ABOUT MOUNT ROGERS COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD – CORNERSTONE
The Mount Rogers Community Services Board (CSB) is a state-run agency that provides a range of services for residents of Bland, Smyth, Wythe, Grayson, and Carroll counties, Virginia.
Located in central Marion, Cornerstone is a small, short-term crisis stabilization unit, offering sub-acute care for individuals struggling with a mental health disorder, dual diagnosis, or developmental disability. Clients must enter voluntarily, and the services are not designed for those with a primary diagnosis of substance use disorder.
TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT
The maximum stay is 15 days.
Cornerstone aims to provide “creative, recovery based crisis stabilization services.” In addition, by providing education and instilling self-awareness, hope, and self-determination, the facility works to effect change in its residents’ lives.
Treatment includes individual and group counseling, psychiatric services, medication prescriptions and management, intensive case management, and planning for aftercare. For dually diagnosed clients, the mental health disorder and the substance use disorder are treated in an integrated fashion.
Cornerstone’s services are often used as a transitional step for those leaving hospital treatment; used in this way, the center’s treatment can reduce hospital readmission rates.
STAFF CREDENTIALS
The center is staffed 24/7 by a team that includes nurses and psychiatrists. The single individual polled by Best-rehabs.com to date gave Cornerstone five out of five stars for its staff’s level of training and experience.
ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES
Cornerstone is an intimate facility, offering just six beds, each in a private room. Residents are provided with food and basic hygiene supplies. The single individual polled by Best-rehabs.com to date gave the facility five stars for its cleanliness, accommodations, meals, and exercise and leisure offerings.
WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY
The single loved one polled by Best-rehabs.com to date would strongly recommend treatment at Cornerstone. “The overall experience and treatment were effective,” they wrote anonymously, giving the facility two stars for its holistic offerings and five stars in all 14 of the remaining treatment metrics, including its treatment effectiveness, family participation, counseling options, and ability to treat co-occurring disorders.
Secondary review sites yielded no coverage of Cornerstone at the time of this writing.
FINANCING
The Mount Rogers CSB does not, at present, provide payment details specifically for Cornerstone, however, other services operated by the board accept private insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid, and offer a sliding fee scale depending on household size and income. The single individual polled by Best-rehabs.com to date gave Cornerstone five stars for its affordability.