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Important Links

Service Subcontractors and Community Action Agencies

Our partner Community Action Agencies provide a wide range of services for all individuals with emergency needs. If you are seeking assistance, but aren’t an ex-offender, please contact the agency nearest you:

Alexandria Office of Community Services: (703) 838-0919

Fauquier Community Action Committee: www.cwcap.org

Lynchburg Community Action Group: www.lyncag.org/

New River Community Action (Christiansburg): www.swva.net/nrca

Office of Human Affairs (Hampton/Newport News): www.ohainc.org

People, Inc. (Abingdon): www.peopleincorp.org

Pittsylvania Co. Community Action (Danville): www.pccainc.org

RCAP/CAPUP (Richmond Area): www.rcapva.org

Support to Eliminate Poverty (Franklin Co.): www.stepinc.com

Total Action Against Poverty (Roanoke Valley): www.tapintohope.org

If none of our partners are in your area, please visit VACAP’s statewide listing of Community Action Agencies: http://vacap.org/Members/members.cfm

Services for Participants and their Families

Below are informative links for services and benefits you may find useful:

211 Virginia (Statewide Service Provider Listing): www.211virginia.org

Earned Income Tax Credit: www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=96406,00.html

Energy Assistance: www.dss.virginia.gov/benefit/ea/index.html

Food Stamps/SNAP: www.dss.virginia.gov/benefit/foodstamp.html

Medicaid/FAMIS: www.dss.virginia.gov/benefit/me_famis/index.html

Social Security and Disability Benefits: www.ssa.gov

Temporary Aid for Needy Families (TANF): www.dss.virginia.gov/benefit/tanf/index.html

Assistance with Legal/Criminal Justice/Prison Issues

Assisting Families of Inmates: www.afoi.org

Virginia ACLU: www.acluva.org

Virginia CURE: www.vacure.org/chapters.php

Virginia Department of Corrections: www.vadoc.state.va.us/

Virginia Legal Aid Society: www.vlas.org

Virginia Post-Conviction Assistance Project: (804) 643-6845

Voting Rights

Ex-felons who wish to have their rights restored must apply through the Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth’s Office: http://www.soc.state.va.us/JudicialSystem/Clemency/restoration.cfm

For assistance with completing these forms, please contact your local Virginia CARES office or other reentry provider, or the Virginia ACLU: http://www.acluva.org/restoreourvote/aboutus.html

For Employers

The Work Opportunity Tax Credit allows you to help your bottom line by helping our participants. Please view the following links for more information: