Mental health in Fredericksburg, VA

Founded in 1970, the Rappahannock Area Community Services Board provides mental health, mental retardation, substance abuse and early intervention services to the residents of the Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania and Stafford counties in Virginia. It operates more than five outpatient clinics that offer case management, specialized counseling, psychological assessment, crisis intervention and medication management services. The board s clinics also offer individual, group and family therapy services. The Rappahannock Area Community Services Board additionally operates over 10 mental retardation group homes that provide 24-hour intensive and structured support. Its infant development program offers physical, occupational and speech therapies, as well as special education to infants and toddlers with developmental delays. The Rappahannock Area Community Services Board also offers recreational activities and health education programs and is located in Fredericksburg, Va.

Family Preservation Services of Virginia is a division of the Providence Service Corporation, a network of providers that includes more than 37,000 clients served from approximately 205 locations in more than 30 states. The Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services licenses FPS of Virginia. It is one of the largest private providers of community-based services for children and families in Virginia. Through local, state and federal funds, the organization provides a continuum of home-, community- and school-based programs, such as in-home counseling, substance abuse services, group counseling, school-based mental health, day treatment, adolescent sex offender services, therapeutic mentoring and therapeutic foster care. Its Virtual Residential Program is a service designed to provide families, schools and communities with a diversion alternative to unnecessary out-of-home placements and to expedite successful step-down of youth following residential or psychiatric placements. Family Preservation Services of Virginia is located in Fredericksburg, Va.