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Mental Health Resources

Virginia Beach City Public Schools is committed to supporting the mental health and wellness of all students and staff. As shared in our strategic framework, Compass to 2025, and in collaboration with community organizations, VBCPS prioritizes the wellbeing of our stakeholders by providing a variety of resources and programs. Each school has a school counseling department along with an assigned school psychologist and social worker to provide assistance for our students.

988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline

 

988 suicide and crisis lifeline

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the United States. 

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Care Solace

CareSolace

Virginia Beach City Public Schools is committed to the well-being of all students, staff, and their families and partnered with Care Solace to provide an additional layer of support. Care Solace will navigate the mental health care system on your behalf to find community-based providers and secure appointments as quickly as possible with the best care possible. Our coordination services are paid for by Virginia Beach City Public Schools and are provided to you at no cost.

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Rapid Response Program

 

The Child and Youth Behavioral Health Services’ Rapid Response Services provide a rapid behavioral health response to students in Virginia Beach City Public Schools, who are demonstrating behaviors that may indicate the need for a behavioral health screening, short term intervention, and coordination and referral to ongoing services in the community.

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Bridge Program

 
chkd

The CHKD Bridge Program serves as a means to “bridge” the gap until longer term mental health services can be established.  VBCPS middle and high school students can access individual and group therapy through the Bridge Clinic at no charge to the family.

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Additional community partner:

Kempsville Center for Behavioral Health

Kempsville Center for Behavioral Health provides acute inpatient care to children and adolescents ages 4-17 experiencing a primary mental health crisis including extreme feelings of suicide or causing harm to themselves or others.