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Horizon Behavioral Health outlines new crisis care center and expansion of local services
Summary
Horizon Behavioral Health told Appomattox supervisors it launched new programs and secured federal and state grant funds, and described a planned $15.2 million central Virginia crisis care center offering walk‑in evaluations, residential stabilization, a 23‑hour program and medical detox that it expects to open this year.
Melissa Lucy, identified as chief executive officer for Horizon Behavioral Health, presented the organization’s programs and a planned crisis care center at the Appomattox County meeting.
Lucy summarized Horizon’s continuum of community‑based services — including case management, school‑based programs, an adolescent 'tree' program, assertive community treatment (ACT), and crisis stabilization — and said Horizon operates programs in Appomattox schools and other localities. She said Horizon received a four‑year, $1,000,000 grant from a federal rural health outreach program (described in the presentation) and a $1,125,000 targeted capacity expansion grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to expand services in Appomattox County.
Lucy described the crisis care center as a $15.2 million project intended to provide walk‑in mental‑health evaluations, 3–7 day residential stabilization, a voluntary 23‑hour crisis stabilization program (the presenter said 23 hours is a regulatory limit), medical detox services and allied supports including peer recovery specialists and care coordination. Horizon plans to serve residents from Lynchburg, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford and Campbell counties.
Lucy also highlighted programs that aim to reduce hospital readmissions, in‑school services, and outreach to pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorders (Project Link). She said some services are already in Appomattox schools and that the crisis center will provide a trauma‑informed model designed to keep people close to their support networks.
Board members did not take formal action on Horizon’s presentation during the portion of the meeting recorded in the transcript.
