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1 in 5 US Adults experience mental illness each year.
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Over 22% of adults with mental illness or severe mental illness had no insurance coverage in 2021.
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Only 43% of adults with mental illness receive treatment in a given year.
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How Crossroads will help
In 2024, Crossroads Medical Mission purchased the vacant and derelict house adjacent to our free-standing clinic on Scott Street. Thanks to Bristol, Virginia's CARES ACT funding, we secured a forgivable loan to purchase the property. We are designing construction plans, seeking funding for construction and renovation, as well as funding for furniture, fixtures, and equipment.
Enter HOPE at the Crossroads
The building, which is next door to our Downtown Clinic, will be used as a Behavioral Health and Wellness Center. Funds raised will go towards transforming this dilapidated old building into a welcoming and functioning counseling and wellness center.
One of our current Nurse Practitioners, Jessica Watkins, is participating in an externship through East Tennessee State University's Integrative Behavioral Health Institute for Integrated Behavioral Health. This course of study explores learning to integrate behavioral health care with medical care.
Spearheaded by Behavioral Health Clinic Manager and Certified Peer Recovery Specialist Brooke Jenkins, Crossroads clinic will replicate Roanoke's Bradley Free Clinic Hope Initiative, serving as a hub for resources to individuals with substance use disorders and their families. In the 8 years since they started their program, they have helped over 2,700 people find recovery programs. Crossroads is proud to work in conjunction with the Bradley Free Clinic to bring this program to our area.
Due to recent break-ins, we've had to temporarily board up the house for safety reasons. This is the current condition of the property:
Help us build HOPE
Our goal is to raise $850,000 to renovate this abandoned property at 427 Scott Street, Bristol, Virginia. In partnership with BurWil Construction, this is what 427 Scott Street will look like:
There is no doubt there is a behavioral health crisis and we hope to be part of the solution. We intend to provide behavioral health services in a nurturing environment working in conjunction with our medical health services. A warm hand-off from one service to the other increases the success of the process.
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