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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 annually toward the agency’s budget and that the statute calls for a 10% local match calculated across all nine localities rather than 10% from each jurisdiction. She said the match is applied against approximately $10 million–$12 million in state funding that District 19 expects, and that federal funds are excluded from the match calculation. Stewart added the agency typically submits requests in December based on projected state funding because the state budget had not been finalized.
Stewart said District 19’s FY24 local figures for the Greensville/Emporia area show roughly 88 adults and 21 children served locally, while the agency as a whole served more than 4,700 individuals. She also described several regionally provided resources available to local residents, including adult and children crisis stabilization units located in Richmond and Henrico, a regional free detox program that can provide up to 30 days of care, emergency hotel funding for people in crisis, and clinician follow‑up in jails via regional partners.
Stewart said the agency’s board voted to change its public name from District 19 Community Services Board to Greater Reach Community Services Board; she said the board expects to begin using the new name in May and will send the county a resolution seeking formal local endorsement once state‑level registration issues are resolved. She warned the county’s resolution is being delayed while the agency’s lawyers determine the correct state filing process because the original name had not been registered when the board formed 51 years ago.
Stewart described local projects under development: work with Emporia, Sussex and Southside CSB partners to launch a recovery court (formerly called drug court), hiring staff and awaiting a meeting with Judge Sanders; a state‑backed crisis receiving center proposal that would provide 24‑hour psychiatric and medical services, peer services and SUD (substance‑use disorder) care and would co‑locate crisis services with law‑enforcement intake for people under emergency custody orders; and pilot mobile‑response teams and a plan to deploy mobile RV units to reach rural residents.
Stewart summarized, "We are a part of the DBHDS region of Region 4," noting those regional arrangements provide services and funding streams that supplement District 19’s local operations.
The board did not take formal action on the presentation; members thanked Stewart and asked staff for follow‑up contact information and details to share with residents.
