Horizon Group Home, Amherst

Horizon Behavioral Health offers nine group homes, including three intermediate care facilities, and one home for adults with mental health issues who need a 24 hour supervised living environment, with support and training in areas of daily living and self-help skills.



Group homes are congregated residential support services consisting of training, habilitation, and support to enable an individual with an intellectual disability or mental health disorder to acquire, improve, or maintain the health status and functional skills necessary to live in a community setting. These services provide primary support to individuals who are living in a Horizon Behavioral Health operated group home facility. Services are provided by paid staff providing continuous oversight and on-call availability 24 hours per day. Group homes are located in Altavista, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, and Lynchburg.