Participants in the Governor’s Access Plan (GAP) program can now benefit from a new service provided by individuals in recovery. Known as “Recovery Navigation,” the program features a warm line – a telephone number that individuals can call in non-crisis or emergency situations. Developers behind the project say the focus is on whole health and what …
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Law enforcement involvement in the emergency custody order (ECO) process has been reduced by 80 percent in the New River Valley, according to new data released by NRVCS’ Crisis Intervention Team (CIT). According to the report, the average time law enforcement officials in the New River Valley typically spend on an ECO is slightly more …
Original article appeared in the Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance’s “Resonance” e-newlsetter Officials in Giles County are observing the 4th Annual Dating Violence Awareness Month and Healthy Relationships Weeks in February. The Giles Youth Adult Partnership (GYAP) and the Women’s Resource Center of the New River Valley (WRC) prepare throughout the year for …
Story and photos by Mike Wade | NRVCS mwade@nrvcs.org It’s not every day someone receives an e-mail that could potentially change his or her life, but that is precisely what happened to Josh Farris on the afternoon of December 1, 2014. It was 4:10 p.m., to be exact. That’s when Farris, a senior at Eastern …
The New River Valley Crisis Intervention Team (NRVCIT) program was awarded the 2014 Virginia CIT Program of the Year Award. Patrick Halpern, Coordinator of NRVCIT, was also honored as the Virginia CIT Coordinator of the Year for 2014. (Dean Barker of the Hampton-Newport News CIT was also recognized for this award.) The awards were presented …
The NRVCS Prevention Services Team will offer a new cycle of the popular Strengthening Families Program (SFP), beginning in February at Pulaski Elementary School. The program, which is free, is open to any interested families with children who are ages 6 – 11. SFP will be offered on Monday evenings from 6 – 8 p.m. …
All NRVCS offices and clinics will be closed on Monday, January 19, 2015 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. (This schedule change does not apply to our 24-hour/residential programs.) Normal business hours will resume on Tuesday, January 20.
By Mike Wade/NRVCS mwade@nrvcs.org Officials in Pulaski County have developed a new strategy to help address their community’s well-documented struggles with substance abuse. The Pulaski County Adult Drug Treatment Court Program, which accepted its first participant in December, is designed as an alternative to incarceration for non-violent offenders with substance abuse-related charges. Spearheaded by the Honorable Marcus H. Long, Jr., 27th Circuit Court Judge, the Pulaski …
If you are using alcohol or other drugs and expecting a child – or think that you may become pregnant – you could be doing significant harm to your unborn baby. Fortunately, getting help is easy and New River Valley Community Services (NRVCS) gives priority to pregnant women who are using drugs and/or alcohol. As …
The Claremont Therapeutic Day Treatment Program recently had an open house to celebrate the major renovations at their site. Claremont, located in Pulaski, serves school aged clients who have been placed on homebound educational services by the school system due to behavioral, emotional, or medical issues. These students would typically receive one hour of educational …