EDUCATION DETOX FACILITIES. Phone: Fax: Alcohol Abuse Phone: (24 Hour Hotline)

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1 Phone: Fax: Peninsula Region 127 Franklin Street Hampton, VA Phone: Fax: An agency dedicated to enhancing family strengths and resources through direct family involvement that preserves the dignity of all families within their community. Staff is available to families on a 24-hour basis, 7 days per week, with sessions determined by the family s schedule - often nights and weekends. Jewish Family Service of Tidewater, Inc. Administration 260 Grayson Road Virginia Beach, VA Phone: Fax: Website: Provides individual, marital, and family counseling. Also offers a Christian Cope with Divorce Program. Hours for programs vary. United Methodist Family Services 715 Baker Road, Suite 201 Virginia Beach, VA Phone: Fax: Website: Offers family counseling to the community. DETOX FACILITIES Alcohol Abuse Phone: (24 Hour Hotline) Crisis Care Norfolk, VA Phone: (Emergency Line) Drug Abuse Phone: (24 Hour Hotline) Virginia Beach Recovery Detox Center 409 Birdneck Circle Virginia Beach, VA Phone: EDUCATION Access Tidewater Scholarship Foundation P.O. Box 1357 Norfolk, VA Phone: Fax: Website: Provides students in the public with inspiring hope that a college education is attainable. Supports them in achieving the requirements for college acceptance and builds them through the college application process. Also assists them in gaining the funds to attend college. Adult Learning Center 4160 Virginia Beach Blvd Virginia Beach, VA Phone: Fax: Website: 53

2 Serves persons 18 years or older, not enrolled in high school. Hours are 8:00am-3:30pm, Monday-Friday; 6:30 pm-9:00pm, Monday-Thursday. Provides GED training, English as a second language; specialized courses in computers, typing, sign language, woodworking, air conditioning, real estate, vocational courses (such as LPN, CAN, etc.), and crafts. Fee for classes. Open to Chesapeake residents Sponsored by Virginia Public Schools. American Association of University Women 710 West Willow Pt. Place Newport News, VA Phone: Contact: Sally Sledge Provides for the advancement of women socially, culturally, politically, and educationally. Offers grants to deserving women and is involved in a variety of programs designed to further public education and equality. Open to male membership also. Chesapeake Center for Science and Technology 1617 Cedar Road Chesapeake VA Phone: Fax: Serves 11 th and 12 th grade students and postgraduates. Hours are 8:00am- 4:00pm, Monday-Friday. Offers technical electives to students enrolled in a regular day program in areas such as cosmetology, nursing, electronic, welding, masonry, auto mechanics, auto body, data processing and television. On-the-job training is provided. Chesapeake Planetarium Civic Center 312 Cedar Road Phone: , Ext. 281 Website: Serves all ages. Hours are 8:30am- 4:00pm, Monday-Friday. Provides public programs on Thursday evenings at 8:00pm. Call for reservation. Commonwealth Challenge Bldg. 253 C Street State Military Reservation Camp Pendleton P. O. box 7510 Virginia Beach, VA Phone: (Agency) (Intake) Fax: Hours are 8:00am-4:30pm, Monday- Friday. Provides a five-month residential program for high school dropouts who are years old, both male and female, drug free and are not currently involved I the criminal justice system. It provides a structured educational component consisting of academic instruction leading to the attainment of a GED certificate. After the certificate or diploma is received, program will provide options for further training in one of the following areas: vocational technical education, community college or four year college. Cooperating Hampton Roads Organizations for Minorities in Engineering (CHROME) C/o Old Dominion University P. O. Box 1394 Norfolk, VA Phone: Fax:

3 Website: Serves age 16-18, if in college. Hours are 8:30am-5:00pm, Monday-Friday. CHROME s mission is to increase the number of underrepresented minorities and females participating in mathematics, science, engineering or related technical fields. CHROME supports a club program, weekend and summer academics, internships, and scholarships. CHROME also stimulates efforts towards reform I instruction that incorporate methodology and sponsors teacher and counselor workshops and activities to encourage their adoption of these strategies. Dynamic Educational Systems, Inc. (Job Corps) 1500 E. Little Creek Road, Suite 310 Norfolk, VA Phone: Fax: Website: Hours are 8:00am-5:00pm, Monday- Friday. Provides a residential vocational training program for year old youth. Non-profit government funded program. GED preparatory classes are available. Educational Opportunity Center 121 College Place Norfolk, VA Phone: Fax: Website: eoc@eduusind.org Satellite Office: Chesapeake Bureau of Human Services 100 Outlaw Street Phone: Serves ages 17 to adults. Hours are 8:30am-5:00pm, Monday-Friday by appointment. Services provided: referrals to GED and ABE providers; financial aid application assistance; general information on local college/universities. Specific information on courses and programs of study and admissions procedures. Career planning and counseling including interest and Aptitude Testing. Fuzz and Stuffing Puppets P. O. Box 8804 Norfolk, VA Phone: Agency is a proprietary organization which specializes in made-to-order educational show for schools, community groups, and professional service organizations. Classes and workshops covering construction, manipulation, writing and productions are offered. Entertainment shows are available. Job Zone Circle Office Building, Suite Glenrock Road Norfolk, VA Phone: x 333 (Certification) x 360 (Dislocated Workers) Fax: Website: Hours are 8:30am-7:00pm, Monday and 8:30am-4:30pm, Tuesday-Friday. Provides services to administer Federal Job Training Partnership Act Funds. We also operate employment and training 55

4 programs for low-income individuals and dislocated workers. Junior Achievement of Greater Hampton Roads, Inc 6325 North Center Drive, Suite 204 Building 18 Norfolk, VA Website: Offers programs to children from kindergarten through 12 th grade with purpose to educated and inspire young people to value free enterprise, understand business and economics, and be workforce ready. Kids Priority One 1900 Llewellyn Avenue Norfolk, VA Phone: Fax: Website: A non profit organization which identifies the needs of children in the Hampton Roads and seeks the best means to address those needs. This includes promoting educational resources and programs. Kujichagulia Academy, Inc. 112 Grant Street Phone: Fax: Website: Provides quality education for all students with highest level of academics and moral values appropriate to their respective age levels. Also offers resources that will empower families and communities. Learning Disabilities Association of Virginia Tidewater Chapter P.O. Box Phone: (private phone) Fax: Hours are 8:30am-5:00pm, Monday- Saturday. This association provides referral, support services and information concerning learning disabilities, educational programs. Making A Difference Foundation 990 Kelso Court Virginia Beach VA Phone: Fax: aliciabobulinski@yahoo.com Hours are after school, evenings and weekends. Provides mentoring and tutoring to students grades Areas included are college prep. GED, SAT prep. English as a second language, Literacy Passport, life skills, job and college applications and guidance. Programs offered year round $100 donation, 6 months or more used as charity program; exceptions based on financial situation. Old Dominion University Women s Center South Webb Center Norfolk, VA Phone: Fax: Website: Hours are 8:00am-5:00pm, Monday- Friday. Provides services which relate 56

5 predominantly to women, especially those re-entering school. Portsmouth Reads 602 Rockbridge Road Portsmouth, VA Phone: A non-profit organization which ensures that all children in Portsmouth enter school with the emergent literacy skills needed for early success. Also helps adults with opportunities to develop their literacy skills. Portsmouth Schools Foundation 801 Crawford Street Portsmouth, VA Phone: Fax: Website: Serves Portsmouth. Actively promotes excellence in Portsmouth s schools and creates opportunities and resources for others to do the same. Project Light 1036 Anderson Way Phone: Fax: Website: Mailing Address: P. O. Box 508 Norfolk, VA Hours 9:00am-5:00pm, Monday- Wednesday-Friday; Tuesday and Thursday by appointment only. Agency provides training to inner city non-profit organizations to teach people how to read utilizing computers. This agency/ministry will teach other agencies how to organize tutoring and illiteracy elimination programs Reach, Inc Colonial Avenue Suite 16 Norfolk, VA Phone: Fax: Website: reachingkids@verizon.net Provides literacy services to at risk children throughout the community through reading aloud, distributing books and school supplies and training services for parents. Southeastern Cooperation Educational Programs (SECEP) Website: Autistic Children s Program 6160 Kempsville Circle Suite 300 B Norfolk, VA Phone: Deep Creek Re-education School 1040 N. George Washington Highway Chesapeake, VA Phone: Fax: Kempsville Re-education School 233-A N. Witchduck Road Virginia Beach, VA Phone: Fax: Portsmouth Re-education School 10 Independence Street Portsmouth, VA Phone: Fax: Suffolk Re-education School 2327 E. Washington Street 57

6 Suffolk, VA Phone: Fax: Virginia Beach Re-education School 525 Kempsville Road Phone: Fax: Hours are 7:30am-4:00pm, Monday- Friday. Provides a formal structure through which the participating schools can plan and operate programs for children with special needs. The Southeastern Cooperative Educational Programs (SECEP) is a public body established in accordance with the Code of Virginia, and provides for the establishment and operation of jointly owned schools. Primary disability served is emotional, behavior disordered, communication disordered, mentally retarded, autistic or multi-handicapped. Southeastern Tidewater Opportunity Project, Inc. (STOP) 2551 Almeda Avenue Norfolk, VA Phone: Fax: Website: Call for complete listing of programs. Hours are 8:30am-5:00pm, Monday- Friday. Agency provides adult education, job finding, pre-job guidance, job training, job referral, counseling and referral, day care services, Head Start programs (ages 3-5 years), housing assistance and counseling, youth services, elderly services, ex-offenders program, distribute food and clothing in emergency situation, and home weatherization to the socially/economically disadvantaged. Tidewater Center for Technology Access 1413 Laskin Road Virginia Beach, VA Phone: Website: tcta@aol.com Serves community. A non-profit organization which provides persons with disabilities access, support and information on state of the art technology to maximize their potential I our community. Offers consultations and evaluations. Tidewater Tech Corporation Corporate Headquarters 4455 S. Boulevard Virginia Beach, VA Phone: Fax: Website: Chesapeake Campus 932 Ventures Way Phone: Fax: Newport News Campus 616 Denbigh Blvd. Newport News, VA Phone: Fax: Norfolk Campus 7020 North Military Highway Norfolk, VA Phone: Fax: Virginia Beach Campus 2697 Dean Drive Suite 100 Virginia Beach. VA

7 Phone: Fax: Tidewater Virginia Literacy Council, Inc. 700 London Blvd, Suite 708A Portsmouth, VA Phone: Fax: Website: Serves Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake and Portsmouth residents. Hours are 9:00am-5:00pm, Monday- Friday. Appointments required for evenings. Uses volunteer tutors and staff. One-on-one tutoring for nonreading adults. The evaluations are free and confidential. Donated money is used for books, training, space and supplies. Virginia School for the Deaf-Blind and Multi-Disabled at Hampton 700 Shell Road Hampton, VA Phone: or toll free: Website: Serves ages Services rendered 24 hours a day, five days a week. A residential and day school operated by the state government for deaf, blind, deaf/blind and multi-handicapped. Referrals made by school system. Appointments are required. Call for additional information. ELDERLY/SENIOR SERVICES American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) 707 E. Main Suite 910 Richmond, VA Phone: (804) Website: vaarp@aarp.org Serves adults ages 50 and older. Promotes legislation; conducts research in elder needs; offers interesting program and services to the community; provides a wide range of informational material, AARP chapters and VRTA units for retired teachers. Call for AARP chapters and additional information. American Legion Senior Citizens Center 350 North Main St. Suffolk, VA Phone: Hors are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday Friday. A non-profit senior service center providing educational. recreational and cultural services to ages 60 and up. Meals also served daily. Ballentine, The 7211 Granby Street Norfolk, VA Phone: Fax: Website: Provides spiritual, emotional and physical well-being of older persons. Offers a caring and supportive environment staffed by competent professionals who have respect and empathy for each resident. Berger-Goldrich Home at Beth Sholom Village, The 6401 Auburn Drive 59