Volunteer workers enhance the service delivery capabilities of the Social Services Department by offering direct, indirect, and advisory services to staff and clients. Volunteers provide such services as transportation, socialization, child care, tutoring, administrative/clerical support, tax relief counseling, commodity distribution, and employment counseling.

Serves as a local non-profit organization that raises funds and distributes those funds to health and human service organizations in our community. Provide referrals to local agnecies, but do not give funds directly to clients.

Provides Campus Community Partnerships for Research, free research and analytical study to non-profit community agencies. Projects are advised by trained researchers (faculty) and carried out by students. Students and faculty will work with the proposing agency, organization, or individual to address a community-identified need.

Volunteers are a vital help to JFS Richmond, and these roles offer valuable non-profit work experience.

CARITAS Volunteers serve those experiencing homelessness and facing addiction in Richmond by working through the Shelter, Furniture Bank, CARITAS Works, and The Healing Place. Flexible and meaningful opportunities are available for you, your office, your family, and your neighbors,

Volunteers with OAR provide administrative support, serve as emergency services coordinators and job search coaches, and assist with OAR special events.

Recruits and trains citizen volunteers to serve as mentors, teachers, service coordinators, court representatives, and outreach workers. Volunteers provide services to incarcerated offenders and newly released offenders, both inside the jail and in the community. Volunteers also provide services to the families of offenders.