Community-Based Continuum of Care

With the passage of the Comprehensive Services Act (CSA) in 1992, Virginia created a legislative tool for transforming children’s services. By encouraging flexible funding and cross-agency collaboration, CSA serves more children in their own families and communities.

All of the Building Blocks contribute to developing an accessible array of community-based services across the Commonwealth. By wrapping services around a child or family at risk, the need is reduced for more intensive levels of service such as residential care – and the length of stay when placement is required is generally shorter.

Learn more about some of the innovative things that communities across the Commonwealth are doing to improve their continuum of care:

Alexandria: Collaboration between Child Welfare and Mental Health (.pdf)
Central Virginia CSB: Kindred Homes (.pdf)
Cumberland Mountain Community Services: Serving Children at Younger Ages (.pdf)
Planning District One: Collaboration, Coalitions and Creativity (.pdf)
Portsmouth: Networking with Private Providers (.pdf)
Richmond City: Forget State Funding (.pdf)
Roanoke City and Roanoke County: Therapeutic Day Treatment Services (.pdf)