SLIDE 2 Chairperson’s
MESSAGE
It is my pleasure as Chairperson
- f the Danville-Pittsylvania
Community Services (DPCS) Board
- f Directors to present our Annual
Report for Fiscal Year 2013 (July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013). The focus
- f our Report is Right Time, Right
Place, Right Now as we present the many ways that DPCS is the preferred provider of top quality behavioral health, intellectual disability, and prevention services to the citizens of Danville and Pittsylvania County. In our most recent Annual Reports, we were Setting the Foundation for A Better Tomorrow (Fiscal Year 2010), which we used to begin Building a Healthier Community (Fiscal Year 2011), and celebrated with a Then and Now (Fiscal Year 2012) historical journey for our fortieth birthday last year, outlining the growth and accomplishments of
- DPCS. This year we would like to
tell you why it is the Right Time, Right Place, Right Now to be associated with DPCS. Right Time, Right Place... to receive quality services from
- DPCS. Right Now, the variety
and complexity of DPCS’ services have never been better able to meet the needs of individuals with an intellectual disability, a behavioral health disorder, or those who may be at-risk. Our services and community engagement expanded in Fiscal Year 2013 to include a broader depth of intellectual disability services to children and adolescents, better medication availability through our partnership with Genoa Healthcare to provide comprehensive on-site pharmacy services to individuals in service with DPCS, and a better coordinated response to individuals in crisis through our partnership with the local law enforcement to implement a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT). CIT is a specially trained group of law enforcement officers that can reduce unnecessary incarcerations and provide effective de-escalation techniques at the time and place needed. Right Time, Right Place... to be an employee at DPCS. Right Now, DPCS employs over 264 highly qualified staff, including psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, case managers, clinicians, support workers, and clerical and administrative staff, who provide multiple services and supports to adults and children throughout the
- community. The Agency’s payroll
contributes in excess of $12 million in salary and fringe benefits to the local economy. In Fiscal Year 2013, DPCS partnered with Gateway Health Alliance, a local business, to serve as the Agency’s health benefits administrator, effectively reducing the cost to administer DPCS’ health care benefits. Right Time, Right Place, Right Now... for DPCS to make significant impacts in our community. DPCS began construction in Fiscal Year 2013 on a four-bedroom group home, Ashlawn View, for individuals with an intellectual
- disability. Ashlawn View is funded
by a grant from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and
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