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of Rappahannock County’s Board of Supervisors, who will speak of the years of outstanding community service contributed by Mrs. Aylor and Mrs. Thornton.
The Community Services Center purchased the old National Guard Armory last March and has spent the last six months renovating the facility to meet the agency’s growing need for day programming, according to acting director Kevin Mitchell. The purchase and renovation were made possible by the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse’s new Community Initiative Funding Program.
For years Community Service Boards throughout Virginia have struggled with the realities of “deinstitutionalization;” hundreds of chronically mentally ill or severely retarded individuals being de-institutionalized to their respective communities without adequate funding to establish community-based programs to meet their needs, Mr. Mitchell explained.
Local Community Service Boards were asked to develop a “Comprehensive Plan” covering four bienniums of service development. Commissioner Cullum and others lobbied extensively to get the General Assembly's approval of funding for Phase One of the community initiative.
During its 1988 session, the General Assembly passed Senate Joint Resolution 50, which largely encompassed Commissioner Cullum’s recommendations.
The Aylor-Thomton Building will be used to house the agency’s Laurel House (a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program), Vocational Training Program, Adult Day Activity Program and Supported Employment Program.
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