Community Resources
In this section, you will find resources for local communities. Examples:
REVIVE Training
Home Programs in Virginia
Yoga of 12-Step Recovery
Websites for Families
Project Hope
NAMI Basic Training
NAMI Family-to-Family Training
Community Resources
Hotlines
Become a Family Peer Supporter
Therapeutic Services
Websites for Families
Recovery Research Institute
https://www.recoveryanswers.org/
Nonprofit research institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, dedicated to the advancement of addiction treatment and recovery.
Sober Families
https://www.soberfamilies.com/
This website is great for families and focuses on the CRAFT approach. This is an evidence-based method of training families to cope and assist with their loved one experience a substance use disorder.
Above the Influence
This website is for teens and works with the organization within Partnership for Drug Free Kids.
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for Teens
The purpose of this site is to facilitate learning about the effects of drug use on the brain,
body, and lives of teens. The site is organized to help you find what you are looking for,
whether you are a teen, middle or high school teacher, or parent.
Partnership for Drug Free Kids
This website houses information, support and guidance for families to get the help their loved one needs and deserves.
Rural Resource Guide
https://www.rd.usda.gov/files/RuralResourceGuide.pdf
List of potential sources of federal assistance, categorized by topic for ease of reference.
SAARA of Virginia
The Substance Abuse and Addiction Recovery Alliance (SAARA) of Virginia is a community
recovery organization. SAARA promotes social, educational, legal, research and health care resources they also support accessible, effective, and accountable addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery.
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities. Search this site to find physicians in your area providing Medication Assisted
Therapy.
Stories Over Stigma
Websites for Families
Learn To Cope
Learn to Cope is a non-profit support network that offers education, resources, peer support and hope for parents and family members coping with a loved one addicted to opiates or other drugs.
Founded by Joanne Peterson in 2004, the organization has grown to include over 10,000 members, and has become a nationally recognized model for peer support and prevention programming.
Lift The Label
https://liftthelabel.org/stories/
This website is great for families and focuses on the CRAFT approach. This is an evidence-based method of training families to cope and assist with their loved one experience a substance use disorder.
The Hotline
This is the National Domestic Violence Hotline website and contains information on how to identify abuse, get help, develop a safety plan, and support others.
Cameron K. Gallagher Mental Health Resource Center
https://www.chrichmond.org/services/mental-health/cameron-k-gallagher-mental-health-resource-center
This resource helps families navigate and access services in Virginia by serving as the community’s go-to resource for accurate, essential information on children’s mental health and evidence-based practices. They are based in Richmond, VA.
GrandFamilies.Org
Grandfamilies.org serves as a national legal resource in support of grandfamilies within and outside the child welfare system. Our goals are to: educate individuals about state laws, legislation and policy in support of grandfamilies, assist interested policymakers, advocates, caregivers, and attorneys in exploring policy options to support relatives and the children in their care, provide technical assistance and training.
Casey Family Programs
Casey Family Programs works to influence long-lasting improvements to the well-being of children, families and the communities where they live. We provide consulting services to child welfare systems; direct services to children and families; public policy resources; and research and analysis.
Family First Virginia
The Family First Prevention Services Act aims to keep children safe, strengthen families and reduce the need for foster care whenever it is safe to do so. Family First supports the overarching mission that kids should grow up in a safe, stable and secure family that supports their long-term well-being.
Website
Project Hope
This website is called Project Hope. It is an initiative that allows you to share your story of overcoming adversity or find stories that generate feelings of hope.
“Give Hope, Get Hope” is the idea behind this project.
Website
NAMI Basics OnDemand Training
NAMI Basics OnDemand is a free, six-session online education program for parents, caregivers and other family who provide care for youth aged 22 or younger who are experiencing mental health symptoms. NAMI Basics OnDemand is an adaptation of the in-person course offered in 43 states by NAMI affiliates.
Website
Nami Family-To-Family Training
This is a free, 8-session educational program for family, significant others, and friends of people with mental health conditions. It is a designated evidence-based program.
NAMI Family-to-Family is taught by NAMI-trained family members who have been there and includes presentations, discussions and excercises.
Community Resources
Come As You Are
Culpeper, VA
Families Overcoming Drug Addiction
Fauquier Community Alliance for Drug Education (CADRE)
Warrenton, VA
540‐347‐2340
Coalition concerned with youth prevention and intervention for alcohol and drug use.
Futuro Latino
Harrisonburg, VA
https://coalicionfl.wixsite.com/futurolatino
Coalition to prevent alcohol and substance use in Latino youth.
Healthy Culpeper
Culpeper, VA
540‐727‐0372
Community collaboration that is committed to working together to create a healthy, secure, and educated community, with the understanding that a healthy community is the responsibility of all of its citizens.
Living the Dream Foundation
Culpeper, VA
www.culpeperumc.org/livingthedream
The Living the Dream Foundation will work to increase community awareness and education about substance abuse, depression and suicide; provide resources.
Chris Atwood Foundation
Reston, VA
https://www.chrisatwoodfoundation.org/
The Chris Atwood Foundation mission is to save lives from opioid overdose, support recovery from substance use disorder, and defeat the stigma of this treatable brain disease.
Mental Health America of Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg, VA
540‐371‐2704
National community‐based nonprofit dedicated to promoting mental health through education, advocacy and supportive services. They manages a helpline to connect people with appropriate and available resources.
Mental Health Association of Fauquier County
Warrenton, VA
540‐341‐8732
Nonprofit organization that advocates for quality and accessible mental health services.
Northern Shenandoah Valley Substance Abuse Coalition (NSVSAC)
Winchester, VA
540‐536‐5000
A coalition of law enforcement, health care, substance abuse treatment and youth advocacy organizations and families impacted by substance abuse and addiction.
Spirit Works Warrenton Recovery Center
Hotlines for families
RRCS Peer2Peer Regional Warmline
Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, Rappahannock
833‐626‐1490
This 24/7 warmline is an alternative to a crisis line and it is run by peers.
Concern Hotline Inc.
Shenandoah
540‐459‐4742
Provides round‐ the‐clock hotline support to anyone in need.
Concern Hotline Inc.
Warren
540‐635‐4357
Provides round‐the‐clock hotline support to anyone in need.
Concern Hotline Inc.
Winchester/Frederick/Clarke
540‐667‐0145
Provides round‐the‐clock hotline support to anyone in need.
Laurel Center
Winchester, VA
540‐667‐6466
24-hour hotline and women's shelter offering services for domestic violence and neglect
National Drug & Alcohol Treatment Hotline
800‐662‐4357
Treatment referral routing service.
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
800‐273‐TALK
RRCS 24 Hour Crisis Hotline
Culpeper, Orange, Madison
540‐825‐5656
RRCS 24 Hour Crisis Hotline
Fauquier, Warrenton, Rappahannock
540‐347‐7620
Provides round‐the‐clock hotline support to anyone in need.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-7233 (SAFE)
Become a family support peer
Additional Information
Family Support Partners provide support and assistance to other families who have a child or youth with a behavioral or mental health condition.
The Peer Recovery Specialist Training is offered through the Office of Recovery Services at DBHDS. Information can be found on their website at http://www.dbhds.virginia.gov/office-of-recovery-services.
If you have questions about certification, please contact Mary McQuown at Mary.McQuown@dbhds.virginia.gov.
The Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS) training is designed for individuals with personal, lived experience in their own recovery or experience as a family member or loved one.
Peer support services are an important component in a recovery-oriented systems of care. By offering insight into the recovery process based on their own experience, peers are able toprovide a unique perspective to those with similar life issues that comprises an essential element towards empowerment and recovery.
Therapeutic Services
Please see the content below for information regarding finding therapists, psychologists, or counselors.
Find a therapist, psychologist, or counselor in virginia
Find a Therapist, Psychologist, or Counselor
Online Therapists
Couples Therapy
Regain Us
Therapy for Children
https://effectivechildtherapy.org/tips-tools/locate-a-psychologist-near-you/