Grant Recipients
Agency Program Profiles
Angels of Mercy Clinic
7151 Richmond Rd., Suite 401
Williamsburg, VA 23188
(757) 565-1700
angelsofmercyinc@yahoo.com
Angels of Mercy, a faith-based community clinic, provides free or low-cost services to patients in Williamsburg and York, James City, Charles City, New Kent, and King William counties. Founded 1997 by the mother-and-son team of Jeanne and Jeff Black, it originally was a once-a-week clinic operating in the Norge Primary Care Clinic.? Angels of Mercy received its first WCHF grant in 2004.
As primary care providers, Angels of Mercy offers adolescent, adult, and geriatric medical care, including diagnosis and treatment for acute health problems such as infections, minor injuries, and chronic diseases, including ongoing care of asthma, type 2 diabetes, emphysema, hypertension, and heart disease. Other medical services offered include physical exams, GYN breast exams, PAP smears, sexually transmitted disease workups, prostate exams, electrocardiograms, immunizations, annual inoculations, and visual acuity screening. Angels of Mercy participates in WCHF’s Chronic Care Collaborative.
The Arc of Greater Williamsburg
202-D Packets Court
Williamsburg, VA 23185
(757) 229-3535
info@thearcgw.org
The Arc provides services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through education, skill development, health programs, and social and recreational opportunities.
A grant from WCHF supports wellness and exercise programs.
Avalon: A Center for Women and Children
P. O. Box 6805
Williamsburg, VA 23188
(757) 258-5022
http://www.avaloncenter.org
Avalon grew from the work of the Williamsburg Task Force on Battered Women in 1980. It now offers emergency shelter, transitional housing, legal services, violence prevention programs and related services.
Avalon has evolved programs and services beyond the 19-bed emergency shelter to include transitional housing, self-sufficiency programs, counseling, legal advocacy, and primary prevention educational groups specifically designed to meet the needs of survivors experiencing domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and poverty-driven homelessness. Highlighting the quality and effectiveness of Avalon's services, It became an accredited? organization became an accredited agency through the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance in 2009.
WCHF funding supports programs that help hundreds of women break the cycle of violence by becoming self-sufficient.
Bacon Street
247 McLaws Circle
Suite 100
Williamsburg, VA 23185
(757) 253-0111
Bacon Street, which opened in 1971, provides services to adolescents and families affected by substance abuse and/or mental health issues. Its counselors use evidence-based practices to assure accurate assessments, and they work to address the "whole person” in their treatments. It receives referrals from area schools and courts.
The Campus Kitchen
P.O. Box 8793
CSU 6084
Williamsburg, VA 23187
(757) 221-7806
campuskitchenwm@wm.edu
The William and Mary chapter of The Campus Kitchens Project addresses hunger and nutritional needs in the community. It is a student-run volunteer group that works with restaurants and grocery to turn excess food into healthy meals for low-income residents in the area.
Child Development Resources, Inc.
Box 280
Norge, VA 23127
(757) 566-3300
http://www.crd.org
CDR serves more than 1,000 local children and their families each year through a variety of early childhood learning programs and services for children with disabilities.
CDR, created in 1986, is a nationally recognized leader in childhood education issues. It shares research and program models, and its conducts training and technical assistance. The agency serves children and services in Williamsburg, James City County, York County, and Poquoson.
Child and Family Connection
348 McLaws Circle
Unit 3
Williamsburg, VA 23185
(757) 229-7940
http://www.kidsandfamilies.com/
The Center for Child and Family Services is one of the region’s leading nonprofit counseling and support service agencies. It delivers services to more than 10,000 citizens each year, and its counseling programs and support services help individuals and families improve their lives.
It offers 18 different services, including mental health counseling, domestic violence prevention, youth anger management and violence prevention, trauma counseling, child visitation services, credit and debt counseling services, default mortgage counseling, financial education, child care resource and referral, and training and support for child care providers.
Colonial Behavioral Health
1657 Merrimac Trail
Williamsburg, VA 23185
(757) 220-3200
http://www.colonialbh.org
Colonial Behavioral Health, formerly known as the Community Services Board, provides services for area residents affected by mental illness, intellectual disabilities and substance use disorders. While it receives support from a variety of sources, the Williamsburg Community Health Foundation is its largest source of grant money. It received its first grant from the Foundation in 1998.
CBH serves as a member of the Chronic Care Collaborative, a group of community health organizations working together to manage chronic illnesses and emphasize preventive care. The Chronic Care Collaborative is a WCHF-directed initiative.
Colonial Behavioral Health also operates key components of another WCHF-directed initiative, the Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative.
It works with many local and regional providers assess prevent illness as well as assessment and treat it. It serves the citizens of James City County, City of Poquoson, City of Williamsburg and York County.
Colonial Court Appointed Special Advocate Program
1311 Jamestown Road
Suite 201
Williamsburg, VA 23185
(757) 229-3306
http://www.colonialcasa.org
Colonial CASA advocates for abused and neglected children who find themselves in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court System through no fault of their own.
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) are volunteers who ensure that abused and neglected children receive timely services while under the court's care. They monitor the case until closure, making sure the children do not get lost in the over burdened system. While social workers employed by Child Protective Services may have 30 or more cases, a CASA only has one or two cases at a time.
CASA's goal is to place each child in a safe, permanent home, free from abuse and neglect as soon as possible. Sometimes the child is able to return home after the family has received appropriate services and sometimes the child is placed with a relative, adopted or in foster care.
CASA volunteers donate more than 5,000 hours of advocacy services each year. Colonial CASA has served Williamsburg and James City County since 1995.
Community Housing Partners
448 Depot Street
Christiansburg, VA 24073
(757) 382-2002
http://www.communityhousingpartners.org/
CHP works to create affordable, green, sustainable housing opportunities and services low-income citizens in the Southeast United States. It works with residents to offer well-designed, efficient, attractive and affordable housing option.
In the Williamsburg region, it operates eight community housing developments. Funding from WCHF supports community programs including after-school programs, education initiatives and community health efforts.
FISH, Inc.
312 Waller Mill Road
Williamsburg, VA 23185
(757) 220-9379
FISH is an all-volunteer agency offering emergency help in the form of food, clothing, household items, emergency baby sitting and overnight lodging.
The agency was created in 1975 by volunteers from St. Bede Catholic Church as a way for neighbors to help neighbors. Funding from WCHF helps FISH provide personal hygiene items, cleaning materials and other household items.
Gloucester-Matthews Free Clinic
2276 George Washington Memorial Highway
Hayes, VA 23072
(804) 642-9515
http://www.gmfreeclinic.org
Gloucester-Mathews Free Clinic is a beacon of hope for the impoverished residents of Gloucester and Mathews counties who are uninsured and who fall within 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines. The Clinic was founded inAugust 1998 as a 501 (c ) 3 organization and provides medical, dental, and pharmaceutical services to over 1,000 patients.
Gloucester-Mathews Free Clinic has been providing services to the uninsured since 1998. The Clinic has grown to providing one clinic a week, to having six clinics a week and being open Monday-Friday. In 2007, we provided 2,105 patient visits and in 2008 we will provide 3,100, over 47% increase in services. We were chosen as a beta site to field test the Virginia Association of Free Clinics new accreditation standards, As a result, Gloucester-Mathews Free Clinic will be first of three free clinics to be accredited. These standards included a demonstration in governance, administration and clinical/program of best practices.
It participates in WCHF’s Chronic Care Collaborative.
Grove Christian Outreach Center
8910-E Pocahontas Trail
Williamsburg, VA
(757) 887-1100
http://www.groveoutreach.com
Grove Christian Outreach Center meets the practical, everyday needs of low-income citizens in the Grove area of James City County, one of the county’s most underserved communities. It provides food, clothing, personal hygiene items, school supplies, emergency assistance, financial assistance for rent, utilities and prescription medications.
In 2010, GCOC served 721 different families, distributed more than 488,000 pounds of food, and its all-volunteer staff? logged more than 15,500 hours of community service.
Lackey Free Clinic
1620 Old Williamsburg Road
Yorktown, VA 23690
Office: (757) 886-0608
http://www.lackeyfreeclinic.org
Lackey Free Clinic, operated by Olivet Ministries, was founded in 1995 by Dr. Jim Shaw and his wife, Cooka. Initially it operated one night a week and served 10 patients a month. By late 2000, it was seeing 100 patients a month.
In 2010, the clinic logged nearly 10,000 patient visits, expanded its dental services, added mental health services and opened a wound care clinic.
Lackey also belongs to the Chronic Care Collaborative, a group of community health organizations working together to manage chronic illnesses and emphasize preventive care.
New Horizons Family Counseling Center
School of Education
Office of Academic Programs
College of William and Mary
301 Monticello Avenue
Williamsburg, VA 23185
(757) 221-2321
http://education.wm.edu/centers/newhorizons/index.php
New Horizons is a family counseling and teaching clinic operated by The College of William & Mary’s School of Education. It offers free counseling services to the families of children attending public schools in Gloucester, Hampton, York County, Newport News, Poquoson, and Williamsburg/James City County. Families may be referred to the clinic by teachers, prinicpals, counselors, school psychologists, or school social workers.
Olde Towne Medical Center
5249 Olde Towne Road
Suite D
Williamsburg, VA 23188
(757) 259-3258
http://www.oldetownemedicalcenter.org
Olde Towne Medical Center is a public-private non-profit agency providing cost effective, comprehensive primary, preventive and dental care. The center serves citizens in the City of Williamsburg, James City County and York County who rely on Medicaid, Medicare or are uninsured. It emphasizes services for children and their families, and operates a health care van to improve access for citizens for whom transportation is an issue.
Olde Towne Medical Center participates in WCHF’s Chronic Care Collaborative.
Peninsula Area Agency on Aging
739 Thimble Shoals Blvd.
Suite 1006
Newport News
VA. 23606-3585
(757) 873-0541
http://paainc.org/
The Peninsula Agency on Aging, Inc. supports the independence and quality of life of Peninsula residents primarily 60 years and over by advocating on their behalf and arranging or providing vital human services. PAA, created in 1974, provides an array of programs in cooperation with community agencies in Hampton, Newport News, Williamsburg, Poquoson, and James City and York counties to assist older Virginians in independent and productive living. The agency is a clearing-house for information, coordinates services, and provide planning and leadership on aging issues.
In 2007 WCHF provided funding to launch the Peninsula Aging & Disability Resource Network, an easy-to-use online directory offering seniors a variety of public and private health services. The site, PADRN.org serves residents in the cities of Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson and Williamsburg as James City and York counties.
Rx Partnership
2924 Emerywood Parkway
#300
Richmond, VA 23294
(866) 262-5510
http://www.rxpartnership.org/
Rx Partnership provides access to free prescription medications to uninsured low-income citizens. It serves as a broker, soliciting free medications from partner pharmaceutical companies and arranging distribution through 20 free clinics and community health centers around the state. It now provides $45 million worth of prescription medications to more than 31,000 Virginians.
Funding from WCHF allows it to serve patients at Lackey Free Clinic and the Gloucester-Mathews Free Clinic.
Rx Partnership participates in the WCHF’s Chronic Care Collaborative.
Project Care of the Greater Virginia Peninsula
416 J. Clyde Morris Blvd
Newport News, VA 23601
Phone: 757-594-8413
http://www.projectcareva.org/
Project CARE connects low-income patients with primary and specialty care through a network of free clinics, sliding scale clinics, physicians, and hospital partners. Its network includes other WCHF-supported agencies such as Lackey Free Clinic, Gloucester-Mathews Free Clinic, Olde Towne Medical Center.
Project CARE was formed in 2008 to serve the residents of Hampton, Newport News, Williamsburg, Tappahannock, and the counties of James City, York, New Kent, King William, King and Queen, Essex, Middlesex, Mathews, and Gloucester.
Senior Services Coalition
3901 Treyburn Drive
Suite 100
Williamsburg, VA 23185
http://www.seniorservicescoalition.com
The Senior Services Coalition (SSC) was established in 2003 to support seniors in the region. Since that time the SSC and its member organizations have been actively involved with identifying issues and supporting efforts to improve senior services. It is implementing The Community Action Plan On Aging (CAPOA), a WCHF-funded initiative addressing the comprehensive needs of seniors in Greater Williamsburg and specifying ways to make the community more livable for seniors.