VA COPES

02/13/2025

🚨 VDAT is Here to Help! 🚨

With the rising waters and weather impacting our community, the Virginia Disaster Assistance Team (VDAT) is here to support the people of Damascus, VA. If you or someone you know needs assistance accessing disaster-related resources, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

📞 Contact us today for help navigating available services and support. We’re in this together, and we’re here for you!
1-833-442-7272

Serving the residents of Washington, Co. and the City of Bristol, VA.

02/09/2025

Highlands Community Services Board, New River Valley Community Services and Mt. Roger’s Community Services have joined forces to create Virginia Disaster Assistance Team. Please share !

NRVCS Disaster Assistance Team: New River Valley Community Services now has a team of dedicated staff to provide follow-up supports to community members in the New River Valley who are affected by …

11/30/2021

On our final day of operation, VA C.O.P.E.S would like to thank everyone for all of their support. Over the last 15 months the VA C.O.P.E.S warmline has received over 4,600 calls. We are grateful to have been able to help so many Virginian's during the COVID-19 pandemic.

While the warmline is ending, there are multiple resources available to assist Virginians. Callers after November 30th will be met with an automated message directing them to their local CSB, the National Su***de Prevention Lifeline or emergency services. In July 2022, the new hotline for mental health emergencies, 9-8-8, will be available nationwide. In addition, the website for VA C.O.P.E.S, VACOPES.com , will continue running for at least a year in order to provide access to their free resource database.

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11/26/2021

Happy Native American Heritage Day!

Check out the Chickahominy Eastern Indians Division resource list: https://www.cied.org/

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11/25/2021

VA C.O.P.E.S wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving. The VA C.O.P.E.S warmline is open today 5:00pm.-9:00pm. You can call or text 877-349-6428.

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11/22/2021

Today we are highlighting our partner agency, Mental Health America of Virginia (MHAV). MHAV has worked tirelessly alongside VA COPES since the beginning of the program to staff the warmline with Crisis Counselors but did you know that MHAV also has another warmline?

MHAVs Peer Support warmline will continue their free mental health services to Virginian's. The Peer Support warmline is open 7 days a week and offers call services and texting services.
Call or text 866-400-6428 for support. Spanish services are available Fridays and Saturdays 5pm to 9pm.

Thank you to MHAV for all the incredible work you do for our community! Mental Health America of Virginia - MHAV

11/20/2021

Recovery Program Solutions of Virginia (RPSV) is a peer-run, non-profit organization in Northern Virginia. RPSV welcomes the community to take advantage of its free 30-minute Live Zoom Chat Sessions where individuals may speak to a trained Peer Recovery Specialist (PRS) or Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS). If you are feeling lonely, sad, anxious, need support with resources or just need to talk something through, RPSV is here for you. At RPSV, we are who we serve! Please feel free to go to our website for more information https://bit.ly/RPSV-Virtual.
Recovery Program Solutions of Virginia

11/20/2021

If you are a parent looking for resource check out our list below:

Virginia Statewide Parent Coalition
https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/virginia-statewide-parent-coalition/

Virginia Early Childhood Foundation
https://vecf.org/our-history/

Virginia Library Association
https://www.vla.org/useful-links-for-youth-services

DayByDayVA
https://daybydayva.org/

The National Parenting Education Network
https://npen.org/

ZERO TO THREE works to ensure that babies and toddlers benefit from the early connections that are critical to their well-being and development.
https://www.zerotothree.org/

Additional resources can be found on our website: https://vacopes.com/additional-resources/

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11/18/2021

The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services has been instrumental in oversight and assistance of VA C.O.P.E.S. VA C.O.P.E.S is incredibly thankful for the support of DBHDS has offered over the course of the program. Be sure to check out their ongoing services to support Virginians. Virginia Dept. of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS)

11/17/2021

Recursos en Español:

“COVID-19 Apoyo e Información” (“COVID-19 Support and Information”)
https://guides.lib.virginia.edu/apoyo

VDH Multilingual Resources and Support
https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/media-and-communication-resources/resources-and-support/

Virginia Hispanic Foundation
https://www.vahf.org/

Latinos In Virginia Empowerment Center
https://en.latinosenvirginia.org/

11/16/2021

The Office for Disability Programming can provide assistive technology, personal assistive services, brain injury and spinal cord injury services, case management for long term needs, and assistance accessing available resources and loans. https://vadars.org/cbs/

Department of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing seeks to support the needs of Virginians who are deaf and hard of hearing. They are able to provide assessments, trainings, telecommunications equipment, and information about Virginia Relay. https://www.vddhh.org/

Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired is dedicated to providing education, orientation and mobility services, vocational rehabilitation, low vision services, deafblind services, and access to rehabilitative technologies.
https://www.vdbvi.org/

The Arc of Virginia is the state chapter of The Arc of the United States. They offer individual and family support through referrals, education, and guidance on accessing service systems.
https://www.thearcofva.org/

Additional resources can be found at our website's free resource page: https://vacopes.com/additional-resources/

11/12/2021

VA C.O.P.E.S is coming to an end and transitioning services back to local communities. Our warmline will be operating until Nov. 30th.

In the last year and a half we have taken over 4,500! Thank you for your continued support of the program!

If you need to access services after Nov. 30th 2021 visit our website's free resource page- https://vacopes.com/additional-resources/

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