education and outreach to parents and a variety of partners in the state of Virginia. Provides information on how to establish paternity if the parents are unmarried at the time of the child's birth. The biological father's name cannot appear on the birth certificate unless the parents complete the Acknowledgment of Paternity form. Hospitals are required to assist parents with completing the form at the time of birth at no cost as part of the child's birth registration. For further assistance, please telephone: 1.866.398.4841 or 804.285.5826 Unmarried parents can sign a form called the Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity (AOP) prior to discharge from the hospital. This is a no cost at the hospital. Unmarried parents are provided a simple and convenient method in Virginia to place the father's name on the child's birth certificate. Minors do not need parental permission to voluntarily establish paternity in the Commonwealth of Virginia. You do not need to be a US citizen to sign this form and your information is confidential. Signing an AOP form does not affect benefits such as TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) or Medicaid. Paternity establishment and custody are two separate issues. Under most circumstances, when unmarried parents have a child the child lives with the mother and she maintains legal custody. Either parent may seek visitation rights through the Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court system in the county in which the custodial parent resides. In the Commonwealth of Virginia, you may name your child anything you like regardless of your marital status. You will need a current proof of identification as the AOP form must be notarized to complete the process.