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Goochland‑Powhatan Community Services Board outlines demand for youth therapy, asks county to track local funding
Summary
The Goochland‑Powhatan Community Services Board presented an overview of mental health, developmental and substance‑use services it provides in Powhatan and Goochland, described growth in child and adolescent caseloads and said county funding covers roughly $400,000–$500,000 annually while billing revenue has increased to about $2.4 million.
Toby Fritz, executive director of the Goochland‑Powhatan Community Services Board, told the Powhatan County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 27 that the agency is seeing a sharp increase in children and adolescents seeking care and is expanding services to meet demand.
Fritz said the agency, which serves Goochland and Powhatan counties, has grown its staff and billing capacity and now bills roughly $2.4 million to third‑party payers. He told supervisors Powhatan County provides “between $400,000 and $500,000” in annual funding for the local services the agency delivers.
The agency’s senior director of clinical services, Lisa Edwards, described the range of programs: crisis and emergency services that coordinate with Richmond behavioral health for after‑hours coverage; outpatient therapy and medication management (the CSB employs one…
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