Announcements 

• Hurricane Season is upon us! Are you one of the roughly 1.25 million residents who live in Coastal Virginia, the region of the state most vulnerable to hurricanes and other tropical storms? Know Your Zone can tell you if you are in an evacuation zone and which zone letter (A-D). The Virginia Department of Emergency Management has information about developing an Emergency Plan and assembling an Emergency Kit. Find all this and more by visiting www.vaemergency.gov/prepare/.

• The start of summer is here, and Cooling Assistance applications are being accepted now - August 15. Cooling assistance helps with cooling equipment repairs or purchases and paying the electric bill. To be eligible, 1) citizenship and income criteria must be met. 2) applicants must have or need cooling equipment. 3) there must be an elderly person, disabled person, or a child under six living in the home. Applications are accepted at local Department of Social Services offices: SEARCH Social Service Departments/DSS or visit www.commonhelp.virginia.gov. 

Virginia Department of Treasury Unclaimed Property 

The Virginia Department of Treasury and 211 Virginia are partnering together to bring you an Unclaimed Property Virtual Presentation and Call Event.

Join in on this virtual presentation where a Treasury representative will be discussing unclaimed property, how it becomes unclaimed, and how you can claim it. Treasury staff will then open their call center to offer free one-on-one service to callers to search and start the claim process.

The Virginia Department of Treasury's Unclaimed Property Program is tasked with returning citizens with dormant or inactive accounts that have been escheated/reported to The Commonwealth of Virginia.

Unclaimed property can include inactive bank accounts, uncashed checks, stocks and dividends, insurance proceeds, refunds, and more. 

1 in 4 Virginians has missing money. Are you one of them?

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

1:00 PM

After the presentation, participants will call 1-833-302-0704 for Treasury staff to check their name for unclaimed property!

April brought the close of federal tax season. Community Resource Specialists assisted 448 individuals with 767 referrals to tax preparation sites. Additionally, the Contact Center programmed a self-service option, agentless assist, to allow inquirers with internet access to access the IRS Free Tax Preparation website without waiting for a Community Resource Specialist. 314 inquirers chose the agentless option. 

Celebrating Pride Month

Happy Pride Month from 211 Virginia!

Pride Month is observed each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. 

211’s across the nation answer hotlines like the Trevor Project, the SAGE hotline, and local LGBTQ+ helplines. Help the LGBTQ+ community know where they can turn for connections to all types of resources and supports. If you are an LGBTQ organization and would like to update your listing or be included in our 211 Virginia database, please click update/add your agency, or contact us.

211 Virginia maintains a robust agency network that we can refer to quickly and efficiently.

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