Adult Protective Services-Lovingston, Nelson County Social Services
What Do They Do?
Provides protection for adults from abuse and neglect. Investigates and responds to reports of suspected abuse of disabled adults over age 18 and any person over age 60. In emergencies after hours, call your local police or the Statewide 24 hour Toll-free Hotline: (888)832-3858.
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.
Driving Lives Forward connects economically-disadvantaged families with reliable vehicles and affordable auto loan financing, providing not only safe transportation, but, importantly, a way to establish sustaining employment and create or improve credit history – critical for access to affordable capital. This unique partnership relies on an equity framework to support families and individuals in the removal of transportation barriers as they seek progress on the road to economic resiliency.
To qualify you must: – Be employed for at least 6 months, working at least 30 hours per week – Be without access to a vehicle
For more information, contact Ella Jordan at ejordan@unitedwaycville.org
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 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. ACCESSIBILITY: Fully accessible to persons with disabilities.
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 offers FREE support to anyone who is pregnant or has children up to five years old (must enroll before the child is 3 months old). Learn parenting secrets, get connected with resources, and find new ways to support your child’s health and development.
Families must live in Charlottesville City or the counties of Albemarle, Buckingham, or Nelson.
Families can sign up using this form or by calling 434-906-0958. If you have further questions, you can email hf@readykidscville.org.
JAUNT provides free curb-to-curb demand-response service in the counties of Buckingham, Fluvanna, Louisa, Greene, Nelson, and rural Albemarle. Also provides ADA paratransit service in the City of Charlottesville and urban Albemarle.
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
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.
Region Ten provides a variety of mental health services to meet the needs of our community. Services are provided for all age groups and are provided on an individual, group, or family basis. Services are also available at numerous locations across our catchment area to those experiencing mental health challenges and who may also have issues with substance use. Mental Health Services are strength-based, recovery-oriented services designed to evaluate and treat the mental health challenges that individuals may experience during their lifetime.
Network2Work matches quality job-seekers with available jobs that pay a decent wage and lead to a career. We listen to local employers who tell us what they need. Once a job-seeker selects a job they want to pursue, we connect them directly to the training and resources they need to help them get and keep that chosen job—resources like affordable childcare, reliable transportation, legal assistance, health care, and more.
At Network2Work, we follow the saying, “It’s not just what you know, it’s who you know.” We get to know the job-seeker, we know the local employers, we know community resource partners, and we can help make the connection.
How Does the Program Work?
Network2Work @PVCC directly addresses barriers to employment and intentionally recruits job-seekers who are struggling in our economy and connects them with employers interested in filling available jobs.
Through our custom-built technology platform, we bring together the three networks critical to making this work: employers, job-seekers and social service providers.
Job-Seeker Network – The Secret Sauce Rather than wait for job-seekers to come to us, we recruit trusted neighbors, “Connectors,” to intentionally reach out to members of their community who are experiencing economic insecurity and connect the with Network2Work.
Provider Network We build a network of resource providers in the community and connect job-seekers to the support services they may need to secure and maintain employment using our nationally-recognized platform.
Employer Network We build relationships with local and regional employers and post their available job opportunities on our award-winning N2Work online platform.
The Shelter for Help in Emergency works to support and empower victims of domestic violence through a combination of residential, community-based and outreach services.
