The Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services (RRCS) in Culpeper County will receive $1 million from a recently approved federal spending bill to update their facilities and equipment.
Leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate and President Joe Biden passed a $1.7 trillion fiscal year 2023 omnibus spending bill in December, a $2 million increase from last year. Assistant County Administrator Bonnie Jewell said Rappahannock County did not directly request federal funding, and the funding allocation to RRCS will not directly impact the county’s finances.
The $1 million will go to renovation of a mental health clinic on the grounds of Culpeper Hospital, according to RRCS Chair Eve Brooks.
“Given that the RRCS provides services to our community, our residents will have access to the expanded facility in the future should they be in need of such care,” Jewell wrote.
RRCS provides services to residents in Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange and Rappahannock counties. The facility provides comprehensive behavioral health, developmental disability, substance use disorder, and aging services.
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