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The City of Fairfax Animal Shelter is located at: Town and Country Animal Hospital 9836 Fairfax Blvd, Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-385-7919 or 703-273-2110 We have the following animals for adoption: All adoptable animals are available for viewing at Town and Country Animal Hospital from 7:00 AM until 8:00 PM on weekdays and from 7:00 AM until 5:00 PM on Saturdays. 9836 Fairfax Blvd., Fairfax, VA 22031. All of our kittens have received at least their first set of kitten vaccines, have been combo tested for Feline Leukemia and FIV, and have been dewormed. Their adoption fees include returning to Town and Country Animal Hospital for the remainder of their first year kittens vaccinations, spaying or neutering, and an additional deworming if needed. Adoption fees are $150 for cats and dogs and $20 for other small animals. All animals are examined by a veterinarian prior to their adoption.
Dogs and cats are spayed or neutered, vaccinated as is appropriate for their age, and dewormed. Dogs are tested for heartworms and cats are combo tested for Feline Leukemia and FIV. If a kitten or puppy is still too small to spay or neuter adopters have the option of only paying a $75 adoption fee and later taking the animal to a veterinarian of their choice for spaying or neutering at their cost or they may pay the $150 adoption fee and have the animal spayed or neutered at Town and Country Animal Hospital at no additional charge once the animal is old enough. The adoption fee on most small pets such as rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets, etc.
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. The CYFD is divided into four operational units, including CPS, the Family and Child Program, Foster Care and Adoption Program, and Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Services. The CPS unit screens child abuse and neglect reports, conducts investigations of child abuse and neglect, and provides support services to families in which maltreatment has occurred and there is risk for reabuse. The CPS hotline receives reports of suspected abuse and neglect, requests for guidance, and referrals to counseling, resources, and support services.
In addition, staff is available after regular business hours for emergency services. The Family and Child Program provides intensive and comprehensive assessment and case management services to families. These services are designed to prevent child abuse and neglect, keep families together, improve family functioning, and develop networks of support to sustain families within their communities. Housing assistance is also offered. The Foster Care Services Program includes placement and supervision of abused and neglected children and youth, and those at risk — from infancy to age 21 — who are temporarily separated from their parents and placed in the legal custody of the department. Independent living life-skills services are available to foster care teens.
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Adoption services include placement services for children with special needs; adoption counseling for birth parents; and postadoption support services for families with special needs, including older children, sibling groups, and children with emotional or behavioral difficulties. The Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Services unit supports families who are at risk of child abuse or neglect. Prevention services are offered through multiple programs, each working in partnership with other public and private organizations and community members to strengthen parental capacities. Programs include Healthy Families, the Nurturing Parent Education program, and mentoring programs for parents and children.
In addition, an array of health, educational, and peer support services are provided at three neighborhood-based family resource centers. The Fairfax County CPS program has undergone a number of significant reforms over recent years. Some of these reforms date to the mid-1990s when the CYFD decided to make its operations more community-based, strength-based, and prevention-oriented. However, the implementation of these reforms has been incremental and was still underway during the last 12 months when the county introduced the State-mandated DRS. The reorganization of the CPS program was the original focus of the reform effort and included the creation of regional units that were better equipped to serve a diverse and growing population. This initiative was complemented by subsequent changes in the ways in which the CYFD interacted with families and the community, such as an alternative response for cases involving insufficient supervision.
In making these changes, the CYFD did everything feasible within the confines of extant State policy to increase the local program’s flexibility and to make it more prevention-oriented. As a result, although the implementation of the DRS during 2002 is the single most important reform in CFYD’s practice model in recent years, it is in many respects the culmination of earlier reform efforts that already changed the culture of the Fairfax County CPS program. According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number.
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