service gap

o nationwide mental health provider shortage; overwhelmed & unsupported community pediatricians o minimal and uncoordinated state support for children's mental health care o no local institution providing continuum of care, children leaving region for care, which means less family involvement o all lead to delayed and fractured care, worse outcomes o all market estimates show signs of rapid growth

o located on the Eastern Virginia Medical Center campus in Norfolk o Virginia’s only freestanding children’s hospital o 206-bed teaching hospital o emergency center treats more than 47,000 children each year o comprehensive pediatric services at over 40 statewide locations o home to Eastern Virginia Medical School’s pediatric residency program o 2500 kids treated in ED with mental health conditions each year health  healing  hope for a ll children