Project LEAD Network Partners
Various Coalitions
Peninsula Community Opioid Response
Act as a problem solving partnership between the community, law enforcement, criminal justice, health care, and government agencies dedicated to reducing the abuse of heroin and opiates in our communities and to educate our citizens of the prevalence of the problem, the signs and symptoms of addiction, and the resources available with the goal of reducing deaths and crime in our communities.
Historic Triangle Drug Prevention Coalition
The Historic Triangle Drug Prevention Coalition's (HTDPC) mission is to have a coordinated and collaborative approach to prevention, education and advocacy to decrease the negative impacts of substance use in the counties of James City and York and cities of Poquoson and Williamsburg.
Peninsula Emergency Medical Services
The primary mission of PEMS is to assist local emergency medical services components (the emergency medical services agencies, hospitals and sixteen jurisdictions of the Virginia Peninsula, Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck) to assess, identify, coordinate, plan and implement an efficient and effective regional emergency medical services delivery system in partnership with OEMS and the Virginia EMS Advisory Board (VAB).
VDH State Agencies
QuitNow
QuitNow Virginia provides free information and coaching by telephone or online to residents who want to quit smoking or using tobacco. The counseling is offered by trained Quit Coaches; in combination with nicotine replacement therapy or medication prescribed by healthcare providers. This gives the patient the best chance of quitting successfully.
Hampton & Newport News City Agencies
Hampton Police Department
Working with citizens to save lives, protect property reduce fear, solve important problems, and support human flourishing. We will respect and enhance the safety, friendships, and dreams of our residents.
Newport News CARe Team
CARe is Newport News’ help first crisis team. A crisis intervention specialist and paramedics respond together to support individuals during behavioral health and mental health emergencies with calm, skill, and clear options.
Working alongside Newport News Police Department, Fire and EMS, and community partners, CARe focuses on stabilizing situations that often involve mental health, substance use, homelessness, or minor medical needs. The team works to slow things down, reduce tension, and lower the risk of harm for everyone involved. Location Calendar
Newport News Police Department
A nationally accredited law enforcement agency, has an authorized complement of 472 sworn officers and 179 non-sworn personnel, making it the fourth largest municipal police department in Virginia.
Phone: 757-247-2500
Local Community Services Boards (CSBs)
Hampton Newport News Community Services Board
Your Community Services Board offers a wide variety of mental health, developmental disability, and substance use disorder treatment services to youth and adults. We also offer crisis and respite services, jail-based services, drug court services, services to veterans, and provide residential services to persons with intellectual disabilities. Housing services are also available to those who qualify. Transportation services are available to those who qualify.
Colonial Behavioral Health
Colonial Behavioral Health provides opportunities for recovery to individuals and their family members in the areas of mental illness, substance use disorder and developmental disabilities. Colonial Behavioral Health serves the citizens of James City County, the City of Poquoson, the City of Williamsburg and York County.
Counseling Services
Quality of Life Center
Quality of Life is defined as “the general well-being of a person or society, defined in terms of overall health and happiness, rather than wealth.” We believe in truly engaging families and meeting them where they are in order to better assist them along the road to recovery and self sufficiency. It is our aim to eventually stabilize families so that little to no outside intervention is required to ensure child safety as well as overall healthy and appropriate functioning. It is our desire to ultimately help individuals increase emotional, career, social, financial, physical, and community well-being.
Faith Recovery
Faith Recovery has been helping men facing addiction since 1979 by providing faith-based recovery. The organization has been a treasure in Hampton Roads assisting with addiction & recovery for nearly 40 years. Many men have found freedom from addiction through the residential program. We are available to speak with your organization about how to assist those facing addiction.
Pinnacle Treatment Centers
Everyone with a substance use disorder deserves the chance to heal themselves, repair their relationships, rejoin their communities, and restore balance to their lives. We’re here to show you healing and recovery are within reach –
Behavioral Health Group
Wherever you find recovering people, you’ll find recovering families and communities. At BHG, patients are placed in the safe and trusted hands of local doctors, nurses, counselors, and support staff who understand their community and are here to help patients on their journey to recovery. We're partnering with this community and its leaders to educate the public about addiction and improve access to medication-assisted recovery.
Bright View
It takes courage to talk about substance use disorder, and BrightView is changing the conversation surrounding addiction treatment. We offer outpatient medication assisted treatment programs that help you find and maintain long-lasting recovery. Our centers are part of the local recovery community, and no one who comes to us for treatment is ever turned away—we do everything possible to connect patients with the right resources.
Master Center for Addiction Medicine
Drug addiction is a devastating disease that affects thousands of Americans and their families every year. With affordable prescription medications routinely given out due to an increase in health insurance, overdoses and relapse rates are increasing rapidly. Not only can these drugs take a toll on one’s physical and mental health, they can be deadly. To help combat the epidemic of drug addiction, we aim to provide behavioral health services and counseling to help those seeking a better life.
Newport News Behavioral Health Center
Newport News Behavioral Health Center is a residential treatment facility (RTF) that serves boys and girls, ages 11 to 18. Our treatment services are intended to help residents address psychiatric and substance use issues. We encourage youth to explore their feelings and develop positive behaviors to use at home and in their community.
SperoHealth
Spero Health, Inc., is an integrated healthcare services organization specializing in local and affordable drug and alcohol addiction treatment for individuals suffering from substance use disorder with a mission to “Save Lives, Instill Hope, and Restore Relationships”. Spero Health utilizes an innovative evidenced-based integrated care model that combines both physical and behavioral healthcare services under one roof to treat the whole patient. This integrated care model combines physician services (including medication assisted treatment), behavioral health counseling, recovery support services, medication management and patient and family education. Its community-based approach to treatment allows patients to continue working and caring for their families as they overcome addiction.
Life's Journey
Let Life’s Journey be your trusted partner for comprehensive life improvement services. As a trusted behavioral health provider, you can be confident knowing that your choices lead in receiving personalized mental health services. Whether you are seeking individual counseling, group counseling, family counseling, substance abuse treatment, or other mental health or wellness services, we are committed to helping you achieve all that you aspire to be on your road towards emotional health and wellness.
Pyramid Healthcare
Pyramid Healthcare Rehabilitation Centers provide treatment for adults and teens suffering from addiction or substance abuse, as well as individuals with mental health disorders. As part of our unique 360° recovery system, Pyramid Healthcare provides services for adults and teens in all stages of addiction. Our program offerings include detoxification, inpatient treatment, methadone and Suboxone maintenance therapy, outpatient treatment and halfway and transitional housing. We focus on supplying a safe, supportive environment at all of our rehabilitation centers, where individuals learn and practice recovery and coping skills.
Phone: (814) 259-8716
Health Systems
Riverside Behavioral Health Center
Riverside Behavioral Health Center, a remote location of Riverside Regional Medical Center, offers the most comprehensive range of behavioral health programs on the Virginia Peninsula, including acute care for adolescents and adults, and crisis assessment. Our Admissions team offers 24/7 support for individuals experiencing behavioral health issues.
Sentara Health System
Sentara provides a comprehensive approach to mental health, offering a variety of treatment options and both inpatient and outpatient care.
Bon Secours Health System
We are family-focused and flexible, which means we can create a care plan that works for your specific needs. Our advanced treatment methods are designed to empower you and your family both during and after treatment for the best possible results. We’re here to improve your health in mind, body and spirit.
Community Based Organizations
Four Oaks Day Center
Four Oaks Day Service Center is a one-stop service and assistance center where men, women, and families experiencing homelessness receive supports and are connected to comprehensive community services under one roof, all thanks to on-site partners Four Oaks offers workforce development supports, housing assistance, and comprehensive case management services that give people the opportunity to transform their lives. The Center is operated by the Newport News Department of Human Services.
Hampton Roads Community Action Program
HRCAP is a regional organization with a steadfast commitment to improve the quality of life through programs in education, training, work experience, emergency services, housing counseling, and many other proven strategies. We have been at the forefront of attacking the root causes of poverty towards the goal of elimination.
H.E.L.P., Inc.
HELP, Inc. is a faith-based organization supported by member congregations, schools, businesses, civic clubs and organizations in conjunction with the cities of Hampton and Newport News. Working together, we provide emergency shelter, transitional housing, a winter shelter program, food, financial assistance, medical and dental care to those in need.
LGBT Life Center
LGBT Life Center is a trusted leader that empowers the LGBTQ communities and all people affected by HIV through improving health and wellness, strengthening families and communities, and providing transformative education and advocacy. LGBT Life Center also provides transportation and housing services.
LINK of Hampton Roads
Linking community resources to provide fast and affordable housing solutions to homeless individuals, as well as emergency services to men, women and children who don’t have access to their basic needs and find themselves in a housing crisis or other emergency situations.
NAMI
NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
Narcotics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous is a non-profit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. We are recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean.
SAARA of Virginia
SAARA provides Recovery Support Services to those affected by SUD Addiction via our SAARA Center.
Spiritworks Foundation
SpiritWorks Foundation Center for the Soul is a Recovery Community Organization (RCO) based in Williamsburg, VA. SpiritWorks Foundation is comprised of, and led primarily by, people who live in recovery from addiction. We deliver peer to peer programs and services for children, youth, and adults living in recovery from the disease of addiction. Our programs and services build resilience in children, inspire youth to live drug free, and support, educate and empower adults who live in recovery.
United Way of the Virginia Peninsula
Our mission as United Way of the Virginia Peninsula is to improve the quality of life for people in our community by helping them live their best possible lives. United Way fights for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in our community. We create Pathways Out of Poverty for our neighbors in need by bringing the community together to navigate through the Virginia Peninsula's toughest challenges.
Urban League of Hampton Roads
The ULHR implements its mission by providing services and programs in education, employment, health, and housing to Hampton Roads communities through direct services, advocacy, research, policy analysis, community mobilization and collaboration throughout communities.
Virginia Peninsula Food Bank
The Foodbank serves individuals, families, children, seniors and veterans in Newport News, Hampton, Williamsburg, James City County, Gloucester, Mathews, York, Poquoson and Surry. Help is just around the corner, or down the street for those needing assistance.
Harm Reduction Services
Minority Aids Support Services
The Minority AIDS Support Services strives to improve the lives of people living in the Eastern The Minority AIDS Support Services strives to improve the lives of people living in the Eastern Shore region by providing clean needle/syringe exchange, HIV/ STI education, testing, and case management resources. Beyond testing, education and advocacy, we provide housing, food, and transportation resources for positive people in need.
Empowering Transgender Services, Inc.
Our mission is to provide resources to empower all transgender, nonbinary, gender non- conforming individuals to improve their overall quality of life. We are driven to enhance the lives of these individuals by providing support, training and education. We will provide vocational education, employment and career readiness,