RD154 - Item 3I5 CC. 1 - A Preliminary Plan and Timeline for Downsizing Southeastern Virginia Training Center


Executive Summary:
Item 315.CC.1 of the 2009 Appropriation Act requires the Commissioner of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS)l to convene a state and community planning team and develop a timeline to transition, beginning in fiscal year 2010, 88 individuals living at Southeastern Virginia Training Center (SEVTC) to community services. The language is outlined below:

"The state and community planning team, under the direction of the commissioner, shall develop a timeline to appropriately transition 88 state facility consumers beginning in fiscal year 2010 to community services in the locality of their residence prior to admission or the locality of their choice after discharge or to another state facility if individual assessments and service plans have been completed, appropriate community housing is available and consumer choice has been considered. The commissioner shall provide the preliminary plan and timeline to the Governor and the General Assembly by July I, 2009 and a progress report regarding the plan for resizing and rebuilding the facility by October 1, 2009 and quarterly thereafter until the new facility and community facilities have been constructed and are complete. The final report shall outline the location where patients are discharged and any cost savings associated with the facility resizing and community transition. "

This report outlines the preliminary plan and timeline to downsize SEVTC from its current census of 154 individuals beginning on July 1, 2010.