St. Joseph's Villa - Crisis Receiving Center

St. Joseph’s Villa Crisis Receiving Center in Richmond, Virginia provides crisis stabilization services for youth experiencing a behavioral health crisis. The program offers comprehensive health assessments, psychiatric assessments, case management, psychiatric services via telehealth, family support, and referrals to community resources for follow-up care. The center serves as an alternative to hospital emergency rooms, providing immediate behavioral health support in a community-based setting with short-term stays of up to 23 hours to stabilize youth and connect them to ongoing care.

The Crisis Receiving Center serves youth and families and uses a holistic approach focused on stabilization, assessment, and transition to appropriate ongoing treatment services in the community. The program is COA-accredited and designed to provide immediate intervention, prevent hospitalization when appropriate, and support youth and families during behavioral health crises.