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Lynchburg’s new Crisis Receiving Center is scheduled to open in 2025

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Lynchburg, Virginia – When it opens in Lynchburg in 2025, a Crisis Receiving Center will offer emergency mental health services with the goal of preventing people in crisis from getting worse.

In order to provide those in crisis with much-needed assistance, the center will provide a range of treatments, such as drug and alcohol detoxification, crisis stabilization, mental health examinations, and 24-hour surveillance.

According to Jennifer Smith Ramey, Director of Grants and Programs at Horizon Behavioral Health, “it’s one access point for individuals that need that acute, immediate response to be safe, to have immediate treatment, and hopefully avoid a higher level of care.”

The center’s simple concept is to connect individuals in distress with community resources before their circumstances worsen by diverting them from jails and ERs. Peer-recovery experts will be linked with trained police officers from the Lynchburg Police Department to promptly respond to mental health emergencies and assist those who require assistance.

According to Smith Ramey, “The co-response will allow us to assess safety first and then transport individuals to the CRC for care.” “Our goal is to streamline the process for individuals experiencing a crisis, assisting them in promptly accessing essential resources.”

According to a police release, the Lynchburg Police police stated that the CRC will be a game changer.

It will give them a quick walk-in option for detoxification and mental health therapy. Furthermore, this center will allow our officers to remain on the streets instead of spending a lot of time attending to calls pertaining to mental health issues or visiting hospital patients. This is a significant advancement for our community overall.

With this facility, cops won’t have to spend hours responding to calls about mental health issues or waiting in hospitals; instead, they may stay on the streets. In addition to providing continuous assistance and handling the immediate crisis, the CRC will assist people in connecting with other essential resources and aftercare.

The U.S. Department of Justice is providing a $550,000 grant to support the establishment of the facility, and this fall, Fenwick Drive improvements will start.

Anyone in the community who requires voluntary walk-in support for mental health issues is welcome to visit the CRC.

“We’re not merely attending to the immediate crisis. To make sure that these people receive the assistance they require even after they leave the center, we’re creating collaborative care plans,” Smith Ramey said.

The Crisis Receiving Center is scheduled to open in 2025 after around a year of construction.

 

 

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