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At
the James
Farrior Foundation,
we live by the phrase “Tackling
Everyday Life”. The Foundation”s
goal is to empower individuals
within the communities we serve.
With a special focus on youth,
we offer a variety of enrichment
programs including academic
scholarships, mentoring, sports
camps and much, much more. We
provide direct assistance to
help others overcome adversity
and the obstacles of everyday
life. We believe that with the
right encouragement and support,
everyone can become a Champion!
For more information on Good
Neighbor and the James Farrior
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Teens
On The Go! was
founded by Sharon Hunter to
offer the Commonwealth of Virginia
Public School System and young
males and females between the
ages of 5-19 years old a constructiv
approach to student learning
by way of hands on activities.
Our outstanding staff works
to create communities where
youth feel supported and empowered
to discover who they are and
what they are capable of achieving.
The program offers traditional
and non-traditional learning
instruction, trips, and other
educational approaches. The
program seeks to enhance the
youths’ skills, their
confidence in themselves and
their future, their character,
and their connections to other
people. |
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The
Arc of Virginia
is affiliated with The Arc of
the United States and is the
state chapter in Virginia. When
you join one of Virginia's local
chapters, you automatically
become a member of both The
Arc of Virginia and The Arc
of the United States and are
eligible for the benefits and
privileges of membership in
these organizations as well
as those of the local chapter.
Advocacy is a key component
of our identity as The Arc of
Virginia. We speak out on issues
that affect people with intellectual
and related developmental disabilities
and their families. But more
importantly, we help people
with disabilities, family members,
friends, and others become advocates
themselves.
You can make a difference in
the lives of people with disabilities.
By communicating with legislators
and by generally educating them
about disability issues, you
can help shape policy and law
at the federal, state, or local
level.
Join The Arc in making our vision
of a community where people
with disabilities are valued
as classmates, coworkers, neighbors,
citizens and friends come true! |
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Special
Olympics Virginia: Our Mission
& Purpose
Mission:
Special Olympics provides year-round
sports training and athletic competition
in a variety of Olympic-type sports
for children and adults with intellectual
disabilities, giving them continuing
opportunities to develop physical
fitness, demonstrate courage,
experience joy and participate
in a sharing of gifts, skills
and friendship with their families,
other Special Olympics athletes
and the community.
Purpose: By
using sport as a vehicle for
social change, Special Olympics
Virginia strives to create opportunities
for meaningful interaction and
self-discovery for everyone.
The organization’s goal
is to open the heart and mind
of every Virginian to the value
and abilities of persons with
intellectual disabilities. Special
Olympics Virginia is the state
program of Special Olympics
Incorporated.
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NAMI
Virginia
The National Alliance on Mental
Illness (NAMI) Virginia was
created in 1985 to provide support,
education, and advocacy for
individuals and families in
Virginia affected by mental
illness. NAMI Virginia provides
support, education, and advocacy.
We are not a direct service
provider but we do provide education
and support, and also information
and resources through our toll-free
statewide Help Line. NAMI Virginia
is located in Richmond, Virginia,
where we are appropriately situated
in close proximity to the state
legislature.
We are a Part of NAMI
There
are more than 220,000 members
and 1,200 state and local
affiliates nation-wide. NAMI
is the nation's largest grassroots
organization dedicated to
improving the lives of people
with severe mental illnesses.
Funding sources for NAMI programs
include hundreds of state
and local governments and
foundations; tens of thousands
of individual donors; and
a growing number of corporations.
NAMI's greatest asset, however,
is its volunteers, who donate
an estimated $135 million
worth of their time each year
to education, support, and
advocacy.
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Good
Neighbor Counseling
provides a wrap
around program for children and
adolescents aged 4-21 years old
experiencing mental, emotional
or behavioral problems. A comprehensive
assessment identifying the needs
of the child / adolescent and
their family will be the basis
of the services provided. |
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Independent
Capacity System
is a Multi-Sensory Day Support
Environment for adults with
Intellectual Disabilities. The
mission of The Independent Capacity
System, Inc is to design systematic
programs to meet the physical,
mental, and emotional capacity
of all the individuals we serve,
while providing guidance, safety
and supervision. We will strive
to reach goals consisting of
stabilizing all the individuals
we encounter to help them achieve
their independent capacity.
THE MISSION
The
mission of Independent Capacity
System, Inc. is to design systematic
programs that meet the physical,
mental and emotional capacity
of all the individuals we serve,
while also providing guidance,
safety and supervision.
Through our program, we will
resolve preexisting, predetermined
and unexpected boundaries by
establishing short term benchmarks
that ultimately enable us to
reach longer term outcomes.
Our unconventional approach
to serving individuals with
intellectual disabilities will
allow us to take on and address
overlooked issues, as well as
overcome situations previously
determined as insurmountable
challenges. |
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