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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) 746-5919
Lynchburg Community Action Group: www.lyncag.org/
New River Community Action: www.swva.net/nrca
Office of Human Affairs (Hampton/Newport News): www.ohainc.org
People, Inc. (Abingdon): www.peopleinc.net
Pittsylvania Co. Community Action: www.pccainc.org
RCAP/CAPUP (Richmond Area): www.capup.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
Virginia CARES is part of the PAPIS Coalition of Offender Reentry Service Providers. All of our partners provide services to offenders and/or ex-offenders. If you cannot locate a Virginia CARES office in your area, you may be near one of our partners:
Colonial Community Corrections Transitional Services Program (Williamsburg): 757-564-2311
Northern Neck Community Corrections (Warsaw): www.nnrj.state.va.us
Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Facility (Winchester): (540) 665-6374
Offender Aid and Restoration of Arlington Co: www.oaronline.org
Offender Aid and Restoration of Fairfax: www.oarfairfax.org
Offender Aid and Restoration—Jefferson Area (Charlottesville): www.oar-jacc.org
Offender Aid and Restoration of Richmond: www.oarric.org
Step Up, Inc.: stepupincorporated.com/
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
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
Ex-felons who wish to have their rights restored must apply through the Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth’s Office: 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: www.acluva.org/restoreourvote/aboutus.html
Those interested in having other rights restored (such as firearms rights) should contact their local court system.
The Work Opportunity Tax Credit allows you to help your bottom line by helping our participants. Please view the following links for more information:
www.doleta.gov/business/Incentives/opptax/
www.vec.virginia.gov/vecportal/employer/wotc.cfm
