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1 Norfolk Community Services Board Day Treatment Program for Women 7460 Tidewater Drive Norfolk, VA Phone: Fax: Website: The Day Treatment Program for Women is committed to breaking the intergenerational cycle of substance abuse. Through collective and creative collaboration, we assist women and their families manage and avoid the ill effects of this disastrous cycle. Services available include priority placement for pregnant women, individual and group therapy, recreation activities, transportation daily, child care daily, parenting classes, on-site response classes 6 weeks (sexual and physical abuse issues), 12 step meetings, HIV testing and counseling, drug screens, home visits by Peri-natal Case Manager, child and family services advocacy, psychiatric evaluations, medication maintenance, referral services, vocational counseling and graduation programs. Recovery Support Group for Young People C/o Chesapeake Substance Abuse Program 524 Albemarle Drive Phone: The purpose of this group is to provide support for youth who are seeking to be drug-free. The group meets weekly and is open to the community. Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center 5560 Virginia Beach Blvd Virginia Beach, VA Phone: Fax: Hours are 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m., Monday Saturday. Provides three month residential treatment program for men recovering from alcoholism. Currently limited to 81 beds. Participants must be physically able to perform light tasks. Tidewater Regional Substance Abuse Program 119-A Tiden Avenue Phone: Provides intervention to youth with substance abuse problems, normally as a supplement to in-home services. U.S. Navy Alcohol Rehabilitation Phone: SUPPORT GROUPS Support Group Network 405 W. Farmington Road Virginia beach, VA Phone: Fax: Hours are 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m., Monday Friday, except holidays. Provides up-to-date information on 800 support groups (such as addictions/dependencies, bereavement, disabilities, medical, mental health, parenting/family, physical/emotional abuse, etc.) throughout the Tidewater area and Williamsburg. Also has information on 950 national and international health care organizations. 186

2 Adoption Adoptee and Natural Parents Organization Support Group 949 Lacon Drive Newport News, VA Phone: Serves adults. Self-support group which strives to reunite natural families which have been separated through adoption, death, foster care or abandonment. Arthritis Arthritis is Caring Together Sentara Leigh Hospital 830 Kempsville Road Norfolk, VA Phone: Serves all ages. Provides support for those with arthritis and their family and friends. Call for meeting times. Arthritis Support Group Jewish Community Center 5000 Corporate Woods Drive, Suite 100 Virginia Beach, VA Phone: Fax: A support group that has Arthritis Aquatic Classes, Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays at 12 noon. Arthritis Support Group Mary Immaculate Hospital 2 Bernadine Drive Newport News, VA Phone: Contact: Susan Brennan A support group for those with arthritis and their family and friends. Call for meeting times. Arthritis Support Group Sentara Care Plex Hospital c/o Arthritis Foundation 3000 Coliseum Drive Hampton, VA Phone: A support group that meets the 2 nd Monday of each month from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) CHADD of Tidewater Chapter #30 The Barry Robinson Center 443 Kempsville Road Norfolk, VA Phone: Website: A support group for parents and professionals with issues concerning children with ADD or ADHD that meets the 1 st Thursday of each month from 6:45 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Conference Center. Also has a support group for adults with ADD or ADHD that meets the 2 nd Thursday of each month from 6:45 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Conference Center. Autism Autism Support Group Autism Society of Tidewater Circle East Bldg, Suite Glenrock Road Norfolk, VA Phone: Website: Offers information and referral. Hours are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Meets 187

3 last Tuesday from 7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Visit website for more information. Battered Women Battered Women s Support Group YWCA 5215 Colley Avenue Norfolk, VA Phone: Fax: Website: Meetings Wednesdays at 5:45 p.m. Child care is available. Turning Point Battered Women s Group Virginia Beach Dept. of Human Services 3432 Virginia Beach Blvd Virginia Beach, VA Phone: (hotline) A support and education group that meets every Tuesday from 6:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Call for meeting place. Children s program is available. Services are free. Business hours are from 8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Bereavement Empty Arms Support Group Sentara Women s Services 801 Volvo Parkway Suite 120 Phone: or Website: A support group for parents who have experienced a miscarriage, stillbirth or death of a newborn. Call for meeting times. Breastfeeding Women, Infants, Children (WIC) Chesapeake Health Department 748 Battlefield Blvd Phone: Fax: Website: esapeake.htm WIC Nutrition Sites: South Norfolk Health Center 490 Liberty Street Chesapeake, VA Phone: Fax: Chesapeake Health Department 748 Battlefield Blvd Phone: Fax: Website: esapeake.htm Hours are 8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m., Monday Friday. WIC provides supplemental food and nutrition education to eligible pregnant and postpartum women, infants and children to age 5. Services are provided free of charge to eligible individuals and families. Also offers breastfeeding education and support services. New Hope Baptist Church 4260 Pughsville Road Chesapeake, VA Phone: Hours are 8:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. & 1:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m., Tuesday and Friday. WIC provides supplemental food and 188

4 nutrition education to eligible pregnant and post-partum women, infants and children to age 5. Services are provided free of charge to eligible individuals and families. Also offers breastfeeding education and support services. Caregivers Caregivers of the Memory Impaired Beth-Sholom Home 6401 Auburn Drive Virginia Beach, VA Phone: Fax: Serves caregivers. Sponsored by Jewish Family Services of Tidewater. Hours are Monday Friday, 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Provide group support and information. Call for meeting times. Caregiver s Support Group Chesapeake Health Department 748 Battlefield Blvd Phone: Fax: Website: esapeake.htm Serves all adults who are caring for an ill family member. Meets 1 st Friday of each month at Public Health Building, 10:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Provides information, counseling and peer support. Also meets at Russell Memorial Library, 2808 Taylor Road, Portsmouth, VA the 1 st Friday of each month from 2:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Light refreshments served; no charge, For more information, call Caring for the Caregiver Maryview Medical Center 3636 High Street Portsmouth, VA Phone: Website: A support group that meets the 1 st Wednesday of each month at 1:00 p.m in the Health Resource Center. Child Abuse Families of Abused Children Traumatized Sexually (FACTS) 820 Virginia Beach Blvd. 2 nd Prescient Virginia Beach, VA Phone: or factsva@aol.com A support group that works with nonoffending parents and the families of sexually abused children. Meets the 1 st and 3 rd Thursday of each month from 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Parents United Human Services 100 Outlaw Street Phone: ext 2274 Fax: A support group that meets every Tuesday from 7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. must be pre-screened. Childbirth Prepared Childbirth Classes DePaul Medical Center 150 Kingsley Lane Norfolk, VA Phone:

5 Offers a six-week class to prepare for the birth of a child. Call for times and dates. Children Motherless Daughter s Support Group 5520 Greenwich Road, Suite 202 Virginia Beach, VA Phone: Call for more information about meeting times and places. Hearing Impaired Children Support Group Phone: Call for more information about meeting times and places. Chronic Pain Chronic Pain and Headache Support Group Maryview Medical Center 3636 High Street Portsmouth, VA Phone: A support group for pain management. For more information please call. Developmental Disabilities Chaverim Jewish Family Services of Tidewater, Inc. 260 Graydon Road Virginia Beach, VA Phone: Fax: Website: Hours Monday Friday, 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday evenings by appointment. A culturally sensitive social and recreational group comprised of developmentally disabled adults. The group celebrates Jewish holidays and attends cultural and sporting events. It is a social group so there is not a meeting place. Sponsored by Jewish Family Services of Tidewater, Inc.. Please call for more information. Learning Disabilities Association of Tidewater- Parent s Support Group Phone: A support group for parents with developmentally delayed children. Please call for meeting times and locations. Diabetes Diabetes Education Maryview Medical Center 3600 High Street Portsmouth, VA Phone: (for appt.) A support group for persons with diabetes. Meets Thursdays 3:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. of each month in the Medical Arts Building. For more information, please call. Chesapeake General Hospital 736 N. Battlefield Blvd Phone: A support group that meets the 4 th Tuesday of each month from 7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. in the Lifestyle Fitness Center (next to Chesapeake General Hospital). Free. Provides information and support to individuals with diabetes and their 190

6 families and friends. Special groups for children, parents, and educators. Children s Hospital of the King s Daughters 601 Children s Lane Norfolk, VA Phone: A support group for children, teens, and parents. DePaul Medical Center 150 Kingsley Lane Norfolk, VA Phone: A support group for adults. The Diabetes Institutes Phone: Hours are Monday Friday, 8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. A support group for patients using an insulin pump. Appointments by referral only. Louise Obici Memorial Hospital 2800 Godwin Blvd. Suffolk, VA Phone: Fax: A support group for adults with diabetes. Call for meeting times and days. Maryview Medical Center 3600 High Street Portsmouth, VA Phone: (for appt.) Meets Thursday, 3:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Maternal Fetal Medicine Eastern Virginia Medical School Phone: ext (Patty Trail) An informal support network for patients. Sentara Bayside Hospital 800 Independence Blvd. Virginia Beach, VA Phone: A support group for those with diabetes, their family and friends that meets the 3 rd Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Each meeting may include a different professional presentation, an opportunity for discussion and information sharing among patients. Sentara Leigh Hospital 830 Kempsville Road Norfolk, VA Phone: SENTARA Fax: Website: A support group for adults with diabetes. Meets every 2 nd Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Free No preregistration. Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital 1060 First Colonial Road Virginia Beach, VA Phone:

7 A support group for adults ages years with diabetes. Meets the 3 rd Monday of each month from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the Health Education Center. Williamsburg Community Hospital Health Education Center 5301 Longhill Road, 2 nd Floor Williamsburg, VA Phone: (757) Fax: (757) semorgan@sentara.com A support group for patients with diabetes. Meets 1 st Thursday each month except July and August. No registration. Insulin pump support group, 2 nd Monday every other month, registration required. Call for more information (757) Dieting Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) #VA 0444 Great Bridge Baptist Church 640 Battlefield Blvd Phone: (Church) (Chaplain) Fax: Website: Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) #VA 0536 Oaklette Methodist Church 520 Oaklette Drive Chesapeake, VA Phone: Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) #VA 0197 South Norfolk Community Center 1217 Godwin Ave. Chesapeake, VA Phone: Serves adults. Call for information about meeting times. This is a non-profit charitable organization engaged in group activity to help overweight persons obtain and maintain a proper weight through good nutrition, wellness and exercise. Divorce Children Cope with Divorce Jewish Community Center 5000 Corporate Woods Drive, Suite 100 Virginia Beach, VA Phone: Fax: A support group for children of divorced parents Call for meeting times Preregistration. Open to all. Fee. Class for adults. Husband and wife must go to separate classes. Divorce/ Separation Recovery Group 312 Kempsville Road Norfolk, VA Phone: Fax: Provides support to those going through trauma of divorce. Meets every Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. except in December at First Baptist Church of Norfolk. Ex-Partners of Servicemen and Women for Equality (EX-POSE) P.O. Box Alexandria, VA Phone: (703) Fax: (703) Website: 192

8 Serves adults. Provides support, education and advice for military spouses going through divorce, as to their rights. Parenting Children of Divorce Family Services of Tidewater 222 W. 19 th Street Norfolk, VA Phone: A four (4) hour educational program for parents experiencing divorce. Meets the 4 th Thursday of each month from 6:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. Down s Syndrome Tidewater Down s Syndrome Association 1828 Rovers Lane Virginia Beach, VA Phone: (private phone) NDSC Serves parents and children. Meets the 3 rd Thursday of every month (except July) at 7:30 p.m. at the Children s Neurodevelopment Center in Norfolk. Monthly meetings with speakers; babysitting provided. Four times a year there are social activities planned for the family. Also have a sibling group that meets five times a year. Offers a new Mom s Get Together (meets monthly). Eating Disorders Anorexia/Bulimia Support Group Phone: Provides support for people suffering from eating disorders. Call for additional information and meeting times. Overeaters Anonymous World Service Center P.O. Box Rio Rancho, NM Phone: (505) Fax: (505) Website: info@oa.org Overeaters Anonymous P.O. Box Virginia Beach, VA Phone: or A support group for individuals suffering from compulsive eating. Epilepsy Epilepsy Support Group Sentara Norfolk General Hospital 600 Gresham Drive Norfolk, VA Phone: A support group for epilepsy patients and their family members. For more information call or Exercise Hearty Hikers Co-sponsored by Maryview Medical Center and Chesapeake Square Mall Portsmouth Blvd Chesapeake, VA Phone; Fax: Serves adults over age 18. Walking hours are 8:30 a.m. 10:00 p.m., Monday Friday. Membership free. Register at the Cardiac Rehabilitation display table at Chesapeake Square Mall between 8:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m., Monday Friday. The table is set up near the gazebo. 193

9 Family Tidewater Stepfamilies Support Group 780 Lynnhaven Pkwy, Suite 400 Virginia Beach, VA Phone: Fax: Meeting times vary. Call for more information. Heart Heart to Heart Cardiac Education and Support Group Maryview Medical Center 3636 High Street Portsmouth, VA Phone: Fax: A support group that meets the last Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. Call for more information. Hydrocephalus Association for Hydrocephalus Education Advocacy and Discussion (AHEAD) Children s Hospital of the King s Daughters 601 Children s Lane Norfolk, VA Phone: Support group for family members and friends of a loved one with hydrocephalus. For more information call (pager). Lupus Lupus Support Group Sentara Leigh Hospital 630 Kempsville Road Norfolk, VA Phone: SENTARA A support group awareness and research of Lupus, sponsored by the Lupus Foundation of America. Call for meeting times. Mental Health Alliance for the Mentally Ill-Virginia Beach 4414 Pembroke One Virginia Beach, VA Phone: A support group that meets every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Beach House, 3143 Magic Hallow Drive, Virginia Beach. Chesapeake Alliance for the Mentally Ill (CAMI) Chesapeake Community Services Board Coastal Clubhouse 216 Great Bridge Blvd Phone: Fax: Website: Serves Chesapeake residents who have a loved one with chronic mental illness. A support/advocacy group that meets the 1 st and 3 rd Tuesday of every month from 7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m. MESA Family Workshops Beach House 3143 Magic Hollow Blvd Virginia Beach, VA Phone:

10 Fax: A family education workshop that meets every Tuesday from 7:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Provides information related to chronic mental illness, its management and medical alternatives. Families are assisted in becoming advocates for their chronically ill family member. MESA Family Workshops Chesapeake Mental Health Clinic 224 Great Bridge Blvd. Phone: Fax: Website: A support/advocacy group designed to help friends and family members better understand serious neurobiological illnesses such as Schizophrenia, Bipolar Illness and Major Depression. Support Group for Parents of Children with Emotional/Mental Disorders Beach House 3143 Magic Hollow Drive, Suite 100 Virginia Beach, VA Phone: Fax: A support group that collaborates with the Alliance for the Mentally Ill. Meetings sometimes corresponds with those of the Alliance for the Mentally Ill. Emphasis according to the needs of the parents and children. Military Ex-Partners of Servicemen and Women for Equality (EX-POSE) P.O. Box Alexandria, VA Phone: (703) Fax: (703) Website: Serves adults. Provides support, education and advice for military spouses going through divorce, as to their rights. Multiple Sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis Support Group Greenbrier Public Library 1214 Volvo Pkwy Phone: (chapter) (private phone) A support group that meets the 3 rd Thursday of each month at Greenbrier Library at 7:00 p.m. Nicotine Nicotine Support Group Multi Service Center Phone: (John) (Lynn) A support network for those who quit smoking or would like to quit. Meetings at American Legion 5349 E. Princess Anne Road, Virginia Beach, VA, Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. Nicotine Support Group Old Donation Episcopal Church 4449 N. Witchduck Road (Corner of Witchduck and Independence) Virginia Beach, VA Phone: (Gordon) 195

11 A network of support for those who quit smoking or would like to quit. Meets every Sunday at 7:00 p.m. in the Music Room. Parents Parent Connection YMCA 312 W. Bute Street Norfolk, VA Phone: , ext. 19 Fax: Website: Serves children ages 1 to 12 and their parents. Hours vary. A weekly support group for parents. Free on-site child care available for children under 12. Meets Mondays from 6:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Another Parent Connection group meets Tuesday 6:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. at Mt. Trashmore YMCA, 4441 South Blvd., Virginia Beach. Also meets Wednesdays 6:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. at Children s Harbor, 2400 Strawberry lane, Chesapeake. Parents Support Group Chesapeake Community Services Board Chesapeake Vocational Center 2104 Steppingstone Square Phone: A support group for Vocational Center clientele and their families. Clientele are persons whose primary diagnosis is mental retardation. Call for meeting times. Parents Without Partners 1525 Jackson Avenue Chesapeake, VA Phone: Tidewater Chapter 166 P. O. Box Norfolk, VA Phone: A support group and recreational group for single parents and their children. Support group meets from time to time on Sunday, 3:00 p.m. at the Greenbrier Library in Chesapeake. Call for exact meeting dates. International Office: Parents Without Partners, Inc S. Dixie Hwy, Suite 510 Boca Raton, Florida Phone: Hours vary. Non-profit mutual support organization for the divorced, widowed or separated parent. Send out monthly newsletters with upcoming events. Rainbow Program, The Bayside Presbyterian Church 1400 Ewell Road Virginia Beach, VA Phone: Fax: A support group for children to help deal with loss. Support group meets Fridays from 4:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Pregnancy Expectant Arms Support Group Sentara Women s Services 713 Volvo Pkwy, Suite 103 Phone: (Anne Prescott) a support group for parents who have previously experienced a miscarriage, 196

12 stillbirth, or death of a newborn and are now expecting a new baby. Call Anne Prescott for more information about meeting times. Pulmonary Sarcoidosis Support Group Sentara Norfolk General Hospital 600 Gresham Drive Norfolk, VA Phone: Sarcoidosis is a complex disease that can produce many different symptoms, but often affects the lungs and is mistaken for tuberculosis. For more information about meeting times, call Sexual Sex Addicts Anonymous Hope and Recovery Website: A support group that provides help for men and women to overcome sexual addictions. Meets Mondays at 7:00 p.m. Call for meeting locations. Survivors of Incest Anonymous World Service Office P.O. Box 190 Benson, MD Phone: (410) Website: feedback@slaw.org A support group that provides self-help recovery for adults that were sexually abused as children. Stroke Stroke Support Group DePaul Medical Center 150 Kingsley Lane Norfolk, VA Phone: Serves all ages. Offers support and information for caregivers as well as patients. Call for meeting times. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m., Monday Friday. Transplant Autologous Bon Marrow Transplant (ABMT) Support Group Phone: A support group no longer meets but calls will still be taken to connect people in the community who have had this type of transplant. Twins Mothers of Twins Maryview Medical Care 4700 George Washington Hwy Portsmouth, VA Phone: Website: oftwins/index.html A support group for mothers who have had twins. Call for meeting times. TRANSPORTATION Access Transportation (Non-Emergency, Transport) Suffolk Phone: Wheel-Chair 197