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Richmond Parents Monthly
5511 Staples Mill Road, Suite 103
Richmond, VA 23228
www.richmondparents.com
FAX 804-673-5308
e-mail: mail@richmondpublishing.com
Richmond Parents Monthly is published monthly and distributed free of charge throughout the community, including at area Ukrop’s Super Markets. For information on parents support groups, please visit www.richmondparents.com for complete listings of such groups.
Voices for Virginia’s Children (VVC) serves as the state advocate for children and youth in the four areas of early care and education, health care, family economic success, and foster care and adoption. VVC also sponsors two other state programs, the Early Child Development Coalition and First Things First.
2-1-1 Virginia
2-1-1 VIRGINIA is a new and easy-to-remember telephone number that connects you to a real, live person who will help you find the information you need about available community services. It provides free and easy access to health and human services, such as child care resources and referral centers, child development, education, family counseling, financial assistance, maternal and child health care, and parenting programs.
For more information, call 2-1-1 today or visit their website at www.211virginia.org.
United Way Information & Referral Center
United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg
P. O. Box 11807
2001 Maywill Street
Richmond, VA 23230-8007
www.yourunitedway.org
(804) 275-2000 or toll free at (800) 230-6977
The United Way Information and Referral Center is a free, confidential resource and guide to health and human services for people in our community who are in need. All information is provided in English, Spanish and other languages.
To search the Information and Referral Center Regional Database on the Internet, please go to askunitedway.communityos.org
where you will find a comprehensive Directory of Services. This directory includes listings of a multitude of family services and programs, service and family support centers, child care, support groups, and training and educational opportunities.
Richmond City Department of Social Services/
Virginia Department of Social Services
Marshall Plaza Building
900 East Marshall Street
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 646-7212
To search for information about services, including FAMIS (family medical insurance), financial assistance, including TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) and other services, please visit www.ci.richmond.va.us/departments/socialservices
Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan (FAMIS)
P. O. Box 1820
Richmond, VA 23218-1820
www.famis.org
Toll free # (866) 87FAMIS (1-866-873-2647)
8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., Monday – Friday
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Saturday
or contact Richmond City Department of Social Services (see above)
FAMIS is Virginia’s program that helps families provide health insurance to their children. For more information, please visit the FAMIS website (above) and find information about three of Virginia’s health insurance programs:
- FAMIS – the Children’s Health Insurance Program
- FAMIS MOMS – for pregnant women
- Smiles for Children – a dental program
Kool Smiles
3824 Mechanicsville Pike, Unit #12
Richmond, VA 23223
(800) 910-7186
A new dental clinic providing comprehensive high quality general dental care to underserved children and young adults ages 1-21 who are covered by Medicaid, State Children’s Health Insurance Programs, Smiles for Children (VA) or TRICARE health insurance.
For more information and/or an appointment, call 1-800-910-7186.
Bon Secours Care-A-Van
Locations vary in Richmond
www.bonsecours.com/about/mission.asp
287-7VAN (287-7826) or 545-1920
Bon Secours Care-A-Van is a free mobile health clinic and has been a part of the Bon Secours Health Systems mission and community outreach
since 1994. The Care-A-Van meets the medical needs, including on-time immunizations and school physicals, of both children and adults who reside in Richmond’s medically underserved neighborhoods. Patients must be uninsured. However, childhood immunizations are available to all children, regardless of their insurance status. Insured children are not eligible to receive physicals.
For the Care-A-Van’s schedule of locations, please call 287-7826 or visit the website.
Northside Medical Center
2809 North Avenue, Suite 206
Richmond VA 23222
www.cahealthnet.org
(804) 525-1800
Now located in the heart of Northside, the Northside Medical Center is a source for a family's primary healthcare.
School physicals, updated immunizations, primary medical care and referrals to other medical services such as dental care and other specialties may be obtained.
Serves insured and uninsured individuals.
A member of the Capital Area Health Network (CAHN) which provides primary, dental, mental health and HIV/AIDS care.
Richmond City Department of Public Health (RCDPH)
10th Street Clinic
500 North 10th Street
Richmond, VA 23219
www.ci.richmond.va.us/departments/health/
646-6850
RCDPH provides the following six (6) walk-in medical clinics.
Cost: sliding scale fees; insurance accepted.
Documents required for visit: photo ID and Medicaid/Medicare care or health insurance information.
- 10th Street Clinic - Room 109
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 8:30 – 11 a.m.
medical services, including triage adult and child immunizations
Tuesdays, 8:30 – 11 a.m. and Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 1 – 3 p.m.
maternity/perinatal care (no maternity/perinatal clinic on 4th Tuesday of each month)
Thursdays, 8:30 – 11 a.m. and Fridays, 1 – 3 p.m.
ADULTS family planning clinic
Thursdays, 12:30 – 5 p.m.
ADOLESCENTS family planning clinic
- 10th Street Clinic - Room 114
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 8-10:30am and 1-3 p.m.
testing for Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD).
Please call 646-6855 for an appointment that day.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8 – 10:30 a.m.
medical services, including a refugee clinic on Tuesday morning only
Virginia Department of Health
P. O. Box 2448
109 Governor Street
Richmond, VA 23218-2448
www.vdh.state.va.us
The following are some of the telephone numbers that are frequently called by parents and families :
- Family Health Services: (804) 864-7647
- Vital Statistics/Records for certificates of birth, death, marriage and divorce: (804) 662-6207 – 1601 Willow Lawn Drive, Suite 275, Richmond, VA 23230
- Division of Immunizations: (804) 864-8055 or (800) 568-1929 – 109 Governor Street, Room 314 West, Richmond, VA 23219
To search for information about Family Health Services and other services and programs, please go to
www.vdh.state.va.us/HealthyLiving.htm
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
The U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES work to protect the health of all Americans and provides essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
If you are one of the millions of Americans who need the benefits and services we provide, you can call on us.
Mental Health 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255)
Head Start Services 1-866-763-6481
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) 1-804-726-7385
Medicare 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227)
Elder Care 1-800-677-1116
Medicaid 1-866-873-2647
State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) 1-877-KIDS-NOW (743-7669)
Child Care Services 1-800-424-2246
Child Support Services 1-800-468-8894
Other http://www.hhs.gov/children/i
U. S. Social Security Administration
www.socialsecurity.gov
Toll Free 1-800-772-1213
Social Security Card for your Child: If you did not apply for a Social Security card for your child in the hospital when your child was born, you may apply at your local Social Security office or call the local number below or toll free number above:
Local Social Security Office
1834 West Cary Street
Richmond, VA 23220
Local Telephone: 771-8125
Local hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
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