Links to Statewide Resources
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- Assistance
- Child & Family
- Consumer & Advocacy Groups
- Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Late Deafened and Deaf-blind
- Health Organizations
- Homeless Programs
- Information
- Intellectual Disabilities
- Legal
- Mental Health
- Seniors
- Substance Use
- State & National Agencies
- Technical
- Veterans
- Virginia Links
- 2-1-1 Virginia
- Al-anon & Alateen
- Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
- Alcoholics Anonymous of Roanoke (AA)
- Arc of Virginia
- Blind and Vision Impaired, Department for the
- Career Connect (Virginia's Electronic One-stop Workforce Development System offered by the Virginia Employment Commission and Local Workforce Investment Boards)
- Community Services Board (Find Your Local CSB and get contact information. Your Local CSB is the single point of entry into publicly-funded mental health, intellectual disability, and substance abuse services for its service area. CSBs coordinate services in Virginia and provide pre-admission screening services 24-hours per day, 7 days per week.)
- Consumer and Advocacy Groups
- Coping with Disaster - Educational Materials
- Coping with Disaster - Mental Health Response Training (Helping to Heal)
- Coping with Terrorism
- DMHMRSAS State Facilities
- Drug Prevention Informational Links & Articles
- Drug Disposal Guidelines
- Easy Access for Seniors and Adults with Disabilities
- Emergency Preparedness
- Family Access to Medical Insurance Security
(FAMIS)
- Health, Virginia Department of (Center for Quality Health Care Services and Consumer Protection 804-367-2104)
- Homeless Programs
- Hospital Compare - A quality tool for adults, including people with Medicare (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- Human Rights Complaints, DMHMRSAS
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Infant & Toddler Connection Of Virginia
- "It's About Time" (Aging & Disability Community-based Coordinated Services System Initiative)
- Licensed Provider Search (LPS) (Find licensed providers of mental health, intellectual disability or substance abuse services in Virginia)
- Medicaid Program at-a-Glance
- Medical Assistance Services, Va. Department of (DMAS)
- Money Follows the Person
- Narcotics Anonymous
- Prescription Assistance, Partnership for (1-888-4PPA-NOW / 1-888-477-2669)
- Prescription Assistance Programs In Virginia
- Medicare Part D Plan Comparison
- Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
- Provider Search, Licensed by DMHMRSAS (LPS) (Find licensed providers of mental health, intellectual disability or substance abuse services in Virginia)
- Provider Search, DMAS (Find providers of dental or health care services in Virginia)
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Ready Virginia
- Rehabilitative Services, Virginia Department of (DRS)
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Senior Navigator - "No Wrong Door"
(one-stop assistance for Senior Citizens) - The Joint Commission (on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations 1-800-994-6610)
- Volunteer Organizations in Lynchburg, VA
- Work Support for Veterans
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- Arc of Virginia
- Child Care
- Childrens' Programs
- Commission on Youth
- Community Services Board (Find Your Local CSB and get contact information)
- Emergency Preparedness
- Family Access to Medical Insurance Security
(FAMIS)
- Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
- Guide to Local Alternative Education Options for Suspended and Expelled Students in the Commonwealth
-
Infant & Toddler Connection of Virginia Web site
(Early Intervention Services)
- National Mental Health Services, Knowledge Exchange Network "Caring for Every Child's Mental Health : Communities Together"
- National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health
- Prescription Assistance Programs In Virginia
- Prescription Assistance - Kids, Partnership for
- Virginia Family Connections
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- Agoraphobics Building Independent Lives (ABIL)
- Consumer Empowerment & Leadership Training (CELT)
- Consumer Operated Mental Health Programs
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) (A patient-directed national organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses. The organization fosters an environment of understanding about the impact and management of these life-threatening illnesses by providing up-to-date, scientifically-based tools and information written in language the general public can understand. DBSA supports research to promote more timely diagnosis, develop more effective and tolerable treatments and discover a cure.)
- Depressive Manic Depressive Association of Virginia (DMDA)
- Mental Health America Virginia (MHAV)
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) (provides education, advocacy and support for persons with brain disorders/mental illnesses and their families)
- NAMI Virginia
- National Eating Disorders Association
- Overeaters Anonymous
- Parents and Children Coping Together
- Patient Advocate Foundation's Virginia Cares Uninsured Program 1-800-532-5274
- REACH Virginia (Recovery Education & Creative Healing, part of VOCAL)
- SW Virginia Consumer and Family Project
- Support Groups, Consumer Operated Mental Health Advocacy
- Support Programs, Mental Health Support Groups
- South West Virginia Consumer and Family Project
- Virginia Association for Community Services Boards (VACSB)
- Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy (VOPA)
- Virginia Organization of Consumers Asserting Leadership (VOCAL support center)
- Virginia Psychosocial Rehabilitation Association (VAPRA)
- VOCAL CO-OP (Consumer Owned & Operated Programs)
- VOCAL Network (Community advocacy, education, empowerment)
- VOCAL - REACH (Recovery Education & Creative Healing)
- VOCAL Virginia (Virginia Organization of Consumers Asserting Leadership)
- Wellness Recovery Action Plan™ (WRAP)
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Resources for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD) (A private, nonprofit organization dedicated to providing broad-based services, ensuring public accessibility and increasing public awareness of issues affecting deaf and hard of hearing individuals. Through global leadership and a continuum of quality communication services and human service programs, CSD provides the tools conducive to a positive and fully integrated life.)
- DMHMRSAS Services For People Who Are Deaf, Hard Hearing, Late Deafened And Deaf-blind
- DMHMRSAS More Information on Deaf Services
- Southwest VA Regional Deaf Service Program
- Standards of Care for the Delivery of Mental Health Services to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons
- Virginia Association of the Deaf (VAD)
- Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (VDDHH)
- Virginia Interpreter Reimbursement Program
- Virginia Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (VRID)
- Working with the Deaf, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing Community
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Health Organizations
- American Eugenics Movement Image Archives
- Brain Injury Services, Inc.
- Commission on Mental Health Law Reform
- Depression Screening Test (NMHA)
- Expressing the General Assembly's regret for Virginia's experience with eugenics
- http://www.health.org/
- Mental Health America (Formerly Mental Health Association. A nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people live mentally healthier lives).
- Mental Health Association of Virginia
- Mental Health Consumers Association
- NASMHPD - Research Institute
- National Association of Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)
- National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence (NCADD)
- National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (NCCBH)
- National Institute of Health - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Mental Health Association (NMHA) 1-800-969-NMHA / 1-800-969-6642 (English/Spanish)
- National Mental Health Services, Knowledge Exchange Network "Caring for Every Child's Mental Health : Communities Together"
- National Register
- Network of Care - Mental Health/Behavioral Health
- The Joint Commission (on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations 1-800-994-6610)
- Williamson Institute for Health Studies
- more Mental Health
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- Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP)
- Homeless Programs in HHS
- National Alliance to End Homelessness
- National Resource Center on Homeless and Mental Illness
- National Coalition for the Homeless
- PATH at DMHMRSAS (Projects in Assistance for Transition from Homeless)
- PATH Program National Site (Projects in Assistance for Transition from Homeless)
- US Code Title 42, Section 290cc-22
- Virginia Inter-Agency Council on Homelessness (VIACH)
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- Alzheimer's Disease Information
- American Eugenics Movement Image Archives
- Collection of Evidence-based Treatment Modalities for Children and Adolescents with Mental Health Treatment Needs, 3rd Edition
- Collection Of Mental Health Treatments For Children & Adolescents, 2nd Edition 2005
- Data about Drug Use and Mental Health (SAMHSA)
- Demographics and Facts on Cultural Competency and Diversity
- Depression Information
- Disability Information
- Dual Diagnosis Information
- Expressing the General Assembly's regret for Virginia's experience with eugenics
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- Language Resources
- Mental Health America
- Recovery Times
- Schizophrenia Information
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration- Download Health Information (SAMHSA)
- VA Family Connections
- Working with Different Communities
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- AAIDD
- AAIDD - FAQs about Mental Retardation and the AAIDD Definition
- The Arc of the United States
- The Arc of Virginia
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Clearinghouse for the Community Living Exchange Collaborative (Hcbs Infrastructure development resources for people with disabilities and older adults)
- Cognitive and Developmental Disabilities Resources
- Community Services Board (Find Your Local CSB and get contact information)
- Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Department of Education
- Department of Medical Assistance Services
- Department of Rehabilitative Services
- Department for the Visually Handicapped
- Disability Information
- Federal Regulations
- Housing and Urban Development
- Human Services Research Institute
- Independence Plus: Programs for Family/Individual Directed Community Services
- National Association of Directors of Developmental Disabilities
- National Governor’s Association
- National Institute of Health
- One Community - Virginia Olmstead Task Force
- Partnership for People with Disabilities
- Quality Mall: Disability Resources, The
- Rehabilitation and Research Training Center
- Supports Intensity Scale (SIS)
- The State of the States in Developmental Disabilities
- US Dept. of Justice ADA Home Page
- US Dept of Justice ADA Mediation
- Virginia Autism Resource Center (at www.grafton.org)
- Virginia Board for People with Disabilities
- Virginia Office of Protection and Advocacy
- Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center
- Mental Retardation Waiver Community Services Manual (MR Waiver Manual)
- Money Follows the Person
- Working with the Disability Community
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- 2008 General Assembly MH Omnibus Bill
- Americans With Disabilities Act
- Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
- Commission on Mental Health Law Reform
- Forensic Services, DMHMRSAS
- Human Rights Complaints, DMHMRSAS
- Legislative Information System
- Mental and Physical Disability Law Reporter
- Mental Health Law Reform
- National Association for Rights, Protection & Advocacy (NARPA)
- Protection & Advocacy Agencies
- Regulatory Town Hall (Regulations affecting DMHMRSAS)
- Reports to the General Assembly
- Understanding and Applying Virginia’s New Statutory Civil Commitment Criteria, by Bruce J. Cohen, Richard J. Bonnie and John Monahan
- Virginia Attorney General’s Office
- Virginia Department of Corrections
- Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services
- Virginia General Assembly Legislative Information System
- Virginia Supreme Court
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- Community Services Board (Find Your Local CSB and get contact information)
- Consumer & Advocacy Groups
- Consumer Assistance
- Consumer Empowerment & Leadership Training (CELT)
- Coping with Terrorism
- Co-Occurring Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders (VASIP/COSIG)
- Cultural and Linguistic Competency
- Data about Drug Use and Mental Health (SAMHSA)
- DMHMRSAS Mission
- DMHMRSAS Vision
- DMHMRSAS Strategic Plans
- Empowerment
- Forensic Services, DMHMRSAS
- Health and Mental Health Organizations
- Homeless Programs
- Information about Health and Mental Health
- Mental Health/Criminal Justice Consortium
- Recovery Resources, Organizations and Technical Assistance
- Standards of Care for the Delivery of Mental Health Services to Deaf & Hard of Hearing Persons
- State and Federal Resources
- Veteran Resources
- Wellness Recovery Action Plan™ (WRAP)
- Working with the Disability Community
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- Alcohol, Medication and Older Adults related Resources (AAAG) (Alcohol and Aging Awareness Group)
- Alzheimer's Disease Information
- Easy Access for Seniors and Adults with Disabilities
- Hospital Compare - A quality tool for adults, including people with Medicare (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- Issues of Aging, Alcohol and Medication (PowerPoint presentation)
- "It's About Time" - Aging & Disability Community-based Coordinated Services System Initiative
- Medicare Part D Plan Comparison
- Money Follows the Person
- Prescription Assistance, Partnership for (1-888-4PPA-NOW / 1-888-477-2669)
- Prescription Assistance Programs In Virginia
- Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
- Referral List for Substance Abuse Centers (Alcohol and Aging Awareness Group) (AAAG)
- Senior Navigator - "No Wrong Door"
- Virginia
Department for the Aging (VDA)
- Working with Seniors
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- Alcohol, Medication and Older Adults related Resources (AAAG) (Alcohol and Aging Awareness Group)
- Buprenorphine Information About Usage in the Treatment of Withdrawal from Opiate Addiction
- CSAT Buprenorphine Physician Locator
- Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
- Center for Substance Abuse Treatment National Drug Treatment Referral Routing Service
1-800-662-HELP / 1-800-662-4357 (English) . 1-800-66-AYUDA / 1-800-662-8932 (Spanish). - Co-Occurring Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders (VASIP/COSIG)
- Community Services Board (Find Your Local CSB and get contact information)
- Data about Drug Use and Mental Health (SAMHSA)
- Drug Prevention Informational Links & Articles
- Drug Disposal Guidelines
- Dual Diagnosis Information
- Issues of Aging, Alcohol and Medication (PowerPoint presentation)
- Mid-Atlantic Addiction Technology Transfer Center
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
- Referral List for Substance Abuse Centers (AAAG) (Alcohol and Aging Awareness Group)
- Data about Drug Use and Health
- Substance Abuse and Addiction Recovery Alliance (SAARA)
- Substance Abuse Services Council (SASC)
- The Virginia Association of Drug and Alcohol Programs (VADAP)
- Virginia Institute for Professional Counselor Training (VIPACT)
- Virginia Summer Institute for Addiction Studies
- Working with the Disability Community
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- Aging, Virginia Department of (VDA)
- Aging & Disability Community-based Coordinated Services System Initiative - "It's About Time"
- Community Services Board (Find Your Local CSB)
- Continuity of Care Guidelines, DMHMRSAS
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Virginia Department for the (VDDHH)
- Diseases & Conditions (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- Forensic Services, DMHMRSAS
- Health, Virginia Department of (VDH)
- HPR V Reinvestment Web site
- HPR V Strategic Plan (search for title "Strategic Plan")
- Hospital Compare - A quality tool for adults, including people with Medicare (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- Human Rights Complaints, DMHMRSAS
- Licensed Provider Search (LPS) (Find licensed providers of mental health, intellectual disability or substance abuse services in Virginia)
- Medical Assistance Services, Virginia Department of (DMAS)
- Mental Health, United States, 2002
- Mental Health Planning Council (MHPC)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (One of 27 components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Federal government's principal biomedical and behavioral research agency. NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NIMH mission is to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior.)
- Olmstead Project
(Creating
Community Integration Opportunities for Virginians with Disabilities) - Rehabilitative Services, Virginia Department of (DRS)
- Regulatory Town Hall (Regulations affecting DMHMRSAS)
- SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center (SAMHSA) (The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Mental Health Information Center provides information about mental health via a toll-free telephone number (800-789-2647), a Web site, and more than 600 publications.)
- Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health
- System Leadership Council
- Sign up for Community and CSB Private Psychiatrists List Serve
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Diseases & Conditions (HHS statistics)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Hospital Compare (HHS)
- Virginia Association of Community Services Boards (VACSB)
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- Google Search
- Map It!
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- Security - Internet
- Security - HIPAA
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- Site Map
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- Yahoo
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- Behavioral Healthcare for Veterans in Virginia
- Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN)
- Veteran Resources at the Department of Human Resources Management
-
Virginia Department of Veterans Services
(DVS)
- Virginia is for Heroes
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- Working with the Military Community
- Work Support
- Wellness Recovery Action Plan™ (WRAP)
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- Agencies - Listing of all Virginia State Agencies
- Behavioral Healthcare for Veterans in Virginia
- Best Managed State
- Blind and Vision Impaired, Department for the
- Commission on Mental Health Law Reform
- Contact CSBs
- Contact DMHMRSAS State Facilities
- Contact State Employees
- Coping with Disaster
- Coping with Terrorism
- Council on Virginia's Future
- Cultural & Linguistic Competence
- DMHMRSAS Mission
- DMHMRSAS Vision
- DMHMRSAS Strategic Plans
- Easy Access for Seniors and Adults with Disabilities
- Elections, State Board of
- Job Assistance: Career Connect (The Virginia Employment Commission and Local Workforce Investment Boards offer Virginia's Electronic One Stop Workforce Development System)
- Jobs with the State
- Mental Health/Criminal Justice Consortium
- Mental Health Planning Council (MHPC)
- Office of the Inspector General for Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services (OIG)
- Olmstead Project
(Creating
Community Integration Opportunities for Virginians with Disabilities)
- Ready Virginia
- ROSI Survey (Survey for individuals who receive public mental health services)
- Services in Virginia (public mental health, intellectual disability and substance use services)
- Site Map
- Substance Abuse Services Council (SASC)
- State & National Agencies Related to Health
- State Agencies Index
- State Board of Elections
- Systems Transformation, Health and Human Resources (HHR)
- Virginia Attorney General’s Office
- Virginia
Department for the Aging (VDA)
- Virginia Department of Corrections
- Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services
- Virginia Department of Emergency Management
- Virginia Department of Health (Center for Quality Health Care Services and Consumer Protection) 804-367-2104
- Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS)
- Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services (DRS)
-
Virginia Department of Veterans Services
(DVS)
- Virginia Easy Access
- Virginia General Assembly Legislative Information System
- Virginia Home Page
- Virginia Performs
- Virginia Service Integration Program (VASIP / COSIG) (Co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders)
- Virginia Supreme Court
- Virginia Tech Review Panel report
- Virginia Top Performing state
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