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

Addy's Colors, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides supportive services to children and their families dealing with medical complexity, developmental disabilities, and who have experienced traumatic grief. We also work with children who have a family member with medical complexity or developmental disability. These services are provided to children and their families at no cost to them.

We have a family nurse practitioner onsite who provides coordination and oversight of medical care and the impact on mental health, as well as behavioral health medication and holistic, functional care. We also have a care coordinator for integrated care to ensure that all care providers (in and outside of our agency) are working together to ensure the most effective care possible.

If you would like to make a referral or schedule an appointment, you can reach us at 804-725-8597 or info@addyscolors.org

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.

Established in 1986, Virginia Peninsula Foodbank has been the leading hunger relief organization across the greater Peninsula serving the 1 in 7 Virginians who experience the daily hardships of food insecurity. Food banks provide healthy food to individuals, children, families, seniors and veterans who otherwise might go without.

Virginia Peninsula Foodbank serves families in the cities of Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson and Williamsburg, and the counties of Gloucester, James City, Mathews, Surry and York.

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.

HELP provides shelter, healthcare, and support to residents of Hampton and Newport News.

HOUSING CRISIS HOTLINE (Managed by ForKids, Inc.)

(757) 587-4202

Hours of Operation:
Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

The Housing Crisis Hotline is the starting point for anyone who is experiencing a housing crisis throughout Greater Hampton Roads and in need of shelter, case management, and related services and/or community resources.

Support group for families with grieving children ages 3 to seniors in high school held twice a month in Newport News.
We offer a unique approach and a warm enviornment where children, teens, and adults feel seen and heard as they process their grief. We use play, art, games, physical movement, stories, and more to help children adjust to the physical loss of their person.

Mikey's Camp is a yearly, overnight, weekend-long camp for grieving children ages 7 to seniors in high school.

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.

Nonprofit organization that builds and delivers beds to children who do not have a bed. Proudly serving the peninsula to include Hampton, Newport News, Yorktown, Williamsburg & James City County

The Wonder Years Network is an organization that stands to support young adults with a holistic health and wellness approach. The goal is to provide these services with no fees attached. Offering summer camp to Newport News elementary students.

THRIVE Peninsula (Denbigh United Christian Outreach - DUCO est. 1973) serves Virginia Peninsula individuals and families facing economic hardship.

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.

The Family Nutrition Program’s mission is to teach limited-resource families and youth how to make healthier food choices and become better managers of available food resources for optimal health and growth. Our programs focus on basic nutrition, physical activity, safe food handling, and thrifty food shopping.

-Eating Smart, Being Active (ESBA) is the primary curriculum for adult programs that we use throughout the state. ESBA lessons encourage adults to make healthy nutrition and lifestyle choices. The program is discussion-based, includes hands-on activities like cooking and meal planning, and offers practical advice for making healthy behavior changes.

-In the Kitchen is designed to help caregivers of children ages 12 and under with basic cooking skills, including knife safety, food safety, recipe reading, and simple cooking techniques.

The Family Nutrition Program is offered through Virginia Cooperative Extension, an educational outreach partnership between Virginia Tech and Virginia State University.