Improving Mental Health for Everyone

Connecting
We provide intensive, flexible, and comprehensive assistance to help people living with mental illness meet their recovery goals.
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Sometimes this looks like helping people access clinical services at the appropriate level of care, but more often it looks like helping people improve their social determinants of health and increase their inclusion within their communities.
We have formal agreements to accept referrals for this service from the UVA Emergency Department, the regional jail, and the Charlottesville-Albemarle Mental Health Therapeutic Docket.
Advocating
We believe that all Virginians deserve an anti-racist mental health service system that is easily accessible and provides the full continuum of evidence-based and person-centered care.
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- Chairing Mental Health America’s statewide Public Policy Committee
- Serving on the Board of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Mental Health Therapeutic Docket
- Serving on the Evidence-Based Decision Making Committee of the Thomas Jefferson Area Community Criminal Justice Board
- Participating in the local Crisis Intervention Team
Educating
We provide educational opportunities to increase the community’s ability to be a place where people with mental illness can live self-directed lives.
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We are happy to lead a lead a workshop, give a lecture, or participate on a panel related to building communities best able to support citizens living with mental illness. We are also available to help your organization, faith community, social group, school, or workplace assess its ability to support your members with mental illness and improve your practices and policies to increase inclusivity.
Please email us at sue@partnerformentalhealth.org to inquire about these opportunities.
Latest News and Stories
Discover Mental Health

Harm Reduction and Compassionate Care
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Suicide Prevention Month Series
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Announcements

Check out the latest updates and news from Partner for Mental Health in our Autumn Newsletter!

Introducing Albemarle County’s HART and Partners, a new way to give
We are excited to announce that we have recently partnered with the Albemarle Rescue Squad to form HART, Human Services Alternative Response Team, as an alternative to police being the first response to behavioral health and substance use emergencies. HART partners...

Partner for Mental Health navigators attend Charlottesville Albemarle Therapeutic Docket Graduation
Lots of exciting news from Partner for Mental Health Charlottesville for Mental Health Awareness May! On April 26th, the navigator team supported the recent graduates of the program by attending the event at Albemarle District Court. The docket celebrated their five...