STATEWIDE AND NATIONWIDE
Volunteer Opportunities
Community organizations that are actively seeking individuals with the requisite knowledge, skills and experience who are willing to offer their services and work on a full or part-time basis without remuneration on projects or in positions that benefit the organization itself or the people it serves.
Virginia Service Volunteer Centers
Volunteer Opportunities
Voting
Programs and advocacy groups including voter registration and voter rights.
Local League of Women Voters (LWV) Finder
Local Voter Registration Office Lookup
Weight Management
Programs that utilize one or a variety of techniques including nutrition education, exercise, special diets, behavior modification, medication or surgery to help individuals who have a weight control problem gain or lose weight to achieve a more healthful body weight and develop a lifestyle that allows them to maintain a weight.
Weight Management
Wellness and Alternative Health
Programs that promote a healthy state of well being including health education, exercise, diet, medical care and alternative therapies.
Health Information
RN Care Coordinator and Health Care Navigator
Meditation Classes
Youth Residential Treatment Facility
Programs that provide a therapeutic living environment in a community-based facility for emotionally disturbed, severely learning disabled, delinquent, pre-delinquent and/or abused children and youth who, because of the severity of their problems, are unable to adjust to other placements but do not require inpatient psychiatric hospitalization.
Residential Treatment Program, Developmental Disabilities
Youth Services
Services and programs for young people and their families.
Children's Services Act
Foster Care Prevention, Family First Virginia
Administrative Office for the Comprehensive Services Act for At Risk Youth and Families
Adult Protection, Prevention and Assistance (APS)
Prevention and reporting of abuse, violence, neglect, or financial exploitation against an adult.
Advocacy, Information and Research, Elder Abuse
Elder Abuse Information
Elder Abuse Locator
Elder Abuse Publications
Adult Residential Treatment Facility
Program that provides an intensive and highly structured behavioral health or substance abuse treatment service in a community-based facility for adults who do not require inpatient psychiatric hospitalization.
Residential, Outpatient and Online Treatment Center
Allergy and Asthma Services
Services and programs for those suffering from respiratory problems due to allergies or asthma.
Health Education about Food Allergy
Allergy and Infectious Disease
Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
Programs and support for adults with Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias.
Administrative Office, Alzheimer's Association
Alzheimer's Green Field Library
Alzheimer's Weekly E-news
Help Line
Alzheimer's Advocacy
Alzheimer's Disease Publications
Information and Products
Alzheimer's Research, Resources
Wandering Tracking and Prevention
Online Caregiver Support Groups for Alzheimer's and Dementia
Amputee Rehabilitation
Programs that provide comprehensive rehabilitation services for individuals who have lost a limb and need pre-prosthetic care which includes wound and skin care, exercises and other activities to strengthen and condition the affected area and increase mobility skills, and other types of therapy to prepare them to make effective use of a prosthetic device. Some programs may also ensure the proper fitting of a prosthetic device and provide instruction in prosthesis utilization and safety techniques. Emotional support and patient and family education services are also part of the program.
Amputee Resources
Animal Services
Programs including service dogs, hearing dogs and pet therapy to help individuals who have disabilities increase their mobility and independence and/or maximize their ability to communicate effectively. Programs also include services related to the wellbeing and care of animals such pet food pantries, discounted veterinarians services and animal welfare organizations.
Multiple Sclerosis, Service Animals
Service Dogs and Specialty Dogs
Guide Dog Handling Program, Yorktown Heights, NY
Guide Dogs for Multiple Disabilities
Puppy Raising Program for Guide Dogs
Assistance Dogs
Applied Behavioral Analysis
Programs that offer therapeutic interventions for children and adults with autism spectrum disorders that are based on the theory of applied behavior analysis that behavior rewarded is more likely to be repeated than behavior ignored. The therapy is designed to teach skills, from basic ones such as sleeping and dressing to more involved ones such as social interaction, but is also used to correct inappropriate repetitive, aggressive and/or dangerous behaviors that are associated with autism.
Therapeutic Consultation, Individual Family/Caregiver Training, Behavior Consultation, Telehealth Consultation
Area Agency on Aging
Referred to as AAA's (triple A's), these local agencies plan, deliver and monitor aging programs.
Eldercare Locator
Arthritis Care
Programs and services for individuals with arthritis and related conditions.
Arthritis Information and Resources
Live Yes! Arthritis Network
Assistive Technology
Also referred to as adaptive technology it includes programs, devices, and resources that help people with disabilities increase their mobility and/or ability to communicate and live more comfortably.
Access Now App
Environmental Modifications
Programs offer physical adaptations to the individual's primary home or primary vehicle that are necessary to ensure the health and welfare of the individual or enable the individual to function with greater independence. (Environmental Modifications includes the Building Independence, Family & Individual Supports and Community Living Waivers.)
Home Security Services - Medical Alert
Benefits Planning
Programs are a set of services to assist individuals on Social Security benefits (SSI, SSDI, SSI/SSDI) to better understand the impact of working on all benefits. (Benefits Planning includes the Building Independence, Family & Individual Supports and Community Living Waivers.)
Benefits Planning
Community Guide
These programs provide direct assistance (1:1) to persons in brokering community resources. Provides information and assistance that help the person in problem solving, decision making, and developing supportive community relationships and other resources that promote implementation of the person-centered plan. (Community Guide includes the Building Independence, Family & Individual Supports and Community Living Waivers.)
Community Guides
Individual Supported Employment
Programs that are provided one-on-one by a job coach who offers training and support in a competitive job where persons without disabilities are employed. Individual Supported Employment includes the Building Independence, Family & Individual Supports and Community Living Waiver.)
Employment Network and Ticket to Work
Individual and Family/Caregiver Training
Programs that offer training and counseling to individuals, families and caregivers to improve supports or educate the individual to gain a better understanding of his/her abilities or increase his/her self-determination/self-advocacy abilities. (Individual and Family/Caregiver Training includes the Family & Individual Supports Waiver.)
Individual Family Caregiver Training
Therapeutic Consultation
Programs are designed to complete assessments, design plans and teach staff and family members skills to enhance the individual's independence and remain in his/her home in the community. The specialty areas are psychology, behavioral consultation, therapeutic recreation, speech and language pathology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and rehabilitation engineering. (Therapeutic Consultation includes Family & Individual Supports and Community Living Waivers.)
Autism and Disabilities Services
Therapeutic Consultation, Individual Family/Caregiver Training, Behavior Consultation, Telehealth Consultation
Personal Emergency Response System (PERS)
Program is a service that monitors the individual's safety in his/her home, and provides access to emergency assistance for medical or environmental emergencies through the provision of a two-way voice communication system that dials a 24-hour response or monitoring center upon activation and via the individual's home telephone system. (Personal Emergency Response System (PERS)s include the Building Independence, Family & Individual Supports and Community Living Waivers.)
VRI Care Center
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