Official State Website: http://www.virginia.gov

President and Vice President: www.whitehouse.gov

State Representative: http://www.house.gov/

Senators: http://www.senate.gov/

Local Child Abuse Number: 800-552-7096 (in state)
804-786-8536 (out of state)

Children's Rights Foundation:
1-800-329-KIDS
http://www.preventchildabusenow.org/

National Child Traumatic Stress Network:
http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=abt_ntwk

Shelters

Bailey's Crossroads Community Shelter
3525 Moncure Avenue
Falls Church, VA 22041
Phone: 703-820-7623

F.O.R.Kids, Inc. (Families Opportunities and Resources)
P. O. Box 6044
Norfolk, VA 23508
Phone: 757-622-6400
FAX: 757-622-3837

Freedom House
P. O. Box 12144
Richmond, Virginia 23241
Phone: (804)649-9791
FAX: (804)648-8321

Homestretch
370 S. Washington St. Suite 400
Falls Church, VA 22046
Phone: 703-237-2035
FAX: 703-237-4540

Loudon Transitional Housing Program
19620 Meadowview Court
Leesburg, VA 22076
Phone: 703-771-5429

The Arlington Homeless Services Unit
Residential Program Center
1554 Columbia Pike
Arlington, VA 22204
Phone: 703-486-0141

The Hilda M. Barg Homeless Prevention Center
14945 Jefferson Davis Highway
Woodbridge, Virginia 22191
Phone: 703-680-5403

Women's Shelters

Domestic Violence:
http://www.vadv.org
http://www.sboard.org/resources.htm?

Virginians Against Domestic Violence
2850 Sandy Bay Road, #101
Williamsburg, VA 23185
(757) 221-0990 Fax: (757) 229-1553
(800) 838-8238 Nationwide
Website: www.vadv.org
Email: vadv@tni.net

National Domestic Violence Hotline:
http://www.ndvh.org/help/help_in_area.html

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence:
http://www.ncadv.org

National Network to End Domestic Violence:
http://www.nnedv.org

Directory of Women's Shelters:
http://wedirectyou.com/womennmr/women.htm

Sounding Board Counseling Center:
http://www.sboard.org then click on shelters in your State

Community Action Program:
http://www.vacap.com/
www.ncaf.org/linkcaas.htm

Head Start Program:
http://www.headstartva.org/index.html
http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/resourcekit/HeadStart/virginia.html
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/hsweb/index.jsp
http://www.headstartinfo.org/infocenter/ehs_tkit1.htm

State Listings of Charities

Federal Trade Commission:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/tmarkg/charity.htm

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Office of Consumer Affairs
P.O. Box 1163
Richmond, VA 23218
804-786-1343

http://nadoka.vipnet.org/vipnet/vdacs/cgi-bin/char_search.cgi
http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/allforms.html

Search by State

Family and Youth Services:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/

Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/

Government Grants:
http://www.firstgov.gov/
http://www.grants.gov/
http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal

Housing Grants:
http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/communitydevelopment/programs/
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/csbg/

Health Care: For the Uninsured
http://ask.hrsa.gov/

Help finding healthcare in your area:
http://www.healthfinder.gov/healthcare/

Emergency Food and Shelter:
http://www.efsp.unitedway.org/EFSP/WC.DLL?EFSP~FundedStates