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Crisis Lines
  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, a federally-funded 24/7 line that will connect the caller with certified, local crisis centers.
    1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255)
  • Veterans Crisis Line, 1-800-273-8255, press 1

Information and Referral
  • NAMI-CVA (Central Virginia):
    804-285-1749
    email: [email protected]
    website: www.namicentralvirginia.org
  • NAMI-VA (State):
    804-285-8264
    email: [email protected]
    website: www.namivirginia.org 
  • NAMI (National):
    800-950-NAMI (800-950-6264)
    website: www.nami.org
  • Network of Care: www.networkofcare.org
    At the left, hover on Mental/Behavioral Health
    Choose "Virginia" from drop-down menu, then choose: City of Richmond; Chesterfield, Henrico or New Kent
  • Virginia 211 Information and Referral Line:
    Dial 211 or visit www.211virginia.org or www.yourunitedway.org (click on need assistance for Virginians)
    211 links people with needs in the Richmond/Southside regions of Virginia to available human services. The center is accredited by the Alliance of Information and Referral Systems.  
  • County Center for Psychological Services and Development: Children, Adults, Families
    804-828-8069
    Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9 AM-8 PM; Friday, 9 AM-Noon

Mental Health Agencies
  • Chesterfield County Community Services (MHMRSA)
    6801 Lucy Corr Boulevard, Chesterfield County
    804-748-1227
    emergency phone: 804-748-6356
    website: www.chesterfield.gov
  • Goochland-Powhatan Community Services: www.gpcsb.org
    •  3058 River Road West
      804-556-5400
      emergency line: 804-556-3716
    • 3910 Old Buckingham Road
       804-598-2200
      emergency line: 804-598-2697
  • Hanover Mental Health Services:
    12300 Washington Highway, Ashland
    804-365-4222
    emergency line: 804-365-4200
    website: www.co.hanover.va.us/csb
  • Henrico County Mental Health/Substance Abuse Services for Adults:
    4915 Radford Avenue, Suite 100
    804-359-3370
  • Henrico Area Mental Health & Retardation Services: also serves Charles City-New Kent County
    10299 Woodman Road
    804-727-8500
    website: www.co.henrico.va.us/mhmr
  • Richmond Behavioral Health Authority:
    107 South 5th Street
    804-343-7665
    website: www.rbha.org
  • Daily Planet:
    517 West Grace Street, Richmond
    804-783-0678
    health care: 804-649-2119
  • JFS:
    6718 Patterson Ave., Richmond
    804-282-5644

Local Hospitals with Behavior/Mental Health Services
  • Henrico:
    • Parham Doctors Hospital - 704-747-5600
    • Bon Secours - St. Mary's: 804-287-7788
  • Richmond:
    • MCV Hospital - 1-800-323-0901
    • Chippenham Hospital - Tucker Pavilion at 804-320-3911
    • Richmond Community Hospital - 804-371-1670.
  • Hopewell:
    • John Randolph Medical Center - 804-541-7747.
  • New Kent:
    • Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents - 1-800-368-3472.
  • Petersburg:
    • Central State Hospital - 1-804-524-7000
    • Poplar Springs Hospital - 1-866-546-2229.
  • Charlottesville:
    • Whisper Ridge Behavioral Health Systems - 1-434-872-1573.
  • Fredericksburg:
    • Mary Washington - Snowden: 1-800-362-5005 or 1-540-741-3900.
  • Veterans:
    • Hunter Holmes McGuire Medical Center - 1-804-675-5000.

Housing
  • Chesterfield Housing:
    804-748-1227
    Contact Greg Fulk or Skip Stanley, 804-318-8841
  • Gateway Homes, Inc.:
    804-490-6715
    website: www.gatewayhomes.org
    Daniel Herr, J.D., Executive Director
  • Henrico CSB:
    Call Jennifer Boyer, 804-727-8529
  • Virginia Supportive Housing:
    804-788-6825
    website: www.supportivehousing.org
    Alice Tousignant, Exec. Dir.
  • Commonwealth Catholic Charities:
    1512 Willow Lawn Dr., Richmond, VA 23230
    main line: 804-285-5900
    homeless services: 804-648-4177
    email: [email protected]

Legal Support for Civil and Criminal Matters
  • Central Virginia Legal Aid Society:
    101 West Broad Street
    main line: 804-648-1012
    for intake, dial: 804-200-6046
         intake hours: Monday through Thursday, 9-11:30 AM and 1-2:30 PM.
    Steve Dickerson, Exec. Dir.
  • Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy (VOPA):
    1910 Byrd Ave., Suite #5
    804-225-2042 or 1-800-552-3962
  • Lawyer Referral Service of Virginia:
    707 East main St., Suite 1500, Richmond, VA 23219
    804-775-0500, toll free 1-800-552-7977
  • Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law: protects the rights of individuals involved with the criminal justice system
    111 15th Street, NW, Suite 1212, Washington D.C. 20005
    1-202-467-5730

Psychiatric Service Animals

Medication Assistance
  • Virginia Dept. of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services - 804-786-3921
  • Virginia Drug Card - 1-877-321-6755
  • Connection to Care - 1-573-996-3333
  • Crossover Ministries - 804-233-5016
  • Partnership for Prescription Assistance - 1-888-477-2669
  • Together RX Access - 1-800-444-4106
  • Joint effort of local county governments and the National Association of Counties - 1-877-321-2652
    Possible free prescription drug card to save on the costs of prescription if not covered by insurance. This plan is not insurance and savings are only availble at participating pharmacies. Prescription claims through this program will not be eligible for reimbursement through a state Medicaid program.

Free Clinics 
  • Goochland Free Clinic and Family Services - 804-556-5840
  • Hanover Interfaith Free Clinics - 804-798-8890
  • Pathways Free Speciality Clinic - 804-862-1104
  • Free Clinic of Powhatan - 804-516-2732 or 804-598-5637
  • Fan Free Clinic - 804-358-6343
  • Access Now - 804-622-8145
  • Crossover Health Care Ministry - 804-422-2600

Free Dental or Reduced Rate Clinics
  • Hanover Interfaith Free Clinics - 804-798-8890
  • Mechanicsville Christian Center free Dental Clinic - 804-559-0995
  • Richmond City Health Dept. Smiles Dental Van - 804-381-2624
  • Vernon J. Harris Community Health Center - 804-253-1972
  • Henrico County Health Dept. Dental Care for Adolescents - 804-622-0803
  • St. James the Les free clinic - 804-798-8890

Veterans
  • Veterans Crisis Line, 1-800-273-8255, press 1
  • Virginia Wounded Warrior Program:
    804-819-4029
    Ed McIntosh, Region IV Coordinator, Central Virginia
  • Virginia Veterans Center:
    4902 Fitzhugh Avenue, Richmond, VA. 23230
    804-353-8958 or 1-877-927-8387.
  • Hunter Holmes McGuire Medical Center - 1-804-675-5000
    Hospital providing psychiatric services

Other Resources
  • MCV Hospital Intake and Referral Service - 804-828-2000 PACT
  • Program of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT): See information for Community Service Boards
  • Psychiatric Society of Virginia:
    804-754-1200
    fax: 804-282-0090
    website: www.psva.org
    Andrew Mann, Executive Director
  • State Government
         General Assembly:
              House, Legislative Information - 804-698-1500
              Senate, Legislative Information - 804-698-7410
         Office of the Governor - 804-786-2211
  • VCU Psychiatry - Grand Rounds:
    Fridays, 11:45AM-12:50 PM
    Room 1-044, Sanger Hall, 1101 East Marshall Street
    For information, call 804-827-0058
  • Virginia Treatment Center for Children - 804-828-3129
  • Mental Health America of Virginia -
    3212 Cutshaw Ave., Suite 315, Richmond, VA 23230
    804-257-5591 or toll free 1-866-400-6428
  • FACES: A non-profit founded by families of those with serious mental illness to educate, provide resource information, and to advocate for loved ones.
    For information, call John Finklin at 804-378-0035
  • Friends 4 Recovery:
    Whole Health Center, 7420 Whitepine Rd., North Chesterfield, VA 23237
    804-308-1366
    e-mail: [email protected]
  • VOCAL: The VOCAL network is a network “of Consumers, by Consumers and for Consumers.”
    804-343-1777 or 1-877-862-8638.
    website: www.vocalnetwork.org 

NAMI Central Virginia promotes recovery and seeks to improve the lives of Central Virginians with serious mental illness through education, support, resources, advocacy, and anti-stigma campaigns.
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