Virginia

MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES

Virginians Allied Against Sexual Assault (VAASA)

508 Dale Avenue
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Hotline: (800) 838-8238 (Bilingual and TTY)
Phone: (434) 979-9002
Fax: (410) 757-4770
Website: http://www.vaasa.org
E-mail: scvaasa@ntelos.net

VAASA serves as the state coalition of sexual assault crisis centers. They work on behalf of victims of sexual assault and to foster social change and the elimination of sexual assault in Virginia. Their website contains many more links and resource information. Below are the sexual assault crisis centers, listed by region, which offer the following services open to men, women, and children, and often confidential and free or with reduced fees:

• 24 hour crisis-intervention hotlines for victims of sexual violence, their families, and friends
• Victim advocacy and personal accompaniment to medical exams, law enforcement interviews, and court proceedings
• Recovery/Support groups for sexual assault survivors and significant others
• Assistance with victim compensation
• Community referrals
• Education programs for allied professionals and community members
• In-school youth education and prevention programs

Centers are listed alphabetically by locality.

ALEXANDRIA
Fairfax Victim Assistance Network
(703) 704-6355
TDD: (703) 799-8253
Hotline: (703) 360-7273
E-mail: fcvan@erols.co

Sexual Assault Response and Awareness (SARA)
Office on Women
421 King St., Suite 400
Alexandria, VA 22314
Business: (703) 838-5030
Hotline: (703) 683-7273
Website: http://ci.alexandria.va.us/oow
E-mail: melissa.schmisek@ci.alexandria.va.us
The Alexandria Sexual Assault Response and Awareness (SARA) program is dedicated to raising awareness and fostering social change in the community. SARA advocates for and provides support to all those affected by sexual violence.

ARLINGTON
Arlington County-Department of Human Services Violence Intervention Program
Office: (703) 228-1515
TDD: (703) 228-5242
Hotline: (703) 228-4848
E-mail: bwalke@co.arlington.va.us

ASHLAND
Hanover Safe Place
Hotline: (804) 752-2728
E-mail: stop_dvandsa@hotmail.com

BRISTOL
The Crisis Center
Office: (276) 466-2218
Hotline: (276) 466-2312; (276) 628-7731; (888) 540-4662 (Lee, Scott & Wise Counties only)
E-mail: crisis@usit.net

CHARLES CITY
Project Hope at Quinn Rivers Agency for Community Action
Office: (804) 966-5020
TDD: (877) 966-4357
Hotline: (877) 966-4357 (HELP)
E-mail: LCascone@quinriversagency.org

CHARLOTTESVILLE
Sexual Assault Resource Agency (SARA)
432 Lexington Avenue
Charlottesville, VA 22906
Office: (434) 295-7273
Fax: (434) 220-4791
TDD: (434) 295-2457
Hotline: (434) 977-7273
E-mail: madsara@ntelos.net
Website: www.sexualassaultresources.org

COVINGTON
Safehome Systems, Inc.
Office: (540) 965-3237
Hotline: (540) 965-3237 or (877) 393-3672
Website: http://safehome.cjb.net
E-mail: home4peace@aol.com

DANVILLE
Domestic Violence Emergency Services, Inc. (D.O.V.E.S.)
(434) 799-3683
(434) 476-8989 (Halifax Office)
TDD: (434) 791-1400
Hotline: (434) 791-1400 or (888) 40-DOVES
E-mail: doves@dancom.com

EMPORIA
6th District Court Services - Family Violence Prevention Program (CSU-FVPP)
Office: (434) 348-0100
Hotline: (800) 838-8238
E-mail: turnerm@telpage.net

FARMVILLE
Piedmont Crisis Center
Office: (434) 292-1077
Hotline: (888) 819-2926
E-mail: sadirector@earthlink.net

FREDERICKSBURG
Rappahannock Council Against Sexual Assault
Office: (540) 371-1666
Hotline: (540) 371-1666
Website: http://www.rcasa.org
E-mail: rcasaexec@yahoo.com

FRONT ROYAL
OASIS-Warren County Council on Domestic Violence
Office: (540) 635-9194
TDD: (540) 635-9303
Hotline: (540) 635-9062
E-mail: edwccdv@shentel.net

GLOUCHESTER
Laurel Shelter, Inc.
Office: (804) 694-5760
Hotline: (804) 694-5890 or (757) 883-2442 (Pager)
E-mail: lsi@ccsinc.com

GRUNDY
People, Inc.
Serves Southwest Virginia/ Appalachia. Offices in Abingdon, Clintwood, Grundy, and Lebanon, Virginia
Buchanan County: (276) 935-6295
Russell County: (276) 889-0178
Office: (276) 889-8477
Fax: (276) 889-0117
Hotline: (877) 697-9444 or (276) 935-5485
Website: http://www.peopleincorp.org
E-mail: rkeen@peopleinc.net

HARRISONBURG
Citizens Against Sexual Assault (CASA)
P.O. Box 1473
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Office: (540) 432-6430
Hotline: (540) 434-2272
Website: www.casaonline.net
E-mail: casa-hburg@ntelos.net
Harrisonburg Citizens Against Sexual Assault (CASA) addresses the needs of women, men and children who have experienced the trauma of sexual violence through crisis intervention, advocacy and support. The agency strives to reduce the occurrence of sexual violence by raising awareness and providing education about this issue.

HOPEWELL
The James House Intervention Prevention Services
Office: (804) 458-2704
Hotline: (804) 458-2840
E-mail: advocacy@firstsaga.com

LEESBURG
The Loudon Abused Women's Shelter (LAWS)
Office: (703) 771-9020
Hotline: (703) 777-6552
Website: http://www.lcsj.org/
E-mail: tami.slovinsky@lcsj.org

LEXINGTON
Project Horizon
120 Varner Lane
Lexington City County
Serves Lexington, Buena Vista, and Rockbridge County
Phone/ TDD: (540) 463-7861
Hotline: (540) 463-2594
Website: http://organizations.rockbridge.net/projecthorizon/index.htm
E-mail: ph@rockbridge.net

LURAY
Choices, Council on Domestic Violence, Inc.
Office: (540) 743-4414
Hotline: (540) 743-4414
E-mail: cdvpc@shentel.net

LYNCHBURG
Sexual Assault Response Program
Office: (434) 947-7422
TDD: (888) 947-7273
Hotline: (434) 947-7273 or (888) 947-7273
E-mail: sarplyn@ntelos.net

MARTINSVILLE
Citizens Against Family Violence, Inc.
Office: (276) 632-8701
TDD: 9276) 632-8701
Hotline: (276) 632-8701
E-mail: cafvorg@kimbanet.com

NORFOLK
Response Sexual Assault Support Services of the YWCA
Office: (757) 623-2115
TDD: (757) 623-2115
Hotline: (757) 622-4300
Website: http://www.ywca-shr.org/response.html
E-mail: response@whro.net

NORTH TAZEWELL
Family Crisis Services
(276) 988-5583
(540) 889-8206 (Lebanon Office)
Hotline: (276) 979-8959 (Shelter Office) or (866) 713-8327
E-mail: rhackler@clinchvalleycaa.org

NORTON
Family Crisis Support Services, Inc.
(276) 679-7240
(276) 926-4816 (Clintwood Office)
Hotline: (877) 348-3416
E-mail: stumpmelissa@yahoo.com

RADFORD
Women's Resource Center of the New River Valley
Office: (540) 639-9592
TCC: (540) 639-2197
24-Hour Hotline: (540) 639-1123 or (800) 788-1123
Website: http://www.wrcnrv.org
E-mail: director@wrcnrv.org

RICHMOND
YWCA Women's Advocacy Program
Office: (804) 643-6761
24-Hour Hotline: (804) 643-0888 (Richmond)
24-Hour Hotline: (804) 796-3066 (Chesterfield)
Website: http://www.ywcarichmond.org/
E-mail: mspivey@ywcarichmond.org

ROANOKE
Sexual Assault Response & Awareness Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare
Office: (540) 345-7273
Hotline: (540) 981-9352
Fax: (540) 342-1029
E-mail: sara@brbh.org

STAUNTON
New Directions Center, Inc.
Office: (540) 885-7273
Hotline: (540) 886-6800 or (800) 56HAVEN
Website: http://www.newdircenter.com/
E-mail: director@newdirectionscenter.org

WARRENTON
SAVVI Crisis Center
54 E. Lee Street, Suite 100
Warrenton, VA 20188
Serves Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, and Rappahannock counties.
Office: (540) 349-7720
Hotline: (888) 547-2884 (888-54-SAVVI)
Website: http://users.starpower.net/altrusa/savvi
E-mail: savviet@infionline.net

WARSAW
The Haven Shelter and Services, Inc.
376 Main Street
Suite 103
Warsaw, Virginia 22572
Office: (804) 333-1099
Hotline: 1-800-22-HAVEN (42836)
Website: http://www.havenshelter.org/
E-mail: saprogram@havenshelter.org

WILLIAMSBURG
AVALON: A Center for Women and Children
Office: (757) 258-5022
TDD: (757) 258-5022
Hotline: (757) 258-5051
Website: http://www.avaloncenter.org
E-mail: barbara@avaloncenter.org

Virginia Family Violence & Sexual Assault Hotline
Serves York County
2850 Sandy Bay Rd., Suite 101
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Office: (757) 221-0990
Hotline: (800) 838-8238
Website: www.vadv.org

WINCHESTER
The Shelter for Abused Women
Office: (540) 667-6466
Hotline: (540) 667-6466
E-mail: sawcoord@shentel.net

WOODBRIDGE
Sexual Assault Victims' Advocacy Service
(703) 497-1192 (Prince William County)
(703) 361-2634 (Manassas Branch)
24-Hour Hotline: (703) 368-4141 (ask for a SAVAS companion)
Website: http://www.savasofpwc.org/
E-mail: savasofpwc@speakeasy.net

WOODSTOCK
Response, Inc.
Office:(540) 459-5599
Hotline: (540) 459-5161
E-mail: response@shentel.net

WYTHEVILLE
Family Resource Center, Inc.
Office: (276) 625-0219
Hotline: (276) 228-8431 or (800) 613-6145
E-mail: frcdv@naxs.net

LEGAL SERVICES

American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia

6 North 6th Street
Suite 400
Richmond, VA 23229
Phone: (804) 644-8022
Fax: (804) 649-2733
Email: acluva@acluva.org
Website: http://acluva.org

The ACLU does not handle appeals cases. They only deal with written inquiries and do not give legal advice or do intake over the phone. If you choose to write to the ACLU, give a description of what civil rights injustice occurred and what steps you took to resolve it, and what grievance procedures you attempted to access without success. The ACLU generally only handles cases that could lead to a change in institutional policy.

Lambda Legal: Southern Regional Office

1447 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 1004
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: (404) 897-1880
Fax: (404) 897-1884
Website: www.lambdalegal.org
E-mail: legalhelpdesk@lambdalegal.org

Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people, and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work. Southern Regional Office provides services for those who are located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, or West Virginia.

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Ombudsmen Services Unit-Inmate Grievance Procedure
Virginia Dept. of Corrections

(804) 674-3014
Serves adult prisoners in the Virginia DOC.

The Ombudsman Services Unit handles inmate complaints that were not dealt with in a manner satisfactory to the inmate at the institutional level. To file such a grievance, inmates must first show an effort to resolve the problem informally, or then file a regular grievance form, usually available from floor officers. An Implementation Memorandum within each institution will say where these forms are available. The Ombudsman Services Unit handles grievances that were denied at the lower level (including denied requests for transfer), or request a change in institutional policy. If the grievance has been filed appropriately after complainant has sought help at a less formal level, the Services Unit will review the grievance, investigate, and attempt to resolve the issue. Prisoners must write up a regular grievance form before being directed to a complaint appeal unit such as the Ombudsman Services Unit. Complaints only taken in writing.