WOODBRIDGE, Va. – Prince William County is on track to open a 24/7 mental health Crisis Receiving Center (CRC) in October 2025, following a years-long effort to expand behavioral health services and despite an ongoing Medicaid reimbursement challenge that has delayed the project.
Chief Transformation Officer Lisa Madron confirmed the opening during a May 20 presentation to the Board of County Supervisors. The facility in the former Gander Mountain building on Worth Avenue, outside Potomac Mills mall, will feature separate adult and youth units, with 16 23-hour observation units and 16 crisis stabilization beds in each.
“The CRC complex will have an adult crisis receiving center with 16 23-hour observation units and 16 crisis stabilization beds and a youth CRC with 16 23-hour observation units and 16 crisis stabilization beds,” Madron said.
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Prince William County is poised to address the community's mental health needs with the projected 2025 opening of its first Crisis Receiving Center (CRC), which will be located in the old Gander Mountain Store on Worth Avenue in Woodbridge.
Announced during the October 15 Board of County Supervisors meeting, the CRC will offer immediate, short-term care for individuals in mental health crises, following the Crisis Now model designed to reduce unnecessary psychiatric hospitalizations and keep law enforcement focused on public safety.
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Prince William County is developing a new Crisis Receiving Center (CRC), which will provide much-needed mental health and substance abuse services to the community. Set to replace the former Gander Mountain store at 14040 Worth Avenue, the 79,000-square-foot facility is expected to serve as a state model for addressing mental health crises. Still, operational funding hurdles have emerged due to Medicaid restrictions.
The CRC will feature 16 32 beds—eight 16 for adults and eight 16 for children—for individuals needing urgent mental health care. Patients may arrive independently, be transferred from local hospitals, or be brought in by police. Once at the center, individuals will receive continuous monitoring and care for up to 23 hours a day, typically staying between three and five days as they stabilize and prepare for the next steps in their treatment journey.
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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin praised the Prince William County Crisis Receiving Center, which will house adults and children having mental breakdowns.
Youngkin joined other state and local leaders today, Thursday, May 11, 2023, at 11:45 for a ceremonial groundbreaking for the 79,000-square-foot center that will replace a Gander Mountain store at 14040 Worth Avenue. He called the plans for the center a model that localities in the rest of the state would copy and use.
