Newport News: Local Parent Resources

A place for parents, siblings and caretakers to share our stories of everyday challenges and successes while caring for a loved one with ASD.

The ABBA List nonprofit mission is: Transforming Lives. This resource website provides a comprehensive list of free help, support and resources in Hampton Roads.

Alabaster Concierge is a premier service provider to families in hampton roads area. We assist with running errands such as grocery store, helping busy moms take a break, busy families, personal shopper, post maternity care, newborn care, post office mailing, appointment scheduling and transportation.

After school programming for children, youth leadership programs, parenting classes/workshops, GED Classes, community outreach and support services, health screenings, cultural and leisure activities, spring and summer break camps.

The Greater Hampton Roads Diaper Bank is a nonprofit organization that was created to provide emergency supplies of diapers to those in need. Organized list of participating community partners throughout Hampton Roads.

Programs offered by Ketchmore Kids include:

The Think Tank: This 6-week program is dedicated to teaching young people how their actions impact their behaviors.

Healing With Hip-Hop helps youth, ages 8-17 years old, heal from trauma and grief they experience when someone they know, or love, is hurt or killed by violence. We utilize music and various arts to assist us in doing this.

Triple P Parenting Program - Triple P stands for Positive Parenting Program. We provide Triple P parenting services that are evidence-based, accredited, and administered by trained providers. We offer different levels of Triple P so that we are able to meet a family’s unique needs, instead of using cookie-cutter services. We are able to serve parents who are court or DSS mandated to complete services, or parents who just want to strengthen themselves. We understand that children do not come with an instructional manual, and no parent is perfect!

Human Services organization working with disabled persons - families, individuals, men, women and children. Provides shelter, transitional housing for veterans and permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities. Largest homeless provider on the Peninsula.

Transitions Family Violence Services is the sole provider of comprehensive family violence services in Hampton, Newport News and Poquoson, and a co-provider of services for York County.