Founded in 1981, the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank is the largest organization alleviating hunger in western and central Virginia. Headquartered in Verona, VA, we serve neighbors in need in 25 counties and nine cities through distribution centers in Charlottesville, Lynchburg, Winchester and Verona. We distribute nearly 22 million pounds of food annually to 109,500 people each month through a network of more than 400 community partners – food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, schools, churches and other non-profit groups. We are a member of Feeding America, a national food bank association that supports 202 food banks across the United States. For more information, visit www.brafb.org. Together, we can solve hunger.

Elk Hill Farm, Inc. is a mental health care organization providing services throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Virginia Home for Boys and Girls (VHBG) is a nonprofit organization that has been serving youth in crisis since 1846. We now provide transitional living services, specialized education, and therapeutic resources to youth with emotional and behavioral health concerns. Program fees paid for with public dollars only cover a portion of what is needed to provide the trauma-informed care youth in crisis require. Nearly 50% of VHBG’s budget is supported by philanthropic dollars and other sources of income. Community volunteers play a critical role in supporting the organization’s needs. Our mission is to restore hope through teaching and healing to ensure youth, young adults, and their families thrive. We help youth across Virginia with emotional and behavioral health concerns by facilitating the healing process using a relationship-based, cognitive-behavioral approach. The trauma-informed care youth receive in our group homes, independent living apartments, specialized K-12 school (John G. Wood), and therapeutic resource center restores hope to them and their families who then find the courage to thrive.

At People Places, we connect kids to families and a safe place they can call home. We pride ourselves on the support we offer our foster kids and foster parents on their journeys. We also have a K-8 Special Education day school called Pygmalion. As the industry leader in treatment foster care, we draw on 40 years of local practice and our own family of professional counselors and social workers, special education teachers, and managers to nurture families across Virginia and the country. Our strength lies in the relationships we build between parents, staff members, and the children we support.

DIVERSITY TRAINING & SUPPORT CENTER is a mental health care company based out of P.O. BOX 74425, RICHMOND, Virginia, United States.

Our Mission To promote independence and self-sufficiency by delivering an array of exceptional community based employment supports.

Recognizing Children's Gift's (RCG) Behavioral Health Network, is a Greater Richmond organization that provides one-on-one Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Therapy for children with Developmental Delays and Autism in the natural environment and in a development center setting. RCG's team has the passion to guide families and enable them to believe in themselves as advocates. More information is available at: [email protected] and/or www.rcghealthnetwork.com.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Virginia offer a lineup of nationally recognized programs that address today’s most pressing youth issues. For more than 20 years, our core programs have engaged young people in activities with adults and peers, building our kids’ self-esteem and helping them reach their full potential. With locations in Albemarle, Charlottesville, Madison and Orange, our Clubs now serve more than 2,000 kids annually.

Established in 2012, Behavioral Health Services of Virginia has transformed into a leading provider of mental health services for at-risk youth and persons with mental health disabilities in the State of Virginia. At BHSVA, we understand that not everyone has been given the same opportunities in life and that is why we remain extremely dedicated and passionate about helping to navigate the future leaders of tomorrow through a broad range of human and mental health services. For the past decade, we have been able to provide individualized & community-based services for all of the individuals that we serve. Our custom-tailored programs that were built with our valued clients top of mind focus on providing the skills to help build strong relationships by leveraging a vast amount of resources and community connections. Some of the primary services that we offer include: ☑ Intensive Home Services ☑ Mental Health Skills Building ☑ Crisis Stabilization ☑ Trauma-Informed Care Let us help you make the changes that you need in your life so that you can truly enjoy every moment of it. To find out how Behavioral Health Services of Virginia can help serve you or someone you care about, please check us out online at www.bhsva.net 🌏 Or, give us a call direct at 804-261-4163 📞

Monticello Area Community Action Agency (MACAA) has been serving families in the Charlottesville, Virginia area since 1965. Our service area includes the City of Charlottesville, and the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Louisa and Nelson. As one of more than one thousand Community Action Agencies nationwide, our mission is to improve the lives of low-income individuals by helping them become self-reliant. We partner with individuals and families living below 125% of the Federal poverty to promote economic empowerment, equitable access to healthcare and nutritional supports, and the education and development of the whole family.