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Educational Resources

Below are regional social services agency resources. Please consult your local social services agency for more detailed information If you are a Chesterfield, Chester, Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Colonial Heights, or Prince George county resident, please find below various emergency financial assistance resources.

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Want a food pantry appointment? Call our Client Services Team at 804-796-2749, click here to access the CCHASM Food Pantry app, or use the online Food Pantry Form Appointment Request Form.  Download the Client Service Food Pantry and Resource List.

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Regional Resources

Here are website links and telephone contact

information for the local government

agencies in our service area.

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Chesterfield County Social Services 804-748-1100

Dinwiddie County Social Services 804-469-4524 x1144

Prince George County Social Services 804-733-2650

Petersburg Social Services 804-861-4720

Colonial Heights Social Services 804-748-1100

Hopewell Social Services 804-541-2330

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Regional Organizations

211 Virginia www.211virginia.org or dial 2-1-1

Low-income Household Water Assistance Program

1-888-373-9908 - Out of funding as of 7/7/23

Chesterfield Salvation Army (804) 225-7470
Capital Area Partnership Uplifting People (CAPUP)

(804) 788-0050

Commonwealth Catholic Charities (804) 285-5900 Out of funding as of 8/31/23

Petersburg Hope Center (804) 861-3470

Chesterfield Public Aid (804) 318-8777

Central Virginia Legal Aid Society 1-800-868-1012, 1-800-390-9983 or 1-866-534-5243 or intake online at http://cvlas.org/

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Housing Resources 

Housing Resource Line 804-422-5061

Virginia Eviction Reduction Pilot (VERP) 

Homeward Virginia
Rent Relief Program 1-833-736-8735

Homeless Connection ( 804) 982-0813

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Other Food Resources

1. Chesterfield Farmer's Market

2. No Child Hungry - Summer Meals Program

Click here to find free meals or text "food" or "comida" to 304-304. 

Via a program hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, children can receive free breakfast and lunch at sites, including throughout Chesterfield County. 

  • On a first come, first served basis, free breakfast and lunch will be available to all children ages 1-18.

  • Meals must be eaten on-site.

  • Texting “food” or “comida” to 304-304 provides information about nearby meal sites.

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Regional News

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COVID-era Emergency SNAP benefits to end this month in Virginia (Progress-Index)

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SNAP Benefits returning to pre-pandemic levels; food insecurity implications

NBC12 News (January 2023)

 

Advocates Working to Protect 1000 Facing Eviction

FoxRichmond News (January 2023)

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Housing Evictions Rising

NBC12 News (April 2022)

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Transportation Services (Shared, On Demand, Public)

Access Chesterfield  

Access on Demand (Chesterfield)
 

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Local and Regional Resources
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