LINKS TO LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL SERVICES

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LOCAL

CHILD CARE

Fairfax County Office for Children – Child Care Central
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ofc/

COURT

Fairfax County Juvenile & Domestic Relations District Court http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/living/legal/

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Fairfax County Department of Human Services – DV Handbook http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dsm/dviolence/dviolencehbook.htm

Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board – Victim Assistance Network No website, call (703) 360-7273 for general questions or (703) 246-8141 for victim assistance

EDUCATION

Fairfax County Public Schools
http://www.fcps.edu/index.shtml

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS & SERVICES

Fairfax County Official Website
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/

City of Fairfax Official Website
http://www.fairfaxva.gov/

HOUSING/SHELTER

Fairfax County Department of Family Services Emergency Shelters http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/factsheets/EMERShelter.htm

Housing & Community Services of Northern Virginia
http://www.hcsnv.org/

Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/rha/

HUMAN SERVICES

Fairfax County Health & Human Services Resources http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/living/healthhuman/

Fairfax County Department of Family Services
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/

Fairfax County Health Department Clinics http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/hd/hdclinicsite.htm

HUNGER/FOOD

Food for Others
http://www.foodforothers.org/

Our Daily Bread
http://www.our-daily-bread.org/

Self-Help and Resource Exchange (SHARE)
http://www.sharedc.org/

INFORMATION ABOUT AND REFERRAL TO COMMUNITY AGENCIES OFFERING ASSISTANCE WITH BASIC NEEDS, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES

Fairfax County Department of Systems Management
Coordinated Services Planning
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dsm/csp/cspdefault.shtm

LEGAL SERVICES

Legal Services of Northern Virginia
http://legalaidhelp.org/

MENTAL HEALTH AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS & SERVICES

Alternative House (for teens and their families)
http://www.thealternativehouse.org/

Center for Multicultural Human Services
http://www.cmhsweb.org/

Fairfax County Mental Health Services http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/csb/mhs/mhsites.htm

Multicultural Clinical Center
http://www.mccva.com/mcs.htm

The Women’s Center
http://www.thewomenscenter.org/

OTHER NON-PROFIT AND COMMUNITY-BASED AGENCIES OFFERING VARIOUS TYPES OF ASSISTANCE

Annandale Christian Community for Action
http://www.accacares.org/

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington
http://www.ccda.net/

Ecumenical Community Helping Others (ECHO)
http://www.echo-inc.org/

Fairfax FISH (For Immediate Sympathetic Help)
http://www.fairfaxfish.org/

New Hope Housing
http://www.newhopehousing.org/

Northern Virginia Family Services
http://www.nvfs.org/

Reston Interfaith
http://www.restoninterfaith.org/

Shelter House
http://www.shelterhouse.org/

United Community Ministries
http://www.ucmagency.org/

Western Fairfax Christian Ministries
http://www.wfcmva.org/

PUBLIC SAFETY

City of Fairfax Police Department
http://www.fairfaxva.gov/Police/Police.asp
703-385-7960 (non-emergency) or 911 (emergency)

Fairfax County Police Department
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/contacts.htm
703-691-2131 (non emergency) or 911 (emergency).

RECREATION SERVICES

Fairfax County Parks and Recreation Services
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/living/parks/

SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT

Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board Alcohol & Drug Services
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/csb/ads/adsites.htm

 

STATE

HOMELESS CHILDREN - EDUCATION

Project HOPE: Virginia Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program http://www.wm.edu/hope/homeless.php

Virginia Department of Education
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/

VITAL RECORDS

Virginia Department of Health
http://www.vdh.state.va.us/vitalrec/

DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES

Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles
http://www.dmv.state.va.us/

 

NATIONAL

CHILDREN'S ISSUES

Child Welfare League of America
http://www.cwla.org/

Children’s Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org

HOMELESSNESS - CHILDREN & FAMILIES

LeTendre Scholarships for Homeless Youth
http://www.naehcy.org/about_letendre.htm

National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth http://naehcy.org

National Center for Homeless Education
http://www.serve.org/nche/

National Center on Family Homelessnes
http://www.familyhomelessness.org/

U.S. Department of Education - No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (includes a section on Homeless Education)
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/index.html

HOMELESSNESS - GENERAL

National Alliance to End Homelessness
http://www.endhomelessness.org/

National Coalition for the Homeless
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/

National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
http://nlchp.org/

HOUSING

Habitat for Humanity
http://www.habitat.org/

National Low Income Housing Coalition
http://www.nlihc.org/

HUNGER/FOOD

Share Our Strength
http://www.strength.org/

Oxfam America
http://www.oxfamamerica.org/

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Alcoholics Anonymous
http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/