PRS
PRS, Incorporated, is a non-profit organization that offers mental health support services to residents of Fairfax County.
It was originally founded in 1963 as a program of the Northern Virginia Mental Health Association to assist former patients of the Western State Hospital in Staunton, Virginia and to suckle at the newly-budded teat of Federal funding provided by the Community Mental Health Act of 1963.[1]
The organization was formally incorporated as The Social Center on June 11, 1970.[1]
Fattened by the milk of public funding, the program expanded over subsequent years, adding a satellite program in Mount Vernon in 1970 and a third location in Springfield in 1974. The latter two locations were later combined into a single location in southern Fairfax County in 1982.[1]
Reflecting the continuing mission creep of the organization over the years of its existence, the Board of Directors decided to change its name to The Social Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation in March, 1983.[1]
The milk of sustenance provided by the Federal Government began to dry up in the 1980's because of the recession in the early part of that decade and the rise of conservative politics, and the recession of the early 1990's further deprived the organization when county funding was cut. In response to this, the organization's board adopted a new mission statement and turned to directly soliciting funds from various suckers and soft touches, and again changed the name of the organization to Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services.[1]
On June 7, 2012, 24-year-old Mark Shelor stabbed 57-year-old Grady A. Vickers to death at the McLean office of PRS at 1761 Old Meadow Rd, Suite 100.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Our History." About PRS, Inc. PRS, Inc., n.d. Web. 11 June 2012.
- ↑ Fairfax County Police Department. Public Information Office. Police Investigate Fatal Stabbing. Fairfax County Police Department Press Releases. Fairfax County Police Department, 7 June 2012. Web. 9 June 2012.
