Welcome to Our Ecosystem
The Ecosystem is a powerful collaboration of four organizations, each with a distinct mission but united by a shared vision: transforming the lives of disenfranchised individuals in the state of Virginia.
Atlantic Outreach Group (AOG), HYPE Counseling Services (HYPE), and Central Virginia’s Preferred Providers (CVPP) bring over 30 years of combined experience in driving social change, fostering community empowerment, and advocating for those in need.
Ecosystem Overview
Thus, The Ecosystem was born—a collaborative force committed to breaking barriers, bridging gaps, and building a future where everyone has access to the care and support they need to thrive, ultimately leading to the life they deserve and truly desire.
Once inside the Ecosystem ,our collaborating agencies can address the plethora of challenges facing our target populations.
Our Ecosystem Can Provide:
- Care Coordination
- Food Programs
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Community stabilization services
- Mobile crisis response services
- Co-occurring disorder treatment
- Psychotherapy
- Psychiatric care
- Medical Services
- ABA Services
- Addiction Medication Management (MAT)
- Independent living support services
- Court ordered community service options
- Multidisciplinary Clinical Assessments
- Mental Health Skill Building
- Intensive In Home Services
- Trauma Informed Treatment Services
- Intensive Outpatient Treatment (ASAM 2.1)
- High Intensity Outpatient Treatment (ASAM Level 2.5)
- Residential Substance Use Treatment (ASAM Level 3.1)
- (ASAM Level 3.5) Coming Soon
- Peer Support Services
- NARR Certified Recovery Residences
- Alumni Programs
There’s an old saying:
"You can’t fit a square peg into a round hole."
At The Ecosystem, we refuse to take a one-size-fits-all approach to care. When we first started, we offered a handful of services, but we quickly realized that our clients’ needs were far more diverse than what we could provide. Instead of forcing people into predetermined solutions, we took action.
We expanded. We evolved. We built a dynamic network of services designed to meet people where they are. By embracing integrated care and a whole person care approach, we ensure that individuals receive the right support that they need, and most importantly, at the right time!
“People will leave in a better condition than when they came to us. We are all about transformation and adding value to our community.”
– Shiloh Jones
Through collaboration across our multiple organizations, we’ve created a comprehensive support system that adapts to each person’s unique challenges. Because true care isn’t about making people fit into a system—it’s about building a system that truly fits the people it serves.
Food Pantry:
Our food pantry team is committed to fighting food insecurity by ensuring individuals and families have access to nutritious meals. Our food pantry, mobile distributions, home deliveries, and emergency food assistance provide critical support to those facing hardship.
Contact:
Bryan Pruitt, Food Programs Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 804.308.2648 (Option 1)
Volunteering:
We could not do the work we do without the support of volunteers. We value all of our volunteers who donate their time and resources to assist us in supporting our community.
Contact:
Kim Mathias, Community Engagement Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 804.308.2648 ( Option 3)
Fresh Start Program:
Fresh Start is a recovery program designed to help individuals overcome substance use barriers and regain stability. We provide a full continuum of care, from early recovery support to independent living, ensuring each person has the tools they need.
Contact: Admissions Department
Minnie Lobban, Director Of Admissions
Email: [email protected]
Office: 804.308.2648 (Option 2)
Mobile: 804.356.1573
Prevention+:
The Prevention+ Program is designed for our Fresh Start Recovery Program graduates who are seeking additional support on their recovery journey and promotes a safe and healthy living environment that abstains from alcohol and other mind-altering substances.
Contact: Maurice Roy Program Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Office: 804.308.2648
Mobile: 804.356.1638
CVPP began as a small group practice with a big vision—offering deeper, more holistic care to those seeking more from their therapist or psychiatrist. Our dynamic team is dedicated to understanding the root of your challenges and using evidence-based, medically recognized treatments to support your mental and physical well-being.
Our Services Include:
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Medication Evaluation
- Medication Management
- Addiction Medicine (MAT)
- Primary Care Services
- Individual Counseling/Psychotherapy
- Trauma-Informed Counseling
- Medical Screenings
With a diverse team of highly trained physicians, clinicians and medical staff, we provide personalized, effective care to help you find relief and achieve lasting wellness. At CVPP, your journey to better health starts with expert, compassionate support tailored to your needs.
Psychiatry:
Psychiatry is a medical specialty focused on diagnosing, treating, and preventing mental health disorders. Combining scientific insight with compassionate care, our psychiatry team helps individuals navigate mental challenges, offering personalized treatments to foster mental well-being and improve quality of life.
Therapy:
We offer a variety of therapy options. Therapy is immensely helpful for trauma, processing emotions, making sense of our lives, and how we place meaning to the events that happen in our world. When used consistently and appropriately, therapy can help bring a much needed balance to our worlds.
Medical Services:
(Primary Care Physician)
Our integrated model also offers primary care services to the individuals we serve. We believe that attention to our physical health is a vital part of an overall healthy holistic well being.
Addiction Medication (MAT):
Breaking free from addiction sometimes takes more than just willpower alone—it takes the right support. Our Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) program combines powerful, FDA-approved addiction medications with expert counseling and professional medical guidance to help curb cravings, prevent relapse, and put lasting recovery within your reach.
Our team provides compassionate, informative care, so that you can make educated decisions about your treatment, help regain control of your life, and build a healthier future you.
Telehealth Services:
We provide telehealth services so that you can conveniently focus on your mental health journey from the comfort of your home, car or office, without sacrificing the quality of your care. We know you may have a busy lifestyle, so that’s why our dedicated, empathic and skilled therapy team offers personalized telehealth services, delivering top-quality care wherever you are.
Helping YOU Pursue Excellence
At HYPE Counseling Services, we believe that true growth (and evolution) is a journey—one that demands dedication, compassion, and unwavering support. Founded in 2007, HYPE stands for Helping YOU Pursue Excellence, a philosophy that drives everything we do. Just as we strive to evolve into the best versions of ourselves, we empower our clients to achieve a better quality of life.
For nearly two decades, we’ve provided exceptional care rooted in compassion and positive energy. Our dedicated team of mental health and substance use professionals is committed to delivering services that meet the real, expressed needs of the individuals we serve. Every program we’ve developed is a direct response to what our clients have told us they need, ensuring our care is not only effective but truly impactful.
Specializing in both substance use treatment and mental health services, HYPE offers a comprehensive, integrated, “whole-person” care approach designed to meet people where they are. Our practitioners-turned-owners pioneered this approach with one mission: to provide the right service, to the right person, at the right time.
We are proud to be CARF-accredited and licensed by Virginia’s Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, reflecting our unwavering commitment to exceptional quality care. At HYPE, our passion for helping others is matched only by our dedication to uplifting our community, one life at a time.
HYPE’s Community Stabilization Services:
The goal of HYPE’s of Community Stabilization services is to stabilize the individual within their community, and act as a transition service to heavily support the individual by meeting their greatest needs within the scope of service. This is a very short service, and acts as a bridge to link a person to their appropriate level of care, especially when they are stepping down from inpatient, facility-based services, emergency rooms, incarceration, or residential programs. The duration of services may include, but is not limited to, short-term assessment, crisis intervention, and care coordination. HYPE also uses this service as a step-down from higher levels.
Contact:
James Graves, Director of Programs
Phone: 804.213.0259
Email: [email protected]
Substance Use Treatment
HYPE offers a continuum of care designed to support individuals through every stage of their recovery journey. Our comprehensive services are designed to meet people where they are and provide the right level of care at the right time. Our continuum includes:
- Residential Treatment (ASAM 3.1): A structured living environment designed to provide ongoing care and stability for those in early recovery.
- High-Intensity Outpatient Program (ASAM 2.5): A more intensive outpatient service that offers additional structure and care for individuals with greater needs.
- Intensive Outpatient Program (ASAM 2.1): Structured outpatient treatment providing therapeutic services for individuals in need of moderate support.
- Peer Support Services: Internal peer services integrated into our comprehensive programs to provide ongoing support.
- BOSS Peer Services: Our stand-alone meet you where you are service is open to the community.
Our continuum of care is built to meet individuals at various points in their recovery, ensuring they have the support and resources needed to achieve lasting change.
Contact: Lanise Johnson, Intake Coordinator
Phone: 804.362.8615
Email: [email protected]
In-Home (IIH) :
Intensive In-Home (IIH) services are intensive therapeutic interventions provided in the individual’s residence for children and adolescents under age 21. These services are designed to improve family functioning and address significant functional impairments in major life activities that have occurred due to the individuals’ mental, behavioral, or emotional illness in order to prevent an out-of-home placement, stabilize the individual, and gradually transition the individual to less restrictive levels of care and support.
Referred children and adolescents are often experiencing emotional and/or behavioral difficulties that cause distress in the home. They display an inability to recognize behaviors that present danger to self and others, or are returning from out-of-home placement.
Contact:
Amy Henderson, Office Manager
or Letty Puccio, Intake Coordinator
Phone: 804.213.0259
Email:
[email protected] or
[email protected]
Mental Health Skill Building
Mental Health Skill Building (MHSB) consists of goal-directed training and other supports. This program is designed to restore individuals to the highest possible level of functioning, and to help them achieve and maintain community stability and independence – all in the most appropriate, least restrictive environment possible.
Functional skills and appropriate behavior related to the individual’s health and safety; instrumental activities of daily living, and use of community resources.
Assistance with understanding compliance to medication management
Monitoring health, nutrition, and physical condition with goals towards self-monitoring and self-regulation of all of these activities.
These services are designed for individuals 18 years of age and older with a history of serious mental illness, previous psychiatric hospitalization, and a prescription for anti-psychotic, mood stabilizing, or antidepressant medication issued within the past twelve (12) months.
Services are provided face-to face for as many as twelve (12) hours per week for an average of six (6) months to a year.
- Functional skills and appropriate behavior related to the individual’s health and safety; instrumental activities of daily living, and use of community resources.
- Assistance with understanding compliance to medication management
- Monitoring health, nutrition, and physical condition with goals towards self-monitoring and self-regulation of all of these activities.
These services are designed for individuals 18 years of age and older with a history of serious mental illness, previous psychiatric hospitalization, and a prescription for anti-psychotic, mood stabilizing, or antidepressant medication issued within the past twelve (12) months.
Services are provided face-to face for as many as twelve (12) hours per week for an average of six (6) months to a year.
Contact:Amy Henderson, Office Manager, or
Letty Puccio, Intake Coordinator
Email: ahenderson@
or lpuccio@
Applied Behavior Analysis Provider (ABA):
Blue Arc is an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) practice providing home, center, and community-based ABA therapy to children and individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Greater Richmond Area. We specialize in treating mild-to-severe problematic behavior by teaching functional communication, tolerance, cooperation, and coping skills using Practical Functional Assessment (PFA) and Skill-Based Treatment (SBT.) This means that we do not need to evoke dangerous behavior to treat it, making for “happy, relaxed, and engaged” learners and family-friendly services!
Contact: Stacey Muscat, Director of ABA Services
Phone: 804.921.7709
Fax: 804.823.2596
Email: [email protected]
Individualized Treatment Plans May Include:
ABA is a data-driven, evidence-based approach, rooted in the science of learning and human behavior. As such, ABA therapy is the gold standard for overcoming many of the challenges faced by individuals with Autism and their families.
ABA can also effectively improve an individual’s learning and foster prosocial behavior.
- Communication Skills
- Social Skills
- Tolerance
- Cooperation
- Coping Skills
- Skills of Independent Daily Living
- Aggression
- Self-Injury
- Elopement
- Property Destruction
- Refusal
- Tantrums
Our team consists of highly skilled and passionate:
- LBAs (Licensed Behavioral Analysts)
- BCBAs (Board Certified Behavioral Analysts)
- RBTs (Registered Behavioral Technicians)
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