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Telecare Providers
Phone Reassurance Providers and Funding Sources
State Of Virginia
The following is a list of Virginia private organizations or state agencies that provide grants and funding for community programs. Also, we have listed automated and volunteer based programs that we found in the state of Virginia.
DSC provides a Telephone Reassurance phone system that automatically calls elderly households checking to ensure they are OK. DSC also provides individual calling services for home alone children. To obtain information about this program and age limits of children for your state, visit the Virginia latchkey kids age restrictions.
There are many communities that provide telephone reassurance programs (both volunteer based or automatic calling programs). These communities also refer to their programs as "Are You OK?"® and RUOK.*
Contact DSC to learn more about our automated phone systems. DSC welcomes the opportunity to discuss our telephone reassurance program and services. Also, if you are a Virginia based community and/or organization that provides a Telephone Reassurance program and would like to be listed here, please feel free to contact us.
Virginia Automated Telephone Reassurance Providers
The following organizations provide Telecare programs for the elderly within their Virginia communities. These programs are both automated or volunteer based community services.
Virginia Volunteer Telecare Providers
The following organizations provide volunteer programs for the elderly within their Virginia communities.
- Appalachian Agency for Senior Citizens - Cedar Bluff, Virginia (800) 656-2272
- Ballou Recreation Center - Danville, Virginia (434) 799-5216
- Henry County Senior Services - Martinsville, Virginia (276) 403-5260
- Pittsylvania County Community Action - Chatman, Virginia (434) 432-9545
- Ecumenical Faith in Action - Abingdon, Virginia (276) 739-9992
- Nelson Volunteer Coalition - Afton, Virginia (434) 361-1995
- Faith in Action/ Hospice Support - Appalachia, Virginia (276) 565-4849
- Faith in Action Bedford Ride - Bedford, Virginia (540) 587-3215
- Faith in Action Patient Navigators at Mtn. Empire Older Citizens - Big Stone Gap, Virginia (276) 523-4202
- Botetourt Faith in Action - Buchanan, Virginia (540) 254-1468
- The Phoebe Needles Faith in Action Program - Callaway, Virginia (540) 483-1518
- Circle of Love Faith in Action Seniors' Volunteer Program - Hampton, Virginia (757) 850-6051
- Faith in Action Hampton - Hampton, Virginia (757) 245-3550
- Project Faith in Action - King George, Virginia (540) 775-3492
- Loudoun Volunteer Caregivers - Leesburg, Virginia (703) 779-8617
- Guardian Angel Faith in Action Program - Marion, Virginia (276) 783-8148 ext. 221
- C.A.R.E.S., A Faith in Action Program - Newport News, Virginia (757) 875-0060 ext. 424
- H.E.L.P. For Elderly People - Norfolk, Virginia (757) 533-5217
- Loudon Avenue Christian Church - Roanoke, Virginia (540) 342-0333
- Williamsburg Area Faith in Action - Williamsburg, Virginia (757) 258-5890
- Shepherd's Center of Oakton-Vienna - Vienna, Virginia (703) 281-0538
Virginia 211 Telephone Reassurance Providers
- Roanoke Are You OK? - Roanoke, Virginia (540) 345-0451
- Botetourt Are You OK? - Botetourt County, Virginia (540) 966-1094
- Alleghany Are You OK? - Alleghany County, Virginia (540) 962-0465
- Craig County Are You OK? - Craig County, Virginia (540) 864-6031
- Crisis Center - Bristol, Virginia (276) 466-2312
- Appalachian Agency for Senior Citizens - Cedar Bluff, Virginia (800) 656-2272
State Of Virginia Potential Funding Resources
The following private and public groups are potential providers of funding for phone reassurance programs in Virginia communities.
To obtain current information about specific Virginia agencies and foundations that provide funding for phone reassurance commonly referred to by many community organizations as RUOK programs or Telephone Reassurance programs, please contact the respective grant provider listed below..
Note: DSC obtained the following names of foundations from public records. There is no assurance that these foundations provide funding for your specific telephone reassurance program or community notification system.
This information is provided to help you research funding for your project using community grants.
The Whitaker Foundation
Beazley Foundation
Blue Moon Fund, Inc.
Norfolk Southern Foundation
Freddie Mac Foundation
The Edward W. and Betty Knight Scripps Foundation
Gannett Foundation, Inc.
The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation
The Community Foundation Serving Richmond & Central Virginia
Circuit City Foundation
The Norfolk Foundation
Theresa A. Thomas Memorial Foundation
Mustard Seed Foundation, Inc.
The Horace G. Fralin Charitable Trust
Robins Foundation
E. Stuart James Grant Charitable Trust
Crippled Children's Hospital Foundation
The United Company Charitable Foundation
Doudera Family Foundation Landmark Communications Foundation
Catherine Filene Shouse Foundation
The Allegheny Foundation
The Robert G. Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation
The Rice Family Foundation
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Patricia and Douglas Perry Foundation
SunTrust Foundation MidAtlantic
The Riverside Foundation Charitable Trust
The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation
The Klaassen Family Private Foundation
Morino Foundation
The Batten Foundation
Massey Foundation
T. David Fitz-Gibbon Charitable Trust
The Bryant Foundation
The Jackson Foundation
Charles E. Smith Family Foundation
Richard S. Reynolds Foundation
Aimee and Frank Batten, Jr. Foundation
Eric and Marianne Billings Foundation, Inc.
* "Are You OK?"® and RUOK® are registered names of Northland Innovation Corporation. The terms "RUOK" and "Telephone Reassurance" are commonly used on many community websites that offer both automated and volunteer based telephone reassurance programs.
For a comparison with our CARE system, please visit our RUOK vs CARE web page.
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