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District 19 outlines local behavioral-health services, requests local match and plans name change
Summary
A District 19 representative briefed the Greensville County Board of Supervisors on regional behavioral‑health services, a local funding match requirement under the Code of Virginia, a proposed name change to Greater Reach Community Services Board, and planned crisis and mobile-response projects.
Terrell Stewart, representing District 19 Community Services Board, told the Greensville County Board of Supervisors about services the regional agency provides and asked the county to continue its local funding support.
Stewart said District 19 serves nine localities across about 1,900 square miles — Colonial Heights, Petersburg, Hopewell, Emporia and the counties of Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Sussex and Surry — and provides services across the age continuum, including early intervention, developmental‑disability services, mental‑health and substance‑use services, jail referrals, emergency services and same‑day access programs.
The request to county leaders centered on the local match District 19 must provide under the Code of Virginia. Stewart said the nine localities together provide roughly $1,400,000…
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