20% Discount Utility Program
The Special Reduced Residential Service Rate Program (20% Utility Discount Program) was established by statute to assist certain eligible participants in receiving a 20% discount from their electric and/or gas company. In order to be eligible for this rate reduction, one must be a recipient of either SSI, WV WORKS, or Food Stamps and be 60 years of age or older. One must be a recipient of one of these programs during November, December, January, February, and March to get the discount for that month.Black Lung Clinics
The West Virginia Black Lung Clinics Program is the single point of contact for Black Lung clinics. Using a Federal grant and State funds, this program provides for services at each project site to help with interpreting guidelines, administration of funds, and technical assistance in daily operations.County Health Profiles - 2004
This on-line publication provides an overview of the health and socioeconomic status of West Virginia residents on the state and county levels. Selected health indicators include causes of death, premature deaths, behavioral prevalence, births by age group, births to unwed mothers, tobacco use during pregnancy, infant deaths, and population.FAIR (Family Alzheimer’s In-Home Respite)
The FAIR Program, available in every county of West Virginia, offers relief to family caregivers and, at the same time, provides one-on-one attention and individualized activities for persons with a written diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementiaFamily Assistance Services
This page lists the multiple family assistance services offered by the Bureau of Children and Families.Food and Fitness Newsletter
Food and Fitness is a monthly newsletter published online by food expert Susan Poindexter, the Bureau of Senior Services’ statewide nutritionist. Articles range from "Mindless Eating" to "Lower Your Grocery Bill" to "The Emotional Side of Diabetes." A Recipe Corner with healthy and seasonal ideas is also included in each issue.Health Care Facilities Directory
This document is a description of Health Care Facilities statewide, contact persons for each program, and a county-by-county breakdown of available services.Lighthouse
Lighthouse is designed to assist those seniors who have functional needs in their homes, but whose income or assets disqualify them for Medicaid services. The Lighthouse Program, available in each county, is funded entirely by state monies and provides support in four areas: personal care, mobility, nutrition, and housekeeping.Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
The mission of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program is to enhance the quality of life, improve the level of care, protect individual rights, and promote the dignity of each senior citizen and/or person with a disability, of any age, housed in a long-term care facility. Long-term care facilities include nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other types of care homes.Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP)
The Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) assists eligible households with the cost of home heating through direct cash payments or payments to utility companies on their behalf. A crisis component is available for households without resources facing the loss of a heating source. Eligibility for both program components is based on a combination of factors, including income, type of heating payment, and total heating costs.Medicaid Aged and Disabled Waiver
The Medicaid Aged and Disabled Waiver (ADW) Program provides in-home and community services to individuals 18 years of age and older who are medically and financially eligible.Medicaid Personal Care
The Medicaid Personal Care Program includes hands-on, in-home services provided to those who are medically and financially eligible.Osteoporosis and Arthritis Program
The Bureau for Public Health in accordance with H.B.4198 and H.B. 4685 provides strategies to promote and maintain an Osteoporosis and Arthritis prevention and education program. Our purpose is to raise public awareness by educating consumers and by educating and training health care professionals including teachers and human service providers.Senior Legal Aid
West Virginia Senior Legal Aid provides free civil legal services and counsel to senior West Virginians age 60 and older, with a focus on economically or socially disadvantaged, disabled, and rural seniors.Sixty and Older County Population
West Virginia's sixty and older county population: Rank ordered by percent and number of residents.
State Health Insurance Program (SHIP)
West Virginia SHIP (State Health Insurance Assistance Program), begun in 1992, provides free, objective, and confidential help to West Virginia Medicare beneficiaries and their families who need information about their Medicare benefits, Medicare supplement insurance companies, supplement plans and monthly rate comparisons, long-term care insurance plans, and help with paying Medicare costs.Tel-Assistance and Link-Up America
Through Tel-Assistance, telephone companies offer reduced basic service to eligible low-income elderly and disabled customers. The Division of Family Assistance issues applications to eligible recipients and provides ongoing eligibility information to the telephone companies and informs them when customers are no longer eligible for Tel-Assistance. This is handled centrally by the Division of Family Assistance.West Virginia Census Data/Poverty Guidelines
West Virginia Demographic Data from the 2000 U.S. Census |
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