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Healthy Families provides voluntary, comprehensive home-visiting services that support at-risk expectant and new parents and help prevent poor childhood outcomes. Home visits are activity-based and focus on a variety of topics including healthy family functioning, family goal planning, maternal and child health, positive parenting strategies, child development, and school readiness. Home visitors also provide families with referrals to a wide array of community resources.

Provides community health education, conducts immunization assessments in schools and day care centers, and participates in a variety of community activities and partnerships.

Offer a variety of programs for seniors including games, meals, classes, shopping, field trips, holiday celebrations among other special events and programs.

Provides education and support to people affected by cancer. The Cancer Support Helpline staff are available to counsel cancer patients or loved ones who are struggling to cope with a cancer diagnosis.

Provides document delivery, bibliographies, and online searching. Covers research on all aspects of physical, mental, and psychiatric disabilities, independent living, vocational rehabilitation, special education, assistive technology, law, employment, and other issues as they relate to people with disabilities. Includes over 80,000 research reports, books, journal articles, and audiovisual materials. Provides services in English and Spanish.

The Autism Speaks Autism Response Team is specially trained to connect individuals with autism and their families and caregivers with information, tools, and resources. Coordinators are available by phone and email to answer questions and provide a link to local resources and services. The Autism Response Team can help you help you learn more about: Where to get a diagnosis Schools and special education Advocacy and support Adult services - including post-secondary programs and employment

Most up-to-date cancer information available by phone, mail, fax, or email. Referral available for ACS programs and services as well as other community resources. Trained Cancer Information Specialists can answer questions 24 hours a day, every day of the year to empower you with accurate, up to date information to help you make educated health decisions.

The Peer Mentor Program provides patients with peer-to-peer learning and support on many aspects of sleep apnea, including use of positive airway pressure (PAP) machines (CPAP, Auto PAP, Bilevel PAP).

Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia assists older individuals in living independently and with dignity in their own homes.

A direct education intervention that helps individuals and caregivers of those with chronic health conditions build a "toolbox" of strategies they can utilize to help achieve their health goals.

Counseling on the Affordable Care Act and how it will impact our community. This is a free service to all community members. Counselors are here to answer your questions or to help you navigate the Health Insurance Marketplace.

Congregate meals, home delivered meals and resources for health information.

Wellness means engaging in attitudes and behaviors that enhance quality of life and maximize personal potential. Because wellness is a daily striving toward being the best that a person can be, it demands commitment and involves regular exercise, proper nutrition, maintenance of optimal body composition, awareness of personal needs and efforts to fulfill these needs in a positive manner, and overall healthy behavior.

Offer a variety of programs for seniors including games, meals, classes, holiday celebrations among other special events and programs.

A pediatric palliative and hospice care organization that delivers comprehensive, compassionate care for mind, body and spirit to the patient and the whole family.

Provides information hotline and educational materials for the public on cleft lip/palate and other facial anomalies. Also provides referrals to doctors and local support groups.

Patient Financial Advocates (PFA) are also Certified Application Counselors, and are here to answer your questions or to help patients of New Horizons Healthcare to apply for sliding fee scale and/or Medicaid.

Provides health education activities including community screenings, referral and counseling.

The Virginia Insurance Counseling and Assistance Program (VICAP) educates, counsels, and assist older consumer on medical benefits programs, long-term care insurance, and problems with Medicare, Medicaid, and medical bills paying.

Free counseling on Medicare, Medigap, Medicaid, LTC, HMO's, fraud, abuse, and assists with understanding and completing health insurance or related forms. Counselors will travel to client's home. VICAP will maintain records for clients on an on-going basis.

Provides online information on promoting communication for people with hearing loss. Provide a list financial assistance resources for hearing technology and support services that are not covered by insurance.

The health department staff provides community health education, conducts immunization assessments in schools and day care centers and participates in a variety of community activities and partnerships.

Administers and implements public assistance to eligible clients. Benefits: Auxiliary Grant Program, Emergency Assistance (TANF-EA), Energy Assistance, Family Access to Medical Insurance Security (FAMIS), Medicaid, SNAP, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF).

Provides free access to HIV and Hepatitis C prevention information/education, HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and non-occupational Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (nPEP) counseling. Service Navigation for linkage to STI testing, PrEP and nPEP navigation, basic needs (i.e., food, housing, etc.), insurance enrollment, etc., available to anyone regardless of HIV or HCV status.

Provide assistance with medication management and basic health monitoring while promoting overall well-being through daily exercise and nutrition guidance.