The Child Care Subsidy Program assists families in paying child care costs for children under age 13 who are not eligible to attend public school during the part of the day when public education is available, or children with special needs under age 18 who reside with the applicant. If you are eligible and are approved for services, the Subsidy Program can pay a portion of your child care costs directly to the child care provider.
An adult education center that provides classes and tutoring to adult learners seeking to improve basic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics. Additional classes: computer, GED prep, English for speakers of other languages, and weekly job seeker workshops. All services are fee free and confidential.
Employer Benefits
Childcare Benefits or Supports
Here are some helpful tips to find out if your employer offers childcare benefits or supports.
Employee Handbook or Policies: Start by reviewing the company’s employee handbook or policies. Often, child care benefits are mentioned in these documents along with other employee benefits.
Human Resources (HR) Department: Reach out to the HR department directly. They can provide information about all the benefits available to employees, including child care assistance programs, subsidies, or flexible spending accounts for child care expenses.
Intranet or Company Website: Check the company’s intranet or website for information on employee benefits. Some companies have dedicated sections or portals where employees can learn about available benefits and how to access them.
Ask Colleagues: If comfortable, ask colleagues who are parents if they are aware of any child care benefits offered by the employer. They might have insights or firsthand experience with the company’s programs.
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP): Some companies offer employee assistance programs that include resources for child care support and referrals. These programs may provide counseling, information, and assistance in finding suitable child care options.
Energy Assistance-Madison, Madison County Social Services
What Do They Do?
The Energy Assistance Program (EAP)consists of three components; Fuel Assistance (FA), Coolng Assistance (CA) and Emergency Crisis Assistance (CAP). The FA component is intended to provide supplemental assistance to offset the rising costs of heating expenses. The CAP component is intended to provide assistance with heating equipment needs and emergency fuel outages.
Fuel Assistance opens the second Tuesday in October. The last day for applying is the second Friday in November. Main Qualifications: Have a heating need, meet the income and resource levels, include all persons living in the household, live in an eligible living arrangement and meet the citizenship requirements.
Crisis Assistance applicants must meet the following: income level, resource level. Deposits: Opens the first working day in November. May only receive once per lifetime per fuel type. (Natural gas, electric and LP gas) Heating Equipment: Opens November 1st or the first working day in November for Replacement, purchase, or repair of primary heating source. Primary Fuel: Opens the first working day in January. It is for those that did not receive fuel assistance. Requires cut off notice for electric and gas. Almost out of fuel oil, wood, coal or island purchased kerosene.
Cooling Assistance: Is offered during the beginning in mid-June. Must meet eligibility requirements.
Support for parents, guardians, and caregivers in navigating resources that can aid in their recovery efforts and assist with the well-being of their children.
Who is this service for?
Children and family members affected by parent(s) substance use residing in Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, or Rappahannock Counties.
DETAILS
Many different pathways can lead to recovery and the staff here at Encompass Community Supports would like to support you through a holistic recovery journey.
Our LINK coordinators assure that parents, guardians, and caregivers that are affected by substance use, are provided with recovery-oriented resources that foster their physical, emotional, spiritual, and family well-being. Our objective is to understand your family’s culture and promote reintegrating and strengthening families through a collaborative relationship.
LINK coordinators work alongside local Children’s Services Administration (CSA) and Family Planning and Assessment Teams (FAPT).
How to Contact Us:
To learn more about LINK Support Coordination Services call (540) 423-7365.
It takes a village to raise a child…Ready Region Blue Ridge offers a variety of ways to engage and connect with families through our Family Village. You can be as active as you want!
Our Vision
All children birth to five have a solid foundation that leads to success.
Our Mission
To bring our community together to champion equal access to resources for all children from birth to age five.
What Is Family Engagement to Us?
“In Ready Region Blue Ridge, Family Engagement focuses on building relationships, fostering joint decision-making, and ensuring the availability of resources to support children’s learning and development through active communication and collaboration among parents, caregivers, and the community.”
Healthy Families is a free, voluntary program that provides a highly trained Family Support Specialist who will help you create a healthy home for your baby and navigate the challenges of parenting with practicing self-care, ensuring that your whole family is healthy and thriving.
Healthy Families’ top priority is to empower you to help your child develop the social, emotional and cognitive skills they need to succeed in life.
Healthy Families is available to anyone who is expecting a child or has a newborn (under 3 months) and is interested in receiving information on parenting, child development and community resources. Once enrolled, they can serve you until the child is 3-5 years old. Families must be a resident of areas served by Healthy Families Skyline CAP: Fauquier, Madison, Orange and Rappahannock counties.
We’re excited to invite you to join our family village Facebook group, where we can stay connected and share resources, updates, memories, and more. Who can join? Any parent or caregiver with children of any age!
The Family Council brings families together within our region to discuss early childhood care and education topics. Families are empowered to advocate for the needs and challenges they face when accessing early childhood care for their children.
Learn about early childhood care, education systems, and community resources.
Weigh in on current programs and what more is needed for families with young children
Use your voice to promote change
Who can join? Parents and caregivers of children aged birth to 5.
How often/long are meetings? 1 hour each month (virtual)
How much do you pay? $50 per family council meeting you attend and $25/hr. for additional meetings and events.
Are you interested in joining the Family Council and Family Village? We’d love to have you on board! Sign Up Here
The Virginia Promise Partnership is a coalition of leading organizations working together to achieve our bold goal of ensuring all Virginia families have access to affordable, quality child care by 2030, regardless of income.
We’d like to share information about the Virginia Promise Partnership with you. Please click the link below for more details:
To sign up contact our Family Engagement Specialist: tthompson@unitedwaycville.org or 434-459-0200
Provides one of only eight independent libraries in the state. T Library holds 50,000 items including audio and DVD, downloadable e-books and audio books. 9 computer terminals with internet access and free WiFi hotspot. Children’s story hour at 11:00 AM on Wednesdays, and a summer reading program Starting in June. Books are offered for sale in the Used Book Room, upstairs from the library, during library hours. Contributions may be taken to the library or sent to P.O Box 243, Madison, VA 22727. ACCESSIBILITY: Fully accessible to persons with disabilities.
The mission of the Madison Free Clinic is to deliver ‘Medicine of the Highest Order’ in order to improve the well-being of our patients and our community by delivering innovative, compassionate patient- and family-centered healthcare, enriched by education, science, and technology.
The Clinic is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that enables uninsured adults of Madison County, Virginia to be provided with medical care and medications. The clinic also provides mental health, dental and vision care.Â
Maternal and Child Health-Madison, Madison County Health Department
What Do They Do?
Provides pregnancy testing. Offers immunizations and education about pregnancy and parenting. A car seat program is also available for newborn infants up to 20 pounds or one year of age. ACCESSIBILITY: Fully accessible to persons with disabilities.
Social and Emotional Development describes the range of skills that young children learn that help them relate to themselves and others. These skills include: expressing and regulating feelings, considering how others feel, and solving problems with greater independence. For more information, see Virginia’s Early Learning and Development Standards, Birth-Five Learning Guidelines (ELDS) which outline typical child development from birth to five years of age. Use this document to understand what skills are appropriate for your child and to see what s/he might develop next.
Eligible adults residing in Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, or Rappahannock Counties.
Encompass Community Supports administers multiple housing resources in our region. We work with different departments in our agency along with community partners to provide connections and assistance for housing.
Lower-Income Housing options for eligible adults 62 and older provide options that allow them to live independently.
Rent Subsidies, formally known as Section 8 Vouchers, are affordable subsidized housing options for eligible adults, disabled, and low-income families providing an opportunity to live in safe, affordable housing. We assist with options personally selected by the tenant to reflect personal and cultural preferences.
Short-Term Rental Assistance and Services helps individuals and families quickly return to permanent housing. Our goal is to help individuals obtain housing quickly and increase self-sufficiency. The referrals for this option begin at Foothills Housing Network.
Empowering survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Our agency offers a variety of services designed to empower victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault by using a wide range of agency specific and community-based support resources.
​We provide services to the following areas: Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, and Rappahannock VA.
