Our agency offers the following social service programs for adults, families and children. For detailed information, please view the programs below.
Contact Main Office at (540) 727-0372 or by FAX at (540) 727-0389
Adult Services/Adult Protective Services
Coordinates the service programs oriented to adults with disabilities and seniors including Adult Services and Adult Protective Services.
Adult Services: Provides case management services including comprehensive assessments, written care plans to address unmet needs, and assistance and coordination of services as needed; needs assessment for in-home services and assistance with coordinating services; nursing home and ACR screenings for Medicaid funded long-term care; recruitment and approval of agency providers for companion services and adult foster homes.
Adult Protective Services: Protects older adults and persons with disabilities from abuse, neglect, and exploitation by investigating and providing for or arranging services, as necessary, to alleviate or prevent further mistreatment.
Contacts: Main Line-(540) 727-0372 or by FAX at (540) 727-0389
Supervisor-Sarah Berry (540)727-0372 x427
Social Worker-Calvert Chilton (540)727-0372 x388
Child Protective Services
Identifies, assesses and provides services to children and families in an effort to protect children, preserve families, whenever possible, and prevent further maltreatment. CPS is non-punitive in its approach and is directed toward enabling families to provide adequate care for their children.
Contacts: Main Line-(540) 727-0372 or by FAX at (540) 727-0389
CPS Worker-Jennifer Phillips (540) 727-0372x396
CPS Worker-Marisa Sori (540) 727-0372 x395
Families First
Provides voluntary intensive home visiting program services as part of the Healthy Families model program to families who are "at risk" or who are significantly overburdened including the following:
Early visits that often consist primarily of crisis management with an assessment made of the family's need for referral to additional community resources.
Weekly home visits with the focus of each visit on the encouragement of positive parent-child interaction; these are available to the family until the youngest child in the family reaches school age. After the first months of participation in the program, home visits gradually decrease to a minimum of four visits per year as the family develops stability and a support system outside of the Families First program.
Contacts: Main Line-(540) 829-2065 or by FAX at (540) 829-0927
Program Manager - Bill Ballard (540) 829-2065 x304
Family Supt Coordinator-Sue Holliday (540) 829-2065 x303
Family Supt Coordinator-Vicki Martinez (540) 829-2065 x302
Family Supt Coordinator-Ashley Ritenour (540) 829-2065 x306
Family Supt Coordinator-Nilsa Rodriguez (540) 829-2065 x307
Family Resource Specialist-Beth Stanley (540) 829-2065 x301
Foster Care/Adoption/Independent Living
Foster Care:
Works with trained foster parents who are people (single or married; employed inside or outside the home) who open their home to a child and are committed to meet the individual needs of the child (children who are at risk of abuse and/or neglect are placed into foster care); Foster parents work in partnership with the child, the agency, and the birth parents to help in resolving problems and reuniting the family whenever possible. When determined necessary, some children are placed into residential facilities based on their needs.
Adoption:
Assists children who have been permanently and legally separated from their birth parents to become permanent members of a new family. The goal of adoption is the third ranking permanency planning goal for Virginian children in foster care. Return of the child to the birth parents is the first goal and placement with relatives with a transfer of custody to the relative is the second goal. The goal of adoption is selected for children in foster care when the two higher-ranking goals cannot be achieved.
Independent Living:
Assists foster care youth, ages 16-21, in developing the skills necessary to make the transition from foster care to independent living.
Contacts: Main Line-(540) 727-0372 or by FAX at (540) 727-0389
Supervisor-LeAnn Schwake (540) 727-0372 x383
Social Worker-Taren Lambert (540) 727-0372 x380
Social Worker-Kathy Ghigliotty (540) 727-0372 x387
Social Worker-Valerie Ward (540) 727-0372 x382
Foster Care Trainer-Robin Martinez (540) 727-0372 x386
Foster Care Trainer-Holly Boswell (540) 727-0372 x377
Service Coordinator-Jennifer Carrico (540)727-0372 x368