| Altavista/Campbell County Habitat for Humanity |
| Housing ($4,000) provides safe, decent affordable housing for a minimum of 2-4 families per year. Works with families to ensure their continuing ability to successfully maintain their homes and care for themselves and their families. |
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| American Red Cross - Historic Virginia Chapter |
| Armed Forces Emergency Services ($11,000) provides emergency communication between members of the US Armed Services and their families. |
| Disaster Relief ($50,500) provides immediate assistance to the victims of disaster. Training and educational materials are provided to the community at large through this program. |
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| Bedford Christian Ministries |
| Financial Aid ($18,000) provides financial aid that helps pay rent, mortgage payments, and emergency stays in hotels in additon to assisting with electric bills and medical services. Also provides fuel assistance. |
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Central Virginia Area Agency on Aging |
| Congregate Meals ($10,000) are provided to persons 60 years of age or older and to their spouse and/or disabled dependents regardless of age. Provides daytime support, nutritionally balanced meals, activities, exercise, health education, nutrition, socialization, health screenings, and life management education. Participants must be independent in activities of daily living or be accompanied by someone who can assist them. |
| Medical Access/Transportation ($49,052) provides access through free or low cost transportation to affordable health care for low income elderly and disabled individuals. Transportation is also provided to the grocery store, social services, drug store and other necessary appointments. These are door-to-door services, so agency staff enter home, help client to vehicle, and help them into the doctor's office. If needed, staff remain with clients during appointments. No other agency provides this service. |
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DAWN (Donation-A-Week-Neighbor) |
| Financial Aid ($10,000) is an emergency assistance program that provides assistance with food, electric bills, fuel, rent, and medications. Food assistance is the largest assistance provided. Client must have cut-off notice for electric assistance and an eviction notice for rent assistance. |
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| Family Alliance |
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Ways to Work ($30,000) is a micro loan program which lends small funds for purchase or repair of automobiles or other needs related to maintaining or improving employment. Loans are distributed from a restricted loan pool. This pool serves as a monetary backing against the possibility of defaulted loans. Loans can be used to purchase a used car (up to $4,000); car repair (up to $750); mortgage and child care costs related to employment (up to $850); housing and other related needs (up to $500); and medical and dental care (up to $500). Program provides counseling, financial literacy, debt management, credit improvement, budgeting, and basic money and banking education. |
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| The Gateway (new Partner Agency in 2009-2010) |
| Shelter for Men provides housing and supportive services to homeless men recovering from alcohol or drug addiction. |
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| Lynchburg Community Action Group (LynCAG) |
| Hand-Up Lodge ($15,600) is a shelter for individuals and is the only shelter in the region that accepts families. Maximum capacity is 28 individuals and they may stay for 60 days. Referrals are accepted but not required. Action plans are developed for each client which assesses family and individual needs, defines Hand-Up Lodge guidelines, sets goals and objectives, and outlines responsibilities. All are required to leave the shelter during day-time hours to look for employment or complete active employment. Individuals in substsance abuse recovery are accepted but they must remain in recovery during their stay. All clients, excpet minors, are required to take action to secure permanent housing. |
| Housing Services ($20,000) supports income-eligible families in resolving emergency or hazardous conditions related to their homes. The goals are to eliminate substandard living conditions; maintain safe, affordable housing; and avoid eviction/forclosure due to crisis. |
| Virginia Cares ($12,000) provides pre-release and post-release services to parolees and their families as a measure against further criminal involvement and recidivism. It is a unique program dealing with the multiple problems of the ex-prisoner, the correctional system and the community. |
| Center for Employment Training ($8,000) training for low income (at or below 200% of poverty level) individuals. Three training skills are currently offered: office automation, nursing assistant and basic general education development skills. |
| Employment Services ($25,000) (formerly New Land Industries,Inc - New Land Jobs) offers employment and job search skills training and support services to clients. Program components include career and skill assessment, effective resume writing services and counseling. |
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| Lynchburg Sheltered Industries (LSI) |
| Sheltered Employment provides long term employment to people with disabilities. For a few people, this may be the training they need to enable them to live and work in the community. However, for most referrals, LSI becomes their employer for the remainder of their working lives. |
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| Meals on Wheels |
| Meal Delivery ($35,000) is provided to frail eldery and younger disabled shut-ins. A balanced, nutritious meal is delivered to their door five days a week. |
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Otter River Resource Center |
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Sheltered Employment provides employment training for challenged people. Each consumer has an individualized service plan with emphaiss on skills that will help them function more independently and age appropriately whether they are able to assume their place in competitive employment, be involved in extended sheltered employment or remain in pre-vocational training. |
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| The Salvation Army |
| Community Shelter ($10,000) provides breakfast and dinner to shelter residents and individuals in the community who are in need of food. |
| Emergency Shelter ($32,000) provides short-term temporary housing and food to homeless men, women, and children. The staff works individually with the clients to offer resources and referrals. |
| Family Services ($39,000) allows individuals and families to maintain housing with all utilities in working order and meet their basic need for food and clothing. Assistance includes food for the hungry, clothing, and help with rent and utility payments. |
| Hope House ($17,000) is a transitional housing facility for women and children providing shelter for up to 90 days. This allows them time to re-evaluate the circumstances that made them homeless and to receive referrals to community resources. |
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| Virginia Legal Aid Society |
| Housing Improvement ($40,000) program helps low-income people to receive legal counseling, avoid homelessness and improve housing conditions. Attorneys use building codes, landlord/tenant laws, and consumer protection laws to prevent unjust evictions and foreclosures, and force the repair of hazardous conditions. |
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| YWCA of Central Virginia |
| Residential Housing ($20,000) provides permanent housing to women. Open to single women over age of 18. Must work or have some form of income. Rent is $55 per week or $238 a month. Residents have an average income of $781. Rent is just over government recommended amount of 30% of income spent on housing. Provide 24 hour on site staff and resident advisors. |
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Transitional Housing ($20,947) housing for women between a shelter and permanent housing. |
