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No matter who you are or where you live, raising a family is challenging!
While this page cannot tell you about every helpful program or service in your community, it does provide you with some resources that may be available to you.
If you are looking for programs in your city or county that can help prevent or intervene early with youth drinking or using drugs, teen pregnancy, dropping out of school, violent youth, or even getting involved with gangs, answer the questions below to see a list of programs serving your locality. (Your answers are not being collected or stored in any way. They are only used to focus on the programs that meet your needs.) |
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| If you want to talk to a trained specialist who can refer you to services in your community, please dial 2-1-1 on your telephone for Virginia’s confidential information and referral service.
Both the telephone call and the information are free. Information is available in several languages. Or, if you prefer to link by Internet, click on: http://www.211.virginia.org
Virginia's 2-1-1 Information and Referral System can provide information on:
• Adult day care
• Adult protective services
• Aging
• Alzheimer’s assistance
• Animal control
• Animal welfare
• Child care referral centers
• Child development
• Child protective services
• Child support
• Consumer counseling
• Crisis intervention
• Disability services
• Domestic violence programs
• Education
• Energy assistance
• English as a second language classes
• Family counseling
• Financial assistance
• Food banks
• Food and nutrition
• HIV/AIDS programs
• Home health care
• Homeless services
• Legal assistance
• Maternal and child health care
• Family medical insurance
• Mentorship opportunities
• Parenting programs
• Senior services
• Shelter
• Substance abuse
• Suicide prevention
• Transportation
• Utility assistance
• Volunteer opportunities
and MORE!
During disasters, you also can contact 2-1-1 for emergency information and recovery services.
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| Below are links to
other community resource agencies that may be helpful to you: |
| Social Services |
Local
departments of Social Services can provide information
on Children (adoption,
child care, child protective services, child support
enforcement, foster care), Adults (adult day
care centers, adult protective services, adult services,
assisted living facilities), Financial
Assistance (assistance eligibility,
electronic benefits transfer, energy assistance, food
stamps, Medicaid) and Communities
(faith-based and community initiative, refugee
resettlement, neighborhood assistance program,
information and referral). Click here to find the
local social services department in your area: http://www.dss.virginia.gov/localagency/index.html
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| Health Services |
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health departments can provide information on the health and
well-being of all Virginians, especially children,
adolescents, women and those with special needs. They
focus on preventing disease, injury and violence and
encouraging healthy behavior throughout life. Click
here to find the local health department in your area:
http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/LHD/
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| Substance Abuse, Mental Health
and Mental Retardation Services |
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community services boards can provide information on mental
illness, serious emotional disturbance, mental retardation
and substance use. Services may
include: emergency services, local inpatient services,
outpatient and case management services, day support
services, residential services, and prevention and early
intervention services. Click
here to find the local community services board in your
area: http://www.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov/SVC-CSBs.asp
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