Admission Criteria

Virginia Support Group, LLC admits only those individuals whose service needs are consistent with the service description, for whom services are available, and for which staffing levels and types meet the needs of the individuals served.       

To be eligible for services, an individual must:

• Be 18 years or older
• Be eligible for Medicaid, meet the Level of Functioning Survey criteria, have a diagnosis of Intellectual Disability/Mental Retardation (ID/MR), and an ID/MR waiver.
• Meet program description requirements.
• Have no significant medical conditions that require invasive procedures.
• Fit into the program's staff ratio structure.

Admission Procedure

Individuals are referred by Medicaid Waiver Support Coordinator.

For more information, please contact Sherry Ferebee at 757-962-9786 or via email at sherryf@virginiasupportgroup.org.

Once a completed application packet is received, an intake assessment will be conducted with the individual, support coordinator, and authorized representative (if applicable).

Applicants will be approved if space is available and they meet eligibility requirement.

Initial Referral Application



Day Support Admission Packet

Discharge Criteria

An individual will be discharged from Day Support Services when they have improved their skills and no longer need the services, when they behave in a manner that is not conducive to learning, when their behavior disrupts the ability of other's to learn and when their behavior puts them and/or others at risk for their safety.

Each individual served in the program must agree to abide by the Rules of Conduct. This program is not designed to meet the needs of individuals who require a high degree of one-on-one supervision to control behaviors or to meet the individual's medical needs. Virginia Support Group, LLC reserves the right to terminate services giving at least thirty (30) days notice if it is determined that the individual's needs cannot be met either behaviorally or medically. Immediate, emergency termination of day support services may result when the Director determines that the individual's medical needs are too great, behaviors are out of control, a threat to other's safety and/or unmanageable for staff to individual ratio.

It is understood that the individual, authorized representative or legal guardian may terminate services giving at least thirty (30) days notice if it is felt that the program is not meeting the individuals' need.