To provide mutual support, self-help, advocacy, education, information and referral services for individuals who acknowledge having significant problems in their lives due to mental illness and who are seeking to take  responsibility for their own growth and recovery while supporting each other. We actively advocate for positive change within the traditional mental health system.

Our Mission:

123 4th Street NW, Charlottesville, VA 22903  (434)-979-2440

On Our Own of Charlottesville

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123 4th Street NW

Charlottesville, VA  22903

434-979-2440

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People with mental illness, especially those with limited resources, have traditionally had little choice, few alternatives and limited control of their treatment. Many have not received the kind of support that is most conducive to their recovery.

There are people who want a complement to their traditional mental health treatment. Others are looking for an alternative to the prescribed regimen of traditional mental health services, and too often there are people who simply slip through the cracks.

On Our Own serves Charlottesville-area residents who are mentally ill by providing the complement, the alternative, the net—a choice. We are a unique, local organization run by people with mental health concerns for people with mental health concerns.

By supporting On Our Own you will:

• Empower people with mental illness to be active participants in their treatment and recovery
• Provide a safe and welcoming place where people with mental health concerns can have peer-support meetings and social activities
• Foster a strong and open community of and or people with mental illness
• Help those who have been displaced
• Sponsor a person in his or her growth towards self-sufficiency