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First Call for Help
Information and referral service 
Since 1996 First Call for Help (FCH) has been offering information and referral services to the public
in the counties of Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange and Rappahannock.
FCH is a program partially funded and housed by the Piedmont United Way, additional funding is through
the Virginia Department of Social Services.
Connecting People In every community there is a need for a source of information, a facility or entity where the general public can call to learn about other services, not emergency services, but regular services not mentioned in the phone directory. For example, where does an elderly person call for transportation to get to medical services if they no longer drive? Does a battered woman know that SAFE (Services to Abused Families) exists or for that matter how to contact SAFE? For literacy services, childcare, legal advice, where does a person in need call for information to connect them with the needed service? Serving the community In the past 18 months First Call for Help has expanded its database to include not just local United Way supported programs and services, but also local programs and services with no direct link to United Way. Working with the belief that how we best serve the community in need as being more important that just providing linkage to certain services has increased public awareness of First Call for Help. In 2004 First Call for Help had been linked to the development of several new regional projects that serve the same counties as Piedmont United Way/First Call for Help. First Call for Help is part of the VA 2-1-1 system. Call 2-1-1 and ask to be connected to First Call for Help in Culpeper. return to top |
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