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Local Emergency Planning Committee

The Fluvanna County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) is a forum for public safety officials, industry, and the public to work together to identify and catalogue potential hazards, identify available resources, mitigate hazards when feasible, and write emergency plans.  The role of the LEPC is to anticipate and plan the initial response for foreseeable disasters in our community.  Response plans, developed with stakeholder participation, are reviewed annually.

The LEPC membership includes:

EMS Cost Recovery Program

On March 18, 2015, the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors adopted Chapter 8, Section 8-6 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Cost Recovery, of the Fluvanna County Code to defray costs and improve services associated with providing EMS transport services by collecting a user fee for emergency ambulance transports.

Fluvanna County’s EMS Cost Recovery program is a compassionate model that collects money for system operations from the people who receive services, with the vast majority of the revenues collected directly from Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance companies.

Who Pays for services?

The Commonwealth of Virginia and your local government contribute significant funds to the CSA services. However, as of January 1996, Virginia law also requires you, as your child’s parent or legal guardian, to contribute toward the cost of some services based on income and other factors. Your case manager or the CSA Program Manager will discuss this with you in more detail and will assist you in obtaining the forms you will need.

Who takes part in the CSA Process?

The act requires that the following human service agencies work together to implement the CSA in the community:

  • Department of Social Services
  • Fluvanna County Public Schools
  • Region Ten Community Services Board
  • Fluvanna County Health Department
  • Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court

In addition to these agencies, a Parent Representative, is appointed from the community. Above all, parental involvement is extremely important and welcome.

Who Qualifies to receive services under CSA?

Youths who may be eligible to receive services fall into one of two groups:

  • MANDATED...

Those for whom services are legally mandated to be provided. These include youth in foster care or those who have an Individualized Education Program (IEP) that requires the youth to receive education in a private day or residential school.

Important Victim/Witness Resources

  • Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office            591-1985
  • Victim/Witness Assistance Program            591-1985
  • Fluvanna Sheriff’s Office                             589-8211
  • Virginia State Police                                    293-3223 
  • Lake Monticello Police Department               589-3215
  • Circuit Court Clerk                                      591-1970
  • General District & Juvenile & Domestic 
  • Relations Court Clerk                                 591-1980

Virginia Victims Fund (VVF) Information

WHO CAN FILE A CLAIM?

The following persons that have suffered personal injury, mental trauma or death directly related to a crime:

  • Victim
  • Parent or Legal Guardian of child victim
  • Citizen trying to prevent a crime
  • Surviving spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling or child of deceased victim
  • Person legally dependent on support from deceased victim or offender removed from home

WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD?

Tips on Testifying

  • Always tell the truth. Remember that you are under oath. Do not try to figure out if your answer will hurt or help the case. Just answer truthfully to the best of your knowledge.
  • Listen carefully to the questions asked of you. If you do not understand a question, ask to have it repeated. Whenever possible, answer the question with a simple “yes” or “no.” Do not guess or speculate. If you don’t know the answer to a question, say so.

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