Online benefits application and screening pathway - Virginia; program, income, household, identity, and documentation rules apply
Virginia CommonHelp
CommonHelp is Virginia's official application and screening pathway for food, health, cash, energy, and child-care assistance. Availability and eligibility depend on the program and household circumstances.
SNAP, TANF, Medicaid, energy assistance, PIPP, child-care, employment, and protective-services pathway - City of Newport News; eligibility and documentation rules apply
Newport News Human Services Benefits
Newport News Human Services helps residents access state benefit programs and local support. Ask about current eligibility, applications, and documents.
Public housing, Housing Choice Voucher, affordable-housing, home-repair, and housing-stability pathway - Newport News; income, waitlist, eligibility, and funding rules apply; current waitlists may be closed
Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority
NNRHA administers public housing and Housing Choice Vouchers and offers housing and rehabilitation resources. Its current application page says public-housing and HCV waitlists are closed; verify status before relying on an application route.
Public clinic, WIC, immunization, maternal-child health, environmental-health, harm-reduction, and prevention pathway - Newport News and Virginia Peninsula; appointment, eligibility, fee, and document rules apply
Hampton and Peninsula Health District Programs
HPHD operates the Peninsula Health Center and WIC locations in Newport News and provides public-health programs for the Virginia Peninsula. Confirm current access and eligibility.
Behavioral-health, substance-use, intellectual and developmental-disability, assessment, treatment, and case-management pathway - Hampton and Newport News; clinical, eligibility, scheduling, and payment rules apply
Hampton-Newport News CSB Same-Day and Ongoing Services
HNNCSB provides a continuum of behavioral-health, substance-use, and developmental-disability supports. Use the main line or program pages to confirm current access and service fit.
Same-day urgent-care, illness, injury, lab, physical, and minor-imaging pathway - Newport News; hours, insurance, payment, and clinical limits apply; not a substitute for emergency care
Sentara Urgent Care on J. Clyde Morris Boulevard
Sentara Urgent Care on J. Clyde Morris Boulevard provides care for common illnesses and minor injuries. Use an emergency department or call 911 for serious or life-threatening symptoms.
School-based prevention, intervention, counseling referral, parent support, crisis-response, and community-linkage pathway - Newport News Public Schools students and families; school, consent, privacy, and program rules apply
Newport News Public Schools Student Support
NNPS Student Support Services helps students and families connect to school-based support, community referrals, and crisis-response resources. Services are for eligible NNPS students and require the appropriate school referral or request.
Enrollment, school meals, transportation, student support, safety, and family-navigation pathway - Newport News students and families; school and enrollment rules apply
Newport News Public Schools Family Resources
The NNPS family portal connects residents with enrollment, meals, transportation, safety, counseling, and other school resources. Confirm current school-specific requirements.
Free public-library, computer, information, technology, digital-media, legal-library, and community-learning pathway - Newport News; card, program, room, and technology rules apply
Newport News Public Library
Newport News Public Library provides four branches, a public law library, computers, information, and community programs. Ask staff about cards, technology access, and local information.
City parks, recreation, senior centers, youth programs, trails, facilities, and community-program pathway - Newport News; age, schedule, registration, accessibility, and program rules apply
Newport News Parks and Recreation
Newport News Parks and Recreation operates parks, community centers, senior centers, trails, and recreation programs. Contact the department for current schedules, registration, and access information.
Food pantry, community-kitchen, emergency-food, and partner-agency navigation pathway - Southeastern Virginia including Newport News; pantry schedule, household, supply, and intake rules apply
Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore
The Foodbank maintains a current partner directory for food assistance. Use the directory to identify a Newport News-area pantry or meal site, then confirm hours and eligibility directly.
Family shelter, outreach, rapid-rehousing, housing-stability, and coordinated-assessment pathway - Southeastern Virginia including Newport News; household, eligibility, capacity, and referral rules apply
ForKids Housing Stability
ForKids provides regional housing-stability and family-housing pathways. Use its crisis line or referral process to identify current options; placement and timing are not guaranteed.
Emergency and permanent housing, domestic-violence advocacy, and shelter pathway - Hampton Roads; survivor intake, confidentiality, capacity, and safety rules apply
Samaritan House Housing Services
Samaritan House provides emergency and permanent housing pathways for people affected by domestic violence. Use a safe communication method if someone may monitor calls or messages.
State housing-finance, homebuyer, rental, mortgage-relief, and housing-resource pathway - Virginia; program, income, lender, property, and application rules apply
Virginia Housing
Virginia Housing offers statewide housing programs and information. Use it as a navigation resource and verify current eligibility, participating providers, and application requirements.
Free civil legal-aid pathway for housing, public benefits, utilities, safety, health, and other poverty-law matters - eligible Hampton Roads clients; income, conflict, intake, and case-acceptance rules apply
Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia
Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia provides free civil legal services for eligible low-income residents in Hampton Roads. Confirm the issue, household eligibility, and current intake route directly.
Statewide civil-legal-information and legal-aid navigation pathway - Virginia; topic, income, location, and provider rules apply
Virginia Law Help
Virginia Law Help helps residents identify legal-aid and low-cost civil-legal pathways for housing, benefits, family, health, and consumer issues.
Regional bus, light rail, ferry, rideshare, and paratransit pathway - Newport News and Hampton Roads; route, fare, reservation, and service-area rules apply
Hampton Roads Transit
Hampton Roads Transit serves Newport News with regional bus and specialized transportation options. Confirm current routes, fares, schedules, and paratransit eligibility before relying on a trip.
ADA paratransit reservation and eligibility pathway - Hampton Roads; disability certification, application, reservation, fare, and service-area rules apply
Hampton Roads Transit ADA Paratransit
HRT provides ADA paratransit information for eligible riders. Apply and confirm eligibility, reservations, pickup windows, and destinations before scheduling a trip.
Meals, transportation, caregiver, in-home, aging, and independent-living pathway - Southeastern Virginia; age, disability, income, referral, and program rules apply
Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia
Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia supports older adults and caregivers through meals, transportation, in-home services, and resource navigation. Ask whether a current Newport News-area program fits the household.
City garbage, bulk waste, recycling, backyard collection, and Recovery Operations Center pathway - eligible Newport News households paying the residential solid-waste fee; collection, material, set-out, and disability documentation rules apply
Newport News Solid Waste
Newport News Solid Waste provides curbside garbage, recycling, bulk collection, and an application-based backyard service for eligible residents with a qualifying disability. Confirm schedules and accepted materials before a cleanup or disposal project.
Regional water, billing, leak, outage, conservation, and utility-assistance navigation pathway - customers in Newport News and served Peninsula jurisdictions; account, service, payment, and emergency rules apply
Newport News Waterworks
Newport News Waterworks provides regional drinking-water service and customer support. Its current customer materials list PromisePay payment plans and the Help 2 Others hardship-assistance route; verify eligibility and current funding.
After-hours water-service emergency pathway - Newport News Waterworks customers; leak, outage, shutoff, and utility-response rules apply; not general emergency dispatch
Newport News Waterworks After-Hours Emergency
Waterworks lists a separate after-hours number for water-service emergencies. Call 911 for fire, medical danger, or other immediate threats to life or safety.
City-service request and resident-navigation pathway - Newport News; city-service, jurisdiction, response-time, and request rules apply
Newport News Contact Center
The city contact center helps residents request city services and ask questions about city-related issues. It is not emergency dispatch; call 911 for immediate danger.
Public community-college, workforce, adult-education, training, and student-support pathway - Virginia Peninsula residents and eligible students; admission, tuition, aid, and program rules apply
Virginia Peninsula Community College
Virginia Peninsula Community College provides education, workforce, and training pathways in the local region. Confirm current programs, tuition, financial aid, and enrollment requirements.
Workforce, job-search, training, resume, and employment-support pathway - Hampton Roads; eligibility, appointment, program, and funding rules apply
Virginia Career Works Hampton Roads
Virginia Career Works provides workforce and employment services for Hampton Roads residents. Confirm current locations, appointments, training eligibility, and available supports.
Veteran benefits, housing, behavioral-health, employment, and service-navigation pathway - Virginia veterans and eligible family members; military-service, benefit, and appointment rules apply
Virginia Department of Veterans Services
Virginia's veterans-services network can help eligible veterans and family members navigate benefits, housing, employment, behavioral health, and related supports.
State benefits, protective-services, child-care, energy, food, and social-service navigation pathway - Virginia; program, household, identity, and documentation rules apply
Virginia Department of Social Services
Virginia DSS provides statewide program information and links for benefits and protective services. Use Newport News Human Services for local intake when a city program is required.
State housing, community-development, rehabilitation, energy, and housing-resource pathway - Virginia; program, property, income, and application rules apply
Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development
Virginia DHCD provides statewide housing and community-development information. Verify current program availability, local partners, eligibility, and application steps.
City animal-shelter, animal-control, pet-support, and public-safety pathway - Newport News; intake, licensing, bite, capacity, and service rules apply
Newport News Animal Services
Newport News Parks, Recreation and Animal Services connects residents with animal-control and shelter pathways. Call 911 for an immediate human-safety emergency.
Official city department, permit, public-safety, utility, public-works, library, parks, and resident-navigation pathway - Newport News; service, jurisdiction, and application rules apply
Newport News City Services Directory
Newport News's official website connects residents with current city departments, contacts, permits, public works, utilities, libraries, parks, and public-safety pathways.
Combined statewide resource-navigation and benefits-screening pathway - Virginia; program, household, identity, language, and documentation rules apply; not emergency dispatch
Virginia 211 and CommonHelp
Use 211 for live resource navigation and CommonHelp to screen or apply for public benefits. Neither replaces 911 or 988 crisis response.
Private-pay practical support and digital peer-support pathways - broader service area and online; cost, scope, consent, safety, and platform rules apply; not clinical or emergency care
The Peer Tree and Unburied
The Peer Tree and Unburied provide separate private-pay and digital peer-support pathways. Choose the option that fits the situation and confirm current scope, cost, access, and safety boundaries before relying on it.