Introduction

Volunteers of America, one of the nation's oldest, largest, and most comprehensive nonprofit human service organizations, helps over one million Americans every year.

Volunteers of America's community-based service organizations offer more than 160 different programs that help people including children, youth, the elderly, families in crisis, the homeless, people with disabilities or mental illness, and ex-offenders returning to society.

In addition, Volunteers of America is the nation's largest nonprofit provider of affordable housing for low-income families and the elderly, and provides skilled long-term nursing care and other health services.

Volunteers of America was founded in 1896 by Christian social reformers Ballington and Maud Booth as a broad spiritual movement to "reach and uplift" the American people. Today, we continue their mission by helping people in need and by involving others in service.

You can contact the Volunteers of America National Office by writing to: Volunteers of America 1660 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314-3421 Toll Free: (800)899-0089 Tel: (703) 341-5000 Fax: (703) 341-7000 Email: voa@voa.org You can also contact us by submitting your feedback through our On-line Guestbook. We look forward to hearing from you!

You can contact the Volunteers of America National Office by writing to:

Service Areas

Human Services Programs

Volunteers of America is one of the nation's largest and most comprehensive charitable nonprofit human services organizations. From rural America to inner-city neighborhoods, Volunteers of America engages its professional staff and volunteers in designing and operating cutting-edge programs that deal with today's most pressing social needs.

Youth Services

• Camps
• Day Care
• Head Start
• Mentoring
• Foster Care
• Gang Prevention
• Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment
• Adoption
• Homeless Services, including Day Care and School Supports
• Teen Mothers
• Juvenile Delinquency-Residential and Day Reporting
• Tutoring, Educational Supports and Clubs
• Comprehensive Youth Centers
• Volunteer Projects

Family Services

• Family Preservation and Reunification
• Emergency Services
• Adoptions
• Homemakers
• Family Treatment
• Affordable Housing
• Conflict Resolution/Alternative Dispute Resolution and Mediation Counseling
• Job Readiness and Training

Homeless Services

• Service-Enhanced Transitional and Permanent Housing
• Emergency Shelters for Individuals and Families
• Affordable Housing
• Case Management
• Comprehensive Emergency Services
• Outreach
• Health Clinics
• Prevention
• Veterans Re-integration
• School Transitions, Preschool

Elderly

• Adult Day Services and Habilitation
• Assisted Living
• Nursing Homes
• Home Health
• Service-Enhanced Housing
• Protective Services
• Foster Grandparent
• Transportation
• Home Delivered and Congregate Meals
• Retirement Communities
• Senior Volunteers
• Specialized Care for Alzheimer's Disease
• Subacute and Rehabilitative Care
• Senior Citizen Centers

Correctional Services

• Substance Abuse Treatment
• Community Corrections Center
• Electronic Monitoring Programs
• Specialized Female Offender Programs
• Prison Visitation Programs for Families
• Juvenile Delinquency Prevention
• Community Work Services
• Parole Violator Programs
• Education and Life Skills Training
• Home Detention Services
• Job Development
• Training and Placement Programs
• Pre-trial Detention Facilities and Services
• Re-entry Programs
• Mother Infant Residential Centers
• Mental Health Offender Programs
• Sex Offender Treatment
• Cognitive Skills Training
• Volunteer Services
• AIDS Intervention Programs

Services for People With AIDS

• Screening
• Home Delivered Meals
• Respite
• Housing

Services for Persons with Mental Retardation and/or Mental Illness

• Supported and Assisted Living
• Case Management
• Service Enhanced Housing
• Companion Programs
• Counseling
• Personal Care
• Supported Employment
• Day Habilitation
• Residential Care
• Child Care
• Respite Care
• Transportation
• Rehabilitation

Services for Persons with Physical Disabilities

• Service-Enhanced Housing
• Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Substance Abuse Services

• Rehabilitation Centers
• Halfway Houses
• Treatment-Inpatient and Outpatient
• After Care
• Inebriate Reception Centers
• Transitional Housing
• Prenatal Programs
• Detoxification Units
• Residential Centers
• Residential Treatment for Adolescents
• Specialized Services for Persons with Mental Illness