LOCAL
Therapeutic Recreation
Programs that provide opportunities to enjoy recreational activities and sports in an adaptive environment.
Horseback Riding
Sports Competition for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, Rappahannock Region
Youth with Disabilities
Transition Coordination Provider (MFP)
Transition Coordination Provider (TCP) is a Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services-enrolled provider who is responsible for supporting the individual and family/caregiver, as appropriate, with the activities associated with transitioning from an institution to the community using the CCC Plus Home and Community Based Services Waiver.
MFP Transition Coordination Provider
Transition Services for Students With Disabilities
Programs that provide support for children with disabilities who are moving from one kind of program setting or service provision system to another. The common transition points include transitions from health services to education or vice versa, from preschool to kindergarten, from elementary school to middle school, from secondary school to adult life and from more restrictive to less restrictive settings.
Transition Services
Transportation Expense Assistance
Programs that provide immediate cash, bus tokens, vouchers, loans, loan/insurance payment support, or other forms of financial assistance for people who otherwise have no means of transportation. Transportation expense assistance programs may have age, income, disability, need, or other eligibility requirements.
Transportation Assistance
TANF Transportation Expense Assistance
Transportation Guidance, Mobility Managers
Mobility Managers across Virginia manage and implement coordinated transportation services for veterans, low-income individuals, older adults, persons with disabilities, and individuals with transportation needs.
Mobility Options, Transportation Guidance
Transportation Passes
Programs that issue identification cards or passes and smart cards that people can use instead of cash to pay for transportation.
Tickets and Passes
Transportation, Administration and Scheduling
Programs that offer administrative and ride scheduling services for transportation organizations.
Administration and Scheduling
Scheduling and Administration
Transportation Administration and Scheduling
Administration and Scheduling
Virginia Railway Express (VRE) Administration
Transportation, Medicaid
Programs, paid for by Medicaid, that provide transportation for medical appointments, trips from and between hospitals, to nursing homes or other special-care centers or for other non-emergency medical needs for individuals who, because of income, disability or physical condition, are unable to use other means of local transportation. Non-emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) service providers are able to transport riders who require a wheelchair lift-equipped vehicle with appropriate protective restraints or a van that is designed for gurney/stretcher transportation, or that has other types of features to meet safety needs. Some providers also offer limited transportation to grocery stores and food banks.
Medicaid Transportation
LifeCare Medicaid Transportation
Transportation, Medical
Programs for individuals who need local or long distance medical services and require transportation assistance due to financial or health conditions.
Medical Transportation
Medical Transportation, HIV/AIDS
Medical Transportation
Medical Transportation, Fredericksburg
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Transportation, Passenger Assisted
Programs that accompany people who have limited mobility, cognitive impairments, emotional, sensory, developmental, or other issues to specified local destinations and provide assistance which may include transportation or driving services, assisting the individual to enter and leave the vehicle and buildings, carrying packages, helping the person deal with other challenges and/or providing emotional support.
Transport, Shopping and Social Outings Services
Escorted Transportation
Transportation, Private Accessible
Private programs that provide door-to-door (or curb-to-curb) transportation for purposes of shopping, banking, social events, medical appointments, getting to and from work, and similar activities for people with disabilities and older adults who need accommodations and are unable to utilize other available means of transportation. Some but not all vehicles used for this purpose are equipped with wheelchair lifts.
Accessible Community Transportation
Community Transportation
Transportation, Private Paratransit and Flexible Schedule
Private programs that provide flexibly scheduled transportation for community residents who are unable to use the fixed-route public transportation system. The services may be used by the general public or limited to special populations such as older adults and individuals with a disability.
Community Transportation, Wheelchair Accessible Transportation
Transportation for Clientele
Mobility Options
Transportation, Public Accessible
Programs that provide door-to-door (or curb-to-curb) transportation for purposes of shopping, banking, social events, medical appointments, getting to and from work, and similar activities for people with disabilities and older adults who need accommodations and are unable to utilize other available means of transportation. Some, but not all, vehicles used for this purpose are equipped with wheelchair lifts. Also includes disability parking placards and information.
Accessible Transportation
Accessible Transportation
Accessible Transportation
Transportation, Public Fixed Route
Public local and regional transportation services including buses, rail, shuttles, and trolleys, that follow a fixed route schedule.
Regional Bus Service
Transportation, Public Long-Distance
Long-distance transportation provided by public providers is generally offered between two separate metropolitan areas or rural areas of equivalent distance to a separate metropolitan area. Service may also operate in an interurban network or to a specific destination on a fixed route. Service is usually scheduled, but may operate at fixed intervals. Service may be one-way, open-ended, or round-trip. Unlimited trips may be available using a pass.
Virginia Railway Express (VRE), Commuter Train Services
Transportation, Public Paratransit and Flexible Schedule
Programs that provide flexibly scheduled transportation for community residents who are unable to use the fixed-route public transportation system. The services may be used by the general public or limited to special populations such as older adults and individuals with a disability.
Route Deviation, FXBGO!
Mobility Options
Transportation, Ride App Service Networks
Companies such as Uber or Lyft (formally known as "Transportation Network Company Rides" or TNCs), which provide prearranged ground transportation that is booked via an app or a website and connects passengers with drivers who use their own, noncommercial vehicles. Some companies may offer a variant arrangement where the passenger uses an online marketplace to retain a driver who drives the customer's own car for them; and a limited number offer accessible transportation options such as wheelchair accessible vehicles equipped with ramps or hydraulic lifts or door-to-door support for riders who may need help with wheelchairs, walkers and scooters or who have a service animal.
Taxi Alternative Through Smart Phone App, Washington DC
Transportation, Ride Share and Commuting
Programs that make arrangements for people to travel together in private automobiles and/or vans during busy commuting hours or which provide a central telephone number for people to use to identify others who are commuting to and from the same general area with whom they might share. Vehicle options include vanpools and carpools. Vanpools may be publicly or employer-operated or organized by an individual who owns or leases a van; the drivers are generally participating as commuters themselves, so are not paid. Also includes programs that provide other commuter services such as emergency commuter transportation, parking information, and more.
Ridesharing
OmniRide Commuter Bus and OmniRide Express
Virginia Commuter Passenger Rail Service
Commuter-Oriented Rail Passenger Service
Transportation, Taxi Services
Organizations that provide door-to-door automobile transportation for people who are willing to pay an established fare that is usually recorded by a meter. In some communities, the organization coordinating paratransit services contracts with taxi companies to provide transportation.
Community Transportation
Travel Training for Older Adults and People With Disabilities
Programs that provide comprehensive, intensive instruction that teaches older adults or individuals with disabilities how to travel independently and safely using accessible public transportation. Skills include boarding the correct bus or subway, recognizing and disembarking at the correct destination, following directions, recognizing and avoiding dangerous situations and obstacles, handling unexpected situations such as re-routed buses or subways or getting lost, using specialized equipment or devices, and recognizing the need for assistance and requesting help from appropriate sources.
Travel Training, People with Disabilities and Older Adults
Vehicle Adaptation Services
Programs that pay for or provide the labor and/or equipment to adapt vehicles owned by people with disabilities allowing them to operate the vehicles or ride in them as passengers. Adaptations can include ramps or wheelchair lifts; primary systems such as modified seats or steering, signaling, gear shift and braking controls; and/or secondary systems such as car door openers, car door reachers, gas cap openers, seating restraints, specially designed rear view mirrors and other accessories.
Vehicle Modification
Vision Health
Programs provided by optometrists, ophthalmologists, occupational and physical therapists including vision exams, treatment for eye disease, provision of glasses, diagnosis of cataracts, glaucoma and macular degeneration. Services also include low vision and vision loss therapies.
Eye Health, Aquia Office, Stafford
Eye Health, Falmouth Office, Fredericksburg
Ophthalmologist, Parkway Office, Fredericksburg
Optometrist, Route 3 Office, Fredericksburg
Ophthalmologist
Mobile Sight and Hearing Van, Northern Virginia
Vision Impaired, Fredericksburg Area Chapter
Your Local Community Services Board
Fredericksburg, VA, 22401
Your Local Centers For Independent Living
Fredericksburg, VA, 22401
Your Local Dept. of Social Services
Spotsylvania, VA, 22553
Your Local Health Dept.
Spotsylvania, VA, 22553