CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Crisis Receiving and Stabilization Center Construction is underway for the new Crisis Receiving and Stabilization Center that is intended to help improve the behavioral health and well-being of the community by providing around-the-clock care, including urgent psychiatric care for adults who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis. The Department of Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Developmental Services will oversee the operation
of the center, which will be open 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. The center will reduce the reliance on law enforcement in situations where behavioral health services are required and will address the needs of the individual in crisis by offering timely intervention and treatment. The 20,500-square-foot facility is scheduled to open in 2026.
The new Crisis Receiving and Stabilization Center will expand the county’s services to adults experiencing a behavioral health crisis.
INTERVIEW WITH | Tammala Watkins, PhD., LCSW, MSW | Crisis Services Assistant Director The funding for the new Crisis Receiving and Stabilization Center includes over $9.7 million of grants for the construction of the facility. The center is expected to be completed in 2026. What services will be provided at the center? How does the center fit into the Marcus Alert program?
The center will be the third arm of the Marcus Alert program, which provides for ‘Someone to Call, Someone to Respond and Somewhere to Go.’ It will be ‘Somewhere to Go.’ What are some benefits of this type of center? One of the biggest benefits is that it allows individuals to get the care they need within their community. The center also benefits law enforcement and EMS, because they have a place where they can bring someone in an acute psychiatric crisis without having to take them to an emergency room.
We will have 16, 23-hour chairs, which will allow individuals to be assessed, treated and stabilized within those 23 hours. If the person needs more care, they could move into the Crisis Stabilization Unit for a short stay. There will also be an urgent psychiatric center, where individuals can come in, be seen and potentially be provided medication to prevent the crisis from escalating.
6 / FY 2026 BUDGET STORY, LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA
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