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• Community Services Board (Find Your Local CSB and get contact information)
• Consumer Assistance
• Consumer& Advocacy Groups
• Empowerment
• Forensic Services, DMHMRSAS
• Health and Mental Health Organizations
• Homeless Programs
• Information about Health and Mental Health
• Recovery Resources, Organizations and Technical Assistance
• State and Federal Resources
• Veteran Resources

• Child Care
• Childrens' Programs
• Collection of Evidence-based Treatment Modalities for Children and Adolescents with Mental Health Treatment Needs, 3rd Edition
• Collection Of Mental Health Treatments For Children & Adolescents - 2nd Edition 2005
• Commission on Youth
  • Collection Of Mental Health Treatments For Children & Adolescents - 2nd Edition 2005
• Community Services Board (Find Your Local CSB and get contact information)
• Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
• Guide to Local Alternative Education Options for Suspended and Expelled Students in the Commonwealth
• Infant & Toddler Connection of Virginia Web site(Early Intervention Services)
• National Mental Health Services, Knowledge Exchange Network "Caring for Every Child's Mental Health : Communities Together"
• National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health

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• Aging, Virginia Department of  (VDA)
• Alcohol, Medication and Older Adults related Resources (Alcohol and Aging Awareness Group) (AAAG)
• Alzheimer's Disease Information
• Hospital Compare - A quality tool for adults, including people with Medicare (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• Issues of Aging, Alcohol and Medication (PowerPoint presentation)
• "It's About Time" - Aging & Disability Community-based Coordinated Services System Initiative
• Referral List for Substance Abuse Centers (Alcohol and Aging Awareness Group) (AAAG)
• Senior Navigator - "No Wrong Door"

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• Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD) A private, nonprofit organization dedicated to providing broad-based services, ensuring public accessibility and increasing public awareness of issues affecting deaf and hard of hearing individuals. Through global leadership and a continuum of quality communication services and human service programs, CSD provides the tools conducive to a positive and fully integrated life.
• DMHMRSAS Services For People Who Are Deaf, Hard Hearing, Late Deafened And Deaf-blind
• DMHMRSAS More Information on Deaf Services
• Southwest VA Regional Deaf Service Program
• Standards of Care for the Delivery of Mental Health Services to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons
• Virginia Association of the Deaf  (VAD)
• Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (VDDHH)
• Virginia Interpreter Reimbursement Program
• Virginia Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (VRID)

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• Virginia Department of Veterans Services  (DVS)
• Virginia is for Heroes
• US Department of Veterans Affairs

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• Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP)
• Homeless Programs in HHS
• National Alliance to End Homelessness
• National Resource Center on Homeless and Mental Illness
• National Coalition for the Homeless
• PATH at DMHMRSAS (Projects in Assistance for Transition from Homeless)
• PATH Program National Site
• US Code Title 42, Section 290cc-22
• Virginia Inter-Agency Council on Homelessness (VIACH)

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• Community Services Board (Find Your Local CSB and get contact information)
• Mental Retardation Links (DMHMRSAS web site)
• Mental Retardation Waiver Community Services Manual (MR Waiver Manual)

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• Alcohol, Medication and Older Adults related Resources (AAAG) (Alcohol and Aging Awareness Group)
• Buprenorphine Information About Usage in the Treatment of Withdrawal from Opiate Addiction
• CSAT Buprenorphine Physician Locator
• Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
• Center for Substance Abuse Treatment National Drug Treatment Referral Routing Service
  1-800-662-HELP (662-4357) (English)  .  1-800-66-AYUDA (662-8932) (Spanish).
• Community Services Board (Find Your Local CSB and get contact information)
• Co-Occurring Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders (VASIP)
• Dual Diagnosis Information
• Issues of Aging, Alcohol and Medication (PowerPoint presentation)
• Mid-Atlantic Addiction Technology Transfer Center
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
• Referral List for Substance Abuse Centers (Alcohol and Aging Awareness Group) (AAAG)
• Substance Abuse and Addiction Recovery Alliance (SAARA)
• Substance Abuse Services Council (SASC)
• The Virginia Association of Drug and Alcohol Programs (VADAP)
• Virginia Institute for Professional Counselor Training (VIPACT)
• Virginia Summer Institute for Addiction Studies

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• 2-1-1 Virginia

• Al-anon & Alateen
• Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
• Alcoholics Anonymous of Roanoke (AA)
• Arc of Virginia
• Career Connect Virginia's Electronic One-stop Workforce Development System offered by the Virginia Employment Commission and Local Workforce Investment Boards
• Community Services Board Find Your Local CSB and get contact information. Your Local CSB is the single point of entry into publicly-funded mental health, intellectual disability, and substance abuse services for its service area. CSBs coordinate services in Virginia and provide pre-admission screening services 24-hours per day, 7 days per week.
• Consumer and Advocacy Groups
• Coping with Disaster - Educational Materials
• Coping with Disaster - Mental Health Response Training (Helping to Heal)
• DMHMRSAS State Facilities
• Drug Prevention Informational Links & Articles
• Drug Disposal Guidelines
• Emergency Preparedness
• Family Access to Medical Insurance Security (FAMIS)
• Homeless Programs
• Hospital Compare - A quality tool for adults, including people with Medicare (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• Infant & Toddler Connection Of Virginia
• "It's About Time" (Aging & Disability Community-based Coordinated Services System Initiative)
• Narcotics Anonymous
• Medical Assistance Services, Va. Department of (DMAS)
• Prescription Assistance Programs In Virginia
• Provider Search, Licensed (LPS) Find licensed providers of mental health, intellectual disability or substance abuse services in Virginia
• Ready Virginia
• Senior Navigator - "No Wrong Door" one-stop assistance for Senior Citizens
• The Joint Commission (Accrediting body)
• Volunteer Organizations in Lynchburg, VA

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• Aging, Virginia Department of  (VDA)
• Aging & Disability Community-based Coordinated Services System Initiative - "It's About Time"
• Community Services Board (Find Your Local CSB)
• Continuity of Care Guidelines, DMHMRSAS
• Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Virginia Department for the (VDDHH)
• Diseases & Conditions  (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• Forensic Services, DMHMRSAS
• Health, Virginia Department of  (VDH)
• HPR V Reinvestment web site
• HPR V Strategic Plan (search for title "Strategic Plan")
• Hospital Compare - A quality tool for adults, including people with Medicare (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• Human Rights Complaints, DMHMRSAS
• Licensed Provider Search (LPS) Find licensed providers of mental health, intellectual disability or substance abuse services in Virginia
• Medical Assistance Services, Virginia Department of (DMAS)
• Mental Health, United States, 2002
• Mental Health Planning Council (MHPC)
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) One of 27 components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Federal government's principal biomedical and behavioral research agency. NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NIMH mission is to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior.
• Olmstead Project
• Rehabilitative Services, Virginia Department of (DRS)
• Regulatory Town Hall (Regulations affecting DMHMRSAS)
• SAMHSA's National Mental Health Information Center (SAMHSA) The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Mental Health Information Center provides information about mental health via a toll-free telephone number (800-789-2647), a Web site, and more than 600 publications.
• Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health
• System Leadership Council
• Sign up for Community and CSB Private Psychiatrists List Serve 
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Diseases & Conditions (HHS statistics)
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Hospital Compare (HHS)
• Virginia Association of Community Services Boards (VACSB)

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• American Eugenics Movement Image Archives
• Brain Injury Services, Inc.
• Commission on Mental Health Law Reform
• Depression Screening Test (NMHA)
• Expressing the General Assembly's regret for Virginia's experience with eugenics
• http://www.health.org/
• Mental Health America Formerly Mental Health Association. A nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people live mentally healthier lives.
• Mental Health Association of Virginia
• Mental Health Consumers Association
• NASMHPD - Research Institute
• National Association of Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)
• NCADD: National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence
• National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (NCCBH)
• National Institute of Health - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• National Mental Health Association (NMHA) 1-800-969-NMHA  (969-6642) English/Spanish
• National Mental Health Services, Knowledge Exchange Network "Caring for Every Child's Mental Health : Communities Together"
• National Register
• Network of Care - Mental Health/Behavioral Health
  • Richmond
  • New River Valley
• The Joint Commission (Accrediting body)
• Williamson Institute for Health Studies

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• Agoraphobics Building Independent Lives (ABIL)
• Consumer Operated Mental Health Programs
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance A patient-directed national organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses. The organization fosters an environment of understanding about the impact and management of these life-threatening illnesses by providing up-to-date, scientifically-based tools and information written in language the general public can understand. DBSA supports research to promote more timely diagnosis, develop more effective and tolerable treatments and discover a cure.
• Depressive Manic Depressive Association of Virginia (DMDA)
• Mental Health America Virginia (MHAV)
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) provides education, advocacy and support for persons with brain disorders (mental illnesses) and their families
• NAMI Virginia
• National Eating Disorders Association
• Overeaters Anonymous
• Parents and Children Coping Together
• Patient Advocate Foundation's Virginia Cares Uninsured Program 1-800-532-5274
• REACH Virginia (Recovery Education & Creative Healing, part of VOCAL).
• SW Virginia Consumer and Family Project
• Support Groups, Consumer Operated Mental Health Advocacy
• Support Programs, Mental Health Support Groups
• South West Virginia Consumer and Family Project
• Virginia Association for Community Services Boards (VACSB)
• Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy  (VOPA)
• Virginia Organization of Consumers Asserting Leadership (VOCAL support center)
• Virginia Psychosocial Rehabilitation Association (VAPRA)
• VOCAL CO-OP   (Consumer Owned & Operated Programs)
• VOCAL Network (Community advocacy, education, empowerment)
• VOCAL - REACH (Recovery Education & Creative Healing)
• VOCAL Virginia  (Virginia Organization of Consumers Asserting Leadership)

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• Alzheimer's Disease Information
• American Eugenics Movement Image Archives
• Expressing the General Assembly's regret for Virginia's experience with eugenics
• Collection Of Mental Health Treatments For Children & Adolescents - 2nd Edition 2005
• Information on Depression
• Information on Dual Diagnosis
• Information on Schizophrenia
• Mental Health America
• Standards of Care for the Delivery of Mental Health Services to Deaf & Hard of Hearing Persons
• Recovery Times
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration- Download Health Information (SAMHSA)

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• Agencies - Listing of all Virginia State Agencies
• Best Managed State
• Contact State Employees
• Coping with Disaster
• Council on Virginia's Future
• Elections, State Board of
• Job Assistance:  Career Connect  (The Virginia Employment Commission and Local Workforce Investment Boards offer Virginia's Electronic One Stop Workforce Development System)
 
• Jobs with the State
• Office of the Inspector General for Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services (OIG)
• Ready Virginia
• State Agencies Index
• State Board of Elections
• Virginia Department of Emergency Management
• Virginia Home Page
• Virginia Performs
• Virginia Tech Review Panel report

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