2 The Hampton Roads Messenger
Volume 8 Number 7
Extremely Cold Temperatures Increase Need for Home Heating Assistance
Dominion Virginia Power Contributes $1 Million to EnergyShare
RICHMOND, Va. - The prolonged frigid temperatures are taking a toll on some Virginians, leaving them struggling to heat their homes to stay warm.
Recognizing Dominion the urgency, Virginia Power has
contributed $1 million to EnergyShare, an energy assistance program that helps eligible customers pay their heating bills. "EnergyShare screening agencies who administer the program report a significant increase in requests for help," said Robert M. Blue, president of Dominion Virginia Power. "Many are facing difficult situations, particularly
the elderly and those
with low incomes. We are asking our neighbors and the business community to consider making a donation so more people can be helped."
EnergyShare helps those
experiencing a personal or family crisis by providing funds to heat their homes after all other forms of assistance have been exhausted. Payments go directly to the energy vendor on behalf of the recipient. Those eligible can receive a one-time payment of up to $600
Orthodontist To qualify • Meet requirements
income-based as
screening agencies; or
• Demonstrate a personal or family crisis.
• Invisalign Available • Payment Plans Available • Braces for Children & Adults • Most Insurances Accepted
assistance
Jon L. Scott, D.D.S., P.C. Practice Limited To Orthodontics
OrthodontistOrthodontist
twitter.com/H_R_Messenger Orthodontist
114 S. Witchduck Road Virginia Beach, VA 23462 (757) 490-3100
• Invisalign Available • Payment Plans Available • Braces for Children & Adults • Most Insurances Accepted
Jon L. Scott, D.D.S., P.C. Practice Limited To Orthodontics
114 S. Witchduck Road Virginia Beach, VA 23462 (757) 490-3100
Hampton, VA 23666 (757) 825-6280
Jon L. Scott, D.D.S., P.C. Practice Limited To Orthodontics
ScottOrthodontics.com 2108 Hartford Rd.
ScottOrthodontics.com 2108 Hartford Rd.
Hampton, VA 23666 (757) 825-6280
• Invisalign Available • Payment Plans Available • Braces for Children & Adults • Most Insurances Accepted
114 S. Witchduck Road Virginia Beach, VA 23462 (757) 490-3100
The truest MEDICAL ASSISTING
measure of our success is yours.
Jon L. Scott, D.D.S., P.C. Practice Limited To Orthodontics
For more information about our graduation rates, the median debt of students who completed the program, and other important information, please visit our website at
www.bryantstratton.edu/disclosures.
Certified by SCHEV to operate in Virginia.
114 S. Witchduck Road Virginia Beach, VA 23462
P Yellow Ribbon rogram Participant
Earn your Associate of Applied Science Degree, not just a certificate, in as few as 16 months (4 semesters of full-time, consecutive study). Prepare to take the AAMA CMA Exam. Financial aid and scholarships available for those who qualify.
Onsite childcare
Bryant&Stratton College 1.866.558.2581
Personal Education. Lifetime Success.® Virginia Beach Hampton
www.bryantstratton.edu COME TO OUR PRESIDENTS DAY OPEN HOUSE! MON., FEB. 17TH, 10AM – 4PM @ BOTH CAMPUSES. CALL NOW TO SAVE YOUR SPACE. Since 1854
ScottOrthodontics.com 2108 Hartford Rd.
• Invisalign Available • Payment Plans Available • Braces for Children & Adults • Most Insurances Accepted
Jon L. Scott, D.D.S., P.C. Practice Limited To Orthodontics
Hampton, VA 23666 (757) 825-6280
114 S. Witchduck Road Virginia Beach, VA 23462 (757) 490-3100
ScottOrthodontics.com 2108 Hartford Rd.
ScottOrthodontics.com 2108 Hartford Rd.
Hampton, VA 23666 (757) 825-6280
Hampton, VA 23666 (757) 825-6280
114 S. Witchduck Road Virginia Beach, VA 23462 (757) 490-3100
Orthodontist agencies, Orthodontist
• Invisalign Available • Payment Plans Available • Braces for Children & Adults • Most Insurances Accepted
Jon L. Scott, D.D.S., P.C. Practice Limited To Orthodontics
• Invisalign Available • Payment Plans Available • Braces for Children & Adults • Most Insurances Accepted
For more information on energy screening
call
2-1-1. For additional information on EnergyShare, call 1-866-DOM-HELP (1-866-366-4357).
per heating season. The funds can be used for any type of heating source - oil, wood, kerosene, natural gas or electricity.
To make a donation: Mail a check to EnergyShare
P.O. Box 91717, Richmond, Va. 23291-9717, or Include specified dollar amounts to your current electric bill; contribution envelopes will be in customers' February bills.
for EnergyShare
assistance, an individual must live in Dominion's service area and meet one of the following criteria:
• Be in jeopardy of losing an important heat source;
determined
eligibility by
March 2014
Rep. Richmond Introduces Legislation to Derail Youth Incarceration
Calls for Reversal of Harmful Disciplinary Practices Encouraging School-to-Prison Pipeline
Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Representative Cedric
Richmond
(D-LA), has introduced the Student Disciplinary Fairness Act of 2013, in an effort to curb the saddening trend of youth incarceration due to schools' over reliance on law enforcement to address misbehavior in the classroom.
jurisdictions
"There are and
schools all across the country that criminalize behavioral
actually minor
infractions.
It is absolutely troubling to learn that violating a school's dress code or talking back to a teacher are included among the instances that have resulted in a student being arrested," said Congressman Richmond. "Instead of serving in-school detention
or
doing extra homework, teachers and schools are hastily referring kids to the criminal justice system, kids who have not actually committed any kind of crime. This is an obscene disciplinary approach and actually turns a student with minor behavior problems into a juvenile offender, a stigma that is extremely difficult to erase. The Student Disciplinary Fairness Act of 2013 aims to create practical
tools
that states, local governments and law enforcement officials can use to reform and reverse this devastating trend."
The Student Disciplinary Fairness Act of 2013: Department
Establishes an office at the of
Justice developments related to to monitor egregious
school disciplinary practices to reduce the number of juveniles that end up in jail for activity that takes place in a school setting and promote alternatives to detention for students by working with local and federal stakeholders.
to access
Authorizes the Attorney General relevant
juvenile justice justice
records in the course of investigations into constitutional violations in how juvenile enforced.
is administered and Authorizes a grant program for states and subdivisions to invest
U.S. Representative Cedric Richmond (D-LA) in
reforming their policies procedures. Applicants to
and this grant
program will be given credit for taking initial steps to reform their juvenile justice measures.
Authorizes the Department of Justice to conduct data
collection
and encourages the agency to work more closely with the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Education to ensure that up-to-date data on this issue is compiled and made available to the public.
that applicants for Community Oriented
Changes current laws to ensure Policing
compliant with the 4th, 5th Services Grants
(COPS) grant funding take the necessary steps to reform their juvenile justice systems if they are not
and 14th amendments of the U.S. Constitution, including assurances that probable cause is determined before student
arrests, incarceration that procedural due
process protections are upheld and that any existing probation contracts do not contain clauses that result in
due schools help build to probation
violations resulting from minor school based rules violations.
Provides a funding stream for to
the of teachers and other personnel justice
capacity to
implement prevention and mitigation strategies to ensure that minor disciplinary issues do not devolve into criminal
issues. Only
jurisdictions that are compliant with data requests from the DOE Office of Civil Rights will be eligible to apply for funds.
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16