Support for mobile mental health services

Support for mobile mental health services

Sentara continues to support the CARES (Compassionate Assistance Response) team that launched in May 2025 with Hampton Fire and Rescue and the Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board. The team responds to behavioral and mental health crises in the community,...
Investing in Our Communities

Investing in Our Communities

In 2024, Sentara invested $329 million in the communities we serve including: $174 million in uncompensated care; $19 million in health and prevention programs; $96 million in teaching and training healthcare professionals and $40 million in community giving. We...
Focus on Behavioral Health

Focus on Behavioral Health

Sentara opened the first clinic dedicated to behavioral healthcare on the Virginia Peninsula in Hampton Roads. The clinic provides the region with greater access to healthcare focused on mental health and substance abuse disorders as advocated by Sentara’s physicians...
Addressing Gaps in Sickle Cell Care

Addressing Gaps in Sickle Cell Care

Noticing a lack of local sickle cell care options, Sentara and Old Dominion University opened a clinic in Norfolk for their new Sentara-EVMS Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program. The clinic serves more than 800 local community members who previously had to drive hours...
CHAMPS

CHAMPS

Sentara Obici Hospital becomes one of 101 hospitals (and the first in Virginia and North Carolina) to participate in the federal Communities and Hospitals Advancing Maternity Practices (CHAMPS) program, which aims to improve breastfeeding rates. It offers new mothers...