Virginia Beach Department of Human Services
3432 Virginia Beach Boulevard
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
About Virginia Beach Department of Human Services
Located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the Virginia Beach Department of Human Services provides outpatient treatment and recovery services for people who struggle with drug and alcohol addictions. With their adult outpatient services, residents 18 and older can get same day access to a behavioral health assessment, including a substance use and dual diagnosis. In addition to psychiatric evaluations, they also offer trauma informed individual, family and group therapy. Some of the other services they provide include peer support, psychosocial education and medication management.
Their assertive community treatment program provides thorough, locally based treatment for individuals with the most severe and enduring addictions. It is an evidence based and recovery oriented service delivery model. It targets those people who have not responded to standard outpatient treatment and still struggle with acute psychiatric symptoms, elevated risk factors and recurrent hospitalizations. This program offers intensive wraparound services.
With regard to meeting basic needs and enhancing quality of life, their Beach House program helps adults obtain medical, psychiatric and social care. It also offers educational support and vocational training.
Their case managers support the creation of treatment plans and care coordination to meet the specific recovery objectives of each patient and improve their integration into the community. They also help with the planning and executing of treatment programs.
Women who are pregnant or nursing and are affected by substance use can access their Project Link program, which offers comprehensive gender specific case management. By offering support services, such as facilitating childcare and transportation options, the program lowers a woman’s obstacles to treatment.
Additionally, support groups and education on parenting are provided. Children from birth to age seven who are at risk of experiencing severe emotional disturbances as a result of their parent’s substance abuse or mental illness can also receive case management services.
Via their adult outpatient clinic, they provide the office based opioid treatment program called Restore. They fall into the broad category of medication assisted treatment which is the most effective therapeutic strategy for treating such patients.