Helping adolescents heal, grow, and learn in a safe and supportive environment

At Briscoeway LLC, we understand that sometimes weekly therapy isn't enough, but a hospital setting is too much. Our Level 2.5 Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) provides a highly structured clinical environment for adolescents who require intensive support for co-occurring mental health or substance use challenges, while still allowing them to live at home.

💚 Our Mission

The mission of Briscoeway LLC Adolescent Level 2.5 Program is to provide a structured clinical sanctuary for adolescents in crisis, utilizing trauma-informed interventions and peer-led values to stabilize behavioral health challenges while preserving the family unit and community connection.

Our approach combines high-level clinical oversight with the wisdom of long-term recovery. This reduces the "power dynamic" between the clinician and the adolescent, fostering a sense of safety and mutual respect that is essential for breakthrough.

What Makes Us Different

1. Lived-Experience Leadership

Most programs are designed by academics; Briscoeway is designed by those who have survived and thrived.

  • The Difference: Our leadership and many of our peer staff have walked the path of recovery and overcome systemic barriers. This creates a "culture of possibility" that adolescents and families can sense the moment they walk in. It breaks down the "us vs. them" barrier often found in traditional clinical settings.

2. The "Prevention-to-Intensive" Continuum

Typically, an organization is either a community center (prevention) or a clinic (treatment). Briscoeway is both.

  • The Difference: Having the Adolescent Clubhouse and ASAM 2.5 under one roof means we can catch youth before they spiral into a crisis, and we can support them long after their clinical treatment ends. We offer a "warm hand-off" within our own walls, ensuring no one falls through the cracks.

3. Place-Based, Trauma-Informed Care

We are not an "out-of-town" facility. We are in Petersburg, for Petersburg.

  • The Difference: We understand the specific stressors—economic, social, and environmental—that our residents face because we are part of the same community. Our approach is "trauma-informed" not just by textbook definition, but by local context. We address the trauma of poverty and housing instability alongside behavioral health.

4. Radical Accessibility

We prioritize the "hardest to reach" populations—those who are often dismissed by larger systems.

  • The Difference: By integrating harm reduction (Narcan kits) and basic needs (hot meals) into our outreach, we build trust with families that are typically "service-resistant." We don't wait for clients to come to us; we meet them at the resource events, on the street, and in their neighborhoods.