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Here is a partial listing, including frequently called numbers for local government and special service agencies:

Emergency services

State police emergency dispatch: 380-5700 or 911

Crisis services

Adult and Child Protective Services: Roanoke city: 853-2245

Bedford County: 586-7750 (DSS); Sheriff’s Department: 586-4800

Bedford Sheriff’s Department: 473-8230

Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare: 981-9351

Botetourt County: 473-8210 (DSS)

Child Abuse Hotline: (800) 552-7096

Connect: 981-8181

Craig County: 864-5117

Franklin County: for child: 483-6850, for adult: 483-9247;  Sheriff’s Department: 982-0055

Poison Control: (800) 222-1222

Respond: 776-1100 or 800-541-9992

Roanoke County (and City of Salem) Adult and Child Abuse Hotline: 387-6040; after hours: 561-8036 (Roanoke County Police)

Sexual Assault Response & Awareness Crisis Hotline: 345-7273 

TRUST shelter: for single women, single men, and families, 344-8060

Turning Point, the Abused Women’s Shelter: 345-0400

Adoption, foster care

ABC Adoption Services, Inc.: 989-2845

Bedford County Department of Social Services: 586-7750

Botetourt County Department of Social Services: 473-8210

Commonwealth Catholic Charities: adoption services and pregnancy counseling, 344-5107 / 800-296-2367

Children’s Home Society of Virginia: 344-9281 / (800) 625-2445

Connections: foster care, 342-0411

Craig County Department of Social Services: 864-5117

DePaul Family Services: 265-8923

Franklin County Department of Social Services: 483-9247

Roanoke City Department of Social Services: 853-2591

Roanoke County Department of Social Services: 387-6087

Virginia Baptist Children’s Home and Family Services: 389-5468

Substance abuse

ABC violations: (800) 552-3200

Al-Anon Family Groups: 767-5884

Alcoholics Anonymous: 343-6857

Bethany Hall: women, women with children and pregnant women, 343-4261

Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare - Assessment Center: 343-3007.

Drug Violation Hotline: (800) 553-3673

RESPOND: free substance abuse assessment, 776-1100 or (800) 541-9992

Animal control

Bedford County: 586-7690

Botetourt County: 473-8230

Craig County: 864-5127

Franklin County: 483-7440

Roanoke city: 853-2891

Roanoke County: 561-8040

Roanoke Valley SPCA: 344-4840

Salem Animal Shelter: 375-3038; for police officer response, 375-3078

Vinton: 983-0617

Emergency food (F), shelter (S), and clothing (C)

American Red Cross (F,S,C in a disaster and military services): 985-3560

Food Stamp Office (F): Contact your local social services departments

Presbyterian Community Center (F,C): 982-2911

Roanoke Area Ministries (S) day shelter and hot lunch: 981-1732

Roanoke Rescue Mission (F,S,C): 343-7227

St. Francis House (F): 345-9090

TRUST Roanoke Listen Line (S): 344-8060

Employment services

Total Action Against Poverty: 345-6781

Virginia Employment Commission Job Service: 561-7525; Fraud Hotline: (800) 782-4001

Virginia Workforce Center: 561-6632

Western Virginia Workforce Development Board: 767-6149

Financial help

Money Management International: 563-0076 / (800) 926-0042

Social Security Administration: 857-2190 / (800) 772-1213

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid, General Relief, Emergency General Relief and Fuel Assistance: Contact local social services departments. Call the Information and Referral Center for numbers: 982-2345 (for the Roanoke area) or (800) 230-6977 (statewide) or dial 211.

Total Action Against Poverty: 345-6781

Information, referral

Council of Community Services Information & Referral Services: 982-2345 (for the Roanoke area) or (800) 230-6977 (for outside of Roanoke only) or dial 211

Legal aid

Blue Ridge Legal Services: 344-2080

FBI: 344-5561

Legal Aid Society of Roanoke Valley: 344-2088

Roanoke Law Library: 853-2268

Virginia Lawyer Referral Service: (800) 552-7977

Health services

American Cancer Society: 774-2716

American Diabetes Association: (804) 225-8038 or (888) 342-2383

American Heart Association / American Stroke Association: 989-2810 / (800) AHA-USA1

American Lung Association: (800) LUNG-USA

American Red Cross: 985-3535

Arthritis Foundation, Virginia chapter: (800) 456-4687

Bradley Free Clinic: 344-5156

Complaints against health care practitioners: (800) 533-1560 

Early Intervention and CARE Connection for Children: 857-7919 / 857-7229

Easter Seals Virginia: 777-7325 or (800) 365-1656

Good Samaritan Hospice: 776-0198 or (888) 466-7809

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: 772-1975

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation: 989-8030 or (800) 989-8773

Muscular Dystrophy Association: 772-3237

Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge Inc.: 562-2370

Roanoke Childbirth Educators: 774-7202

Roanoke Valley Speech and Hearing Center: 343-0165

Scoliosis Chapter of Virginia: 989-8384

Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired: 857-7122 or (800) 622-2155

Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services: 776-2715

Virginia HIV, STD and Viral Hepatitis Hotline: (800) 533-4148

Mental health

Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare Administrative Office: 345-4002

BRBH Assessment Center and Emergency Services: 343-3007

Commonweath Catholic Charities: 344-5107

Family Service of Roanoke Valley: 563-5316

Mental Health America of Roanoke Valley: 344-0931

Pastoral Counseling Center: 343-5455

RESPOND: free psychiatric assessment, 776-1100 or (800) 541-9992

Aging

American Association of Retired Persons: (888) 687-2277

Family Service of Roanoke Valley: 563-5316

Local Office on Aging: 345-0451

Ex-offenders

Virginia CARES: 342-9344

Veterans

Department of Veteran’s Affairs: (800) 827-1000

Veterans Administration Medical Center: 982-2463

Veterans Readjustment Counseling Service: 342-9726 / 342-9728

Virginia Department of Veteran’s Services: regional administration office, 857-7104

Volunteers

Council of Community Services: Volunteer Roanoke Valley: 985-0131 

For more information about any of these services or to find the service that matches your need in the Roanoke Valley, call the Council of Community Services Information and Referral Services: 982-2345 (for the Roanoke area) or (800) 230-6977 (statewide) or dial 211.