Connecting, Advocating, Educating.

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 Albemarle County and Charlottesville City Emergency response/CARS/HART team, ACRJ (the regional jail), and the Charlottesville-Albemarle Mental Health Therapeutic Docket.

Through consultation with state agencies, we advocate for the reform of Virginia’s mental health care system. We also work locally and at the state level to prevent the incarceration and hospitalization of people with serious mental illness in various capacities, including:

• Chairing Mental Health America’s statewide Public Policy Committee
• Serving on the Board of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Mental Health Therapeutic Docket and offering navigation services for participants
• Participating in the local Crisis Intervention Team
• Private-public partnership with Albemarle County Social Services on the Human Alternative Response Team (HART)
• Re-entry navigation services through a contract with Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail
• Navigation and crisis intervention services with Charlottesville City’s ANCHOR program.