Mental Health Services
Emergency Diversion Beds, Intensive Residential Services
- Child, Adolescent & Family Mental Health
Emergency/Hospital Diversion Beds
Emergency or hospital diversion beds are community-based programs that provide a very high level of care and have the ability to divert youth from in-patient hospitalization. Typically, youth who do not require around-the-clock medical monitoring can be stabilized in a smaller treatment setting.
Like the intensive residential services, emergency bed programs have 24-hour awake night staff, 24-hour psychiatric and in-house crisis back-up, and have the ability to conduct psychological, neurological, and other specialized testing as needed. The typical length of stay in these services is one to ten days.
How to Apply for Services
Intensive Residential Services
Mental Health Services contracts with five residential treatment programs for youth in Vermont. Residential placement options include:
- The Baird Center for Children and Families
- Brookhaven
- Community House
- Northeastern Family Institute
- Retreat Healthcare
All of these services are characterized by 24-hour awake night staffing, 24-hour medical and psychiatric back-up, 24-hour in-house crisis back-up, and an in-house array of psychological assessment and treatment services. Residential services include:
- Short-term residential placement (30 - 60 days) for assessment and stabilization
- Long-term residential placement (6 - 18 months) to address psychiatric or multiple mental health needs when other less intensive services have failed or when the type and intensity of out-patient care is not available in the child's own community.
For long-term success, families must be actively included in the treatment process. Family treatment is an integral component of these residential settings.
| Service | Provider | Ages | Beds Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short-term assessment and stabilization (30 to 60 days) | The Baird Center | 6-13 | 4 |
| Community House | 6-13 | 7 |
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| Long-term Residential (6 to 18 months) | The Baird Center | 6-13 | 12 |
| Northeastern Family Institute | 13-18 | 6 |
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| Retreat Healthcare | 6-13 | 10 |
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| Retreat Healthcare | 13-18 | 12 |
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| Brookhaven | 6-13 | 10 |