Learning and Building Skills, Together
HopeLink’s group-based day programs are for adults experiencing serious mental illness. Designed for people ages 18 and older in Fairfax County, Virginia, the programs can help you learn life skills and coping mechanisms that might be difficult to master because of your mental illness.
Whatever your goal ‒ to live independently, maintain sobriety, engage in meaningful work or volunteering, go to school, or some other life goal ‒ at HopeLink you can build the skills you need to move on to your next step.
We offer three day programs:
“I’ve really changed a lot being here. My anger is better. My stress is better.”
Recovery Academy
Recovery Academy is a daytime group program for individuals ready to make positive changes and to learn new skills in a structured daytime program. You will be in groups and around others who have similar experiences. Recovery Academy is offered in partnership with the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board.
If you are ready, we will work with you to set your individualized recovery goals, so you can get from where you are today to where you want to be.
Plan to attend 3-5 days a week, learning to:
- Make friends
- Understand your mental illness
- Manage your symptoms
- Care for your health
- Improve your self-esteem
- And do so much more!
If this sounds like the program for you, talk to your Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board (CSB) case manager about a referral. If you are unsure where to go, please contact HopeLink directly and we will help get you connected.
Fees
This service is provided under contract with the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board and is free to Fairfax County residents who meet qualifying criteria. For more information, please contact us.
The rates below are applicable only for individuals who do not meet necessary qualifying criteria under the Fairfax County contract, but who meet service qualifying criteria and are interested in attending on a private pay basis.
Recovery Academy Program
Units are calculated as follows:
Up to 3.99 hours = 1 unit, 4.00 – 6.99 hours = 2 units
$70.00 per unit
Recovery Academy Assessment
$325.00 per assessment (Payable at intake)
Location
Recovery Academy
3026 Javier Road
Fairfax, VA 22031
Hours
Monday through Friday
9:00 am – 1:30 pm
For More Information
Rachel Ferguson, LCSW, LMHP
Mental Health Clinician
(703) 531-7824
rferguson@hopelinkbh.org
Stepping Stones
Stepping Stones is a flexible, group-based psychosocial rehabilitation program designed for adults who are ready for more independence in their recovery, but who still want to attend groups and work more on their skills. Stepping Stones is offered in partnership with the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board.
You choose your schedule based on which groups you want to attend ‒ and your work, school, or volunteering schedule. In addition to structured groups focused on skill-building topics, we invite you for unstructured time where you can access a variety of program supports.
Group topics covered include:
- Coping Skills
- Healthy Living
- Co-occurring Group
- Technology Skills
- Medication Management
- And more!
If this sounds like the program for you, talk to your Community Services Board (CSB) case manager about a referral. If you are unsure where to go, please contact HopeLink directly and we will help get you connected.
Fees
This service is provided under contract with the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board and is free to Fairfax County residents who meet qualifying criteria. For more information, please contact us.
The rates below are applicable only for individuals who do not meet necessary qualifying criteria under the Fairfax County contract, but who meet service qualifying criteria and interested in attending on a private pay basis.
Stepping Stones Program
Units are calculated as follows:
Up to 3.99 hours = 1 unit, 4.00 – 6.99 hours = 2 units
$60.00 per unit
Stepping Stones Assessment
$315.00 per assessment (Payable at intake)
Location
Stepping Stones
8794-S Sacramento Drive
Alexandria, VA 22309
Hours
Monday 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Tuesday 12:00 n – 4:00 pm
Wednesday 12:00 n – 4:00 pm
Thursday: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Friday 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
For More Information
Henry Sellers
Program Manager, Stepping Stones
(703) 360-8394
hsellers@hopelinkbh.org
Community Readiness & Support Program (CRSP)
CRSP is an intensive, group-based psychosocial rehabilitation program for individuals who are ready to work on their recovery in a daytime structured rehabilitation setting and who may require intensive, individualized support due to their symptoms, circumstances, or recovery. CRSP is offered in partnership with the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board.
Are you ready to learn and practice the skills needed to move forward in your recovery? At CRSP, you can do so in a positive, strengths-based environment where others are learning, too.
The program offers 3-4 psychoeducational groups daily, through which you can learn and practice:
- How to make friends
- How to talk to others
- More about their mental illness
- Coping skills for managing symptoms and tools for managing stress
- Social skills for the professional world
- Time management skills
- How to complete independent living skills like cooking, cleaning, and managing appointments
- How to take care of their health
- Steps for maintaining sobriety
- And more!
If this sounds like the program for you, talk to your Community Services Board (CSB) case manager about a referral. If you are unsure where to go, please contact HopeLink directly and we will help get you connected.
Fees
This service is provided under contract with the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board and is free to Fairfax County residents who meet qualifying criteria. For more information, please contact us.
Location
Community Readiness Support Program (CRSP)
8221 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive
Suite 3-409
Fairfax, VA 22031
Hours
Monday through Friday
9:00 am – 2:30 pm
For More Information
Kaitlyn Reed
Program Manager
(571) 373-0579
kreed@hopelinkbh.org