Virginia Organizations

Associations | Community Organizations | Corporations & Foundations | Educational Institutions & Associations | State Agencies

Associations

• Virginia Association for Adult and Continuing Education (VAACE) works to improve the practice of adult education, enhance the status of the profession, and advocate for lifelong learning and the adult learner.

Community Organizations

• CareerConnect is a customer service network funded by the Virginia Employment Commission and local Workforce Investment Boards. It is designed to assist workers, students, individuals seeking employment, and employers with educational, employment, and career-related information.
• Learning Disabilities Association of Virginia is a state-level affiliate of the Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA), which focuses on enhancing educational and vocational services for individuals with learning disabilities.
• Library of Virginia serves as the reference library to government offices and citizens and is the archival agency of the Commonwealth.
• The Regional Literacy Coordinating Committees (RLCCs) represent all fourteen areas of the Commonwealth and are used to develop cooperative action between public and private partners at the local level.
• The Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind & Vision Impaired provides comprehensive adjustment services to severely visually-impaired Virginians.

Corporations and Foundations

• The State Corporation Commission has given the Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center a grant to develop a statewide consumer education program that introduces Virginia's Energy Choice and seeks to educate the public about choices they have as to what utility provides their electricity and natural gas.
• Verizon Foundation supports programs that create innovative eSolutions, help bridge the digital divide, foster basic and computer literacy, help enrich our communities, and create a skilled workforce. Verizon Reads is the umbrella organization for Verizon's national literacy platform.
• Virginia Literacy Foundation supports the work of private, volunteer literacy efforts in the Commonwealth, including the provision of technical assistance and training and funding programs through a competitive grants process.

Educational Institutions and Associations

• External Diploma Program of Fairfax County assists residents completing the External Diploma Program and passing the Literacy Passport Test.
• Longwood College Institute for Teaching through Technology and Innovative Practice (ITTIP) works with teachers and administrators in rural Virginia to research and develop innovative teaching and learning tools.
• Virginia Career & Technical Education Resource Center supports career, technical, and occupational-technical preparation programs by providing resources for curriculum development and program design and implementation.
• Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center (VALRC) provides core instructor training, regional and statewide workshops and meetings; assists with management and professional development; maintains a lending library and clearinghouse; runs a statewide literacy information hotline; and offers technical assistance to adult education and literacy providers.
• Virginia Community College System provides comprehensive higher-education and workforce-training programs and services that are accessible and meet individual, business, and community needs.
• Virginia Education Network provides citizens of the Commonwealth with access to all education-related resources located within state government.
• Virginia Institute for Social Service Training Activities (VISSTA), part of the School of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), develops curricula and arranges training through area training centers for human service providers in Virginia.
• Virginia Skill Centers and Employment Training Programs provide entry-level training in different occupational programs to unskilled, economically disadvantaged, or unemployed youth and adults.
• Virginia's Training and Technical Assistance Centers (T/TAC) seek to improve educational opportunities and contribute to the success of children and youth with disabilities.
• Workforce Improvement Network supports the field in creating new workforce education relationships and programs by developing a network for providing training, developing curricula, developing electronic connections, and marketing support.

State Agencies

• The Department of Social Services serves Virginia's citizens in need through local welfare agencies, which deliver services to foster independence, nurture human dignity, create and maintain stable environments for children and families, and promote responsible parenting.
• Virginia Department of Correctional Education has adopted the mission of providing quality educational programs that enable incarcerated youth and adults to become responsible, productive, tax-paying members of their communities.
• Virginia Department of Education, Office of Adult Education and Literacy provides leadership and support for adult education and literacy services, with special focus on expanding the availability of quality family literacy and workforce education programs.
• Department of Rehabilitative Services administers programs that offer a broad range of services to individuals with disabilities to enhance opportunities for independent living, including identifying appropriate assistive technologies and preparation for finding and keeping jobs.