For more than five decades, Bacon Street Youth and Family Services has been dedicated to creating healthier families and more resilient youth in the Greater Williamsburg community through compassionate, judgement-free mental health and substance use services. It is with deep Read More …
Updated in March 2025 The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) offers a multitude of free mental health resources for all state residents on its website. Among these resources are several local crisis and warmlines. These include: The National Alliance on Mental Read More …
By Senior Clinician, Ashinna Cole, LPC I once heard a young woman share during a session that her mother was her very first bully. First person to challenge her sense of self worth and diminish her self esteem fully. These unsung narratives Read More …
The Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth has awarded a three-year $150,000 grant to Bacon Street Youth and Family Services (commonly referred to as Bacon Street) to deliver “Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14” (SFP 10-14) to communities on Read More …
Two popular community events—the Kiwanis Shrimp Feast in Williamsburg and Priority Automotive Charities, which hosts the the Priority Toyota Charity Bowl in Norfolk—have chosen Bacon Street Youth and Family Services as a beneficiary of the events’ proceeds. The Kiwanis Club Read More …
Most of us are all too familiar with the extended bouts of isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our kids are feeling it, too. They’re separated from their peers in online school. Sports and extracurriculars have been cancelled. Parents have Read More …