community stabilization

how it works

Community Stabilization services offer short-term support to individuals and their natural support systems after a crisis response or as an alternative to higher levels of care. These services are delivered in the individual’s own environment, with a focus on connecting them to community-based resources that match their needs.

The interventions may include brief therapeutic and skill-building activities, engaging and integrating natural supports to aid in crisis stabilization, and coordinating follow-up care. For those with co-occurring intellectual or developmental disabilities and substance use concerns, specialized services are available. This support also extends to advocacy, networking, and linking individuals and their families to appropriate community services, benefits, and assistance programs they may qualify for.

Community Stabilization services help rebuild a sense of connection and safety after a mental health crisis, enhancing access to resources and support in your home, school, workplace, and broader community.

This includes:

  1. Bridging the gap between an initial Mobile Crisis Response and the start of appropriate follow-up care,

  2. Serving as a transitional step-down from a higher level of care when the next level of care is identified but not yet accessible, or

  3. Acting as an alternative to higher levels of care when possible.

  • Mental Health Evaluations

  • Clinical Evaluations

  • Independent Living Skills

  • Outpatient Therapy

  • Psychiatric Evaluation

  • Connection to Additional Resources

Community Stabilization Virginia

Eligibility

  • Recently experienced a recent behavioral health crisis (within 72 hours of admission) or transitioning from or at risk of a higher level of care and requires short-term support with identifying and engaging in the services necessary to maintain safety and stability in the community

    • Experienced at least one of the following:

      • a. High potential for crisis-cycling without this support;

      • b. Individual does not have the ability and/or the resources to support maintenance of safety and/or stability in the community until longer-term services are available/accessible;

      • c. Individual has been engaged in alternative crisis services or treatment and no longer meets criteria for those services but continues to require community stabilization support

  • The individual currently has moderate to high intensity behavioral and/or emotional needs and without intervention, will further interfere with their ability to function in at least one life domain: family, living situation, school, social, work or community.