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Almost everyone is allotted by aging, and most people know, or will know, someone who has been affected by depression or other mental health issues, someone with substance abuse issues, someone with an intellectual disability, or a teen in crisis.
RRCSB - AAA provides a safety net for individuals and families that face major life issues.
For example, when an adolescent is involved in drugs and is getting deeper involved in the criminal justice system, or when a family learns that their young adult has a serious mental illness, or when an adolescent sees no hope in the future and is thinking of suicide, or when a grandmother has Alzheimer’s and the family wants her in their horrfe— RRCSB - AAA is there.
A person may only need a little help to keep his or her independence; on the other hand, there may be a need for immediate attention to resolve an emergency. For whatever level of urgency, the staff and volunteers of RRCSB - AAA stand ready to assist individuals, families, and caregivers.
Often behind the scenes— and unknown until people are looking for help—the agency offers programs at 26 sites throughout the region known as Planning District Nine (Culpeper, Fauquier, Rappahannock, Madison, and Orange counties). It is unique in Virginia in that it combines the functions of two agencies—a Community Services Board and an Area Agency on Aging—under one administration.
In Rappahannock County, over 230 individuals will receive services in 2009.
Certainly the birth of a child is a life-changing event. Families who raise a child with an intellectual disability face many additional challenges, and often go to heroic lengths to provide care over a span of decades. To support them in these efforts, RRCSB - AAA provides the “Infant Tbddler Connection” for young children and the following services for adults over age 18: group homes with 24-hour staffing, in-home residential supports for individuals who can live in their own apartments, day support programs, and employment services. Through these supports, 600 people per year have a richer life as members of the community and better opportunities to work toward their personal dreams.
On the other end of the human spectrum is the rapidly growing senior population.
Among the many challenges of aging, nutrition ranks high. In response, the agency's home delivered meaLs program and senior centers provide nutritious meals for close to 700 people. I’iarticipants are enriched by both the food and the fellowship. As one piuticipant puts it, “This place saved my life! The people here are mv fhmilv”
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