[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 19, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2368]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
RECOGNIZING THE PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY CRISIS RECEIVING CENTER
Mr. KAINE. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize the Prince
William County Crisis Receiving Center Complex.
The crisis receiving center complex, CRC, and colocated community
services outpatient and community-based programs opened in October
2025. The CRC supports adults and youth who are experiencing behavioral
health crises and helps to reduce reliance on inpatient psychiatric
hospitalization.
Referred to as the model for mental health services, the CRC is
operated by Connections Health Solutions under contract with Prince
William Community Services. The center utilizes a 23-hour observation
model and includes an on-site crisis stabilization unit for
individuals--adults and youth--requiring more intensive, short-term
care. This colocation of crisis, outpatient, and community-based
services in one location offers capabilities which support people when
intervention is most vital, including collaboration around connections
for ongoing service needs, medical assessments, withdrawal management,
and the ability to safely serve individuals under temporary detention
orders. It operates 24/7, every day of the year, providing responsive
care and interventions.
The CRC was designed with the purpose of helping people in crisis in
their most difficult and vulnerable moments and to guide them toward
healing; and it is working. According to the CRC, since the complex
opened, emergency department wait times in the region have decreased by
66 percent; police officer hours spent on mental health calls decreased
by 900 hours after the first month; out of area transport for temporary
detention orders decreased from 43 percent to 8 percent; and State
hospital admissions from Prince William County have declined
significantly.
I am grateful for the vision of the board of county supervisors in
Prince William County. I am also grateful for those who work in the CRC
and provide timely, compassionate, evidence-based behavioral health
support to people in mental health crisis. I applaud their dedication
to the health and well-being of their fellow Virginians.
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