The Supported Living Center – which operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week – is licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and is a facility providing housing and residential treatment for 16 individuals with staff supervision and psychiatric rehabilitation services. These beds are for people coming out of State Hospitals in Virginia. At the onset of admission, a thorough baseline assessment is performed and an individualized treatment plan is created with the resident. Our staff help educate residents about their mental illness and the importance of medications management. They also work with residents to develop and refine the daily living and coping skills needed to manage their illness. Each resident must participate in the program where individual skills training, counseling, classroom education, and community activities are offered each week.
Supported Living Apartments, which offers on-campus apartment living. The apartments have staffing from 8am to 10pm and has access to the 24 hour staff in the Supportive Living Center on campus. Our staff works with each person to help them live as they would out in the community. Residents receive comprehensive mental health services and are challenged to become more responsible and self-sufficient. Residents focus on developing socialization, educational and vocational skills for job placement, and management of their mental illness with continued medication education.
In the community level of Gateway’s program, residents transition to independent living in the community. On a weekly basis, they receive staff support to ensure they are successfully managing their mental illness, their responsibilities, and their independence. They are also invited to continue participating in the many social events and psychosocial rehabilitation programs available on our campus.
The Chesterfield Campus is able to offer wrap around services to our clients right on campus with case management and mental health clinicians, direct support staff, a psychiatrist, individual therapists, a nurse practitioner, a dietician, occupational therapists, and peer support.
For more information about the admission process, please call 804-712-4133.
For more information regarding the location address of the home or additional clinical information, please contact Molly Bowles at 804-712-4133.
In February of 2020, Gateway added a home in Goochland County serving individuals discharged from State Hospitals in Virginia. The home is licensed by DBHDS for supervised living residential. Here individuals are assisted in their continuing recovery by gaining their independence and developing skills to live in the community. Goals of our individuals include maintaining medication adherence, developing skills for daily living, obtaining employment, enrolling in educational courses, volunteering at local agencies, and maintaining a home. Staffing is present 24 hours per day 7 days per week for assistance and monitoring. Additional psychiatric, nursing, and pharmacy services are provided as well as free payee services.
For more information about the admission process, please call 804-712-4133.
Thank you for your interest in Gateway! Unfortunately, we have a pause on all community admissions due to an extensively long waitlist. We are sorry we are not able offer our services to prospective clients at this time.
Chesterfield Campus:
**All tours start at the Activity Center on campus.
After you attend a tour and submit an application, you will be contacted to line up a face to face interview with the Clinical Team at Gateway Homes for a final review of eligibility for the program.
If you are accepted in to the program, you will be required to complete all required clinical, financial, and healthcare documents prior to admission.
Mail your completed Application to:
Molly Bowles
4905 Dickens Road, Suite 106
Richmond, VA 23230