Vermont Center for Children, Youth and Families

Community Resources Guide 2020

FIRST CALL (24 hr. crisis response in Chittenden County) - (802) 488-7777

• Phone support and assessment
• In home/school assessments
• Screening for emergency bed/hospitalization placement
• Resource and referral info

Department of Children and Families Abuse hotline, Chittenden County Offices - (800) 649-5285 or (802) 863-7370

Children & Family Mental Health Treatment Programs

Howard Center, Child, Youth and Family Services - (802) 488-6600

• First Call
• Outpatient therapy
• Case Management
• IFBS (Intensive Family Based Services)
• Early Childhood Program
• School Services (social workers placed in schools)
• Baird School
• Emergency/assessment beds (6-14 y/o)

NFI (Northeastern Family Institute) - (802) 658-0040

• Crisis beds/assessment beds
• Home-based Wraparound services
• Case management
• Outpatient counseling

Centerpoint Adolescent Treatment Services - (802) 488-7711

• Mental health counseling for teens
• Coping skills groups for teens
• Substance abuse treatment
• Parenting skills group

Spectrum Youth and Family Services - (802) 864-7423

• Health services for teens
• Mental health services for teens and parents
• Case management for transition age youth
• GED and JOBS programs
• Substance abuse treatment

Advocacy & Support Programs

Vermont Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health - (800) 639-6071

• Referral information
• Parent support/advocacy

Vermont Family Network - (800) 800-4005

• Referral information
• Parent support/advocacy

Vermont Kin as Parents - (802) 871-5104 or www.vermontkinasparents.org

Childcare Resource and Referral Service - (802) 863-3367

Children's Integrated Services (CIS) - #211

• CIS is the new name for child development and family support services formerly provided by three programs: Healthy Babies Kids & Families, Children's Upstream Services, and Family Infant Toddler. Prenatal-6yrs.

Prevent Child Abuse Vermont - (800) 229-5724

• Parent stress line

Steps to End Domestic Violence (formerly Women Helping Battered Women) - (802) 658-3131

Drug & Alcohol Treatment

Spectrum Youth and Family Services - (802) 864-7423

• Comprehensive health and mental health services for transition age youth, homeless youth and runaways

Centerpoint Adolescent Treatment Center - (802) 488-7711

• Substance use assessment and treatment

Inpatient Mental Health Treatment

Brattleboro Retreat (5-18 yr.), Brattleboro, VT - (800) 738-7328

CVPH (Champlain Valley Physician's Hospital), Plattsburgh, NY - (518) 562-7458

NFI (North Eastern Family Institute) - (802) 655-8833

• Hospital Diversion (14-18 yr.)

Howard Center, Child, Youth and Family Services - (802) 488-6600

• Emergency beds "Jarett House" (4-13 yr.)

Outpatient Therapeutic Groups

These are constantly changing, some of the topics covered are "girls' self-esteem" "art therapy" "parenting" "relationships" "fatherhood" "sexual acting out" "fire starting" etc. Agencies that frequently offer these groups include: Howard Center, Centerpoint, VNA, Prevent Child Abuse Vermont, Vermont Counseling and Trauma Center.

211 Vermont (human resource help line and website) - phone #211 or www.vermont211.org

Department of Mental Health, Agency of Human Services, Vermont -https://mentalhealth.vermont.gov/
 

Psychological Evaluations (insurance does not cover)

Jim Tallmadge, PhD - 658-6321
John Donnelly, PhD - 879-5333 x7
Stern Center - 878-2332

Educational Consultants (for families with financial resources)

Ben Mason - 425-7600
Kristine Karge, LICSW - 863-2495

Outpatient Counselors

www.psychologytoday.com - National website with therapist listings, descriptions and photos

There are many independent therapists in Vermont.  These are some of the larger practices in the Burlington area:

Vermont Center for Children, Youth and Families - 847-2224

Behavior Therapy Center (UVM) - (802) 656-2661

• CBT foucs/individual therapy and parenting training

UVM Medical Center Psychological Services - (802) 847-3634

• CBT informed therapy

Howard Center, Child, Youth and Family Services - (802) 488-6600

• Children and Families

Networks - (802) 863-2495

• Individual and Family Therapy

NFI "Family Center" - (802) 658-0040

• Adolescents and families (attachment/trauma focus)

Otter Creek Associates - (802) 865-3450

• Center for Anxiety Disorders
• Children and Families

Spectrum Youth and Family Services - (802) 862-5396 x310

• Parent work around youth with substance abuse issues

Cedar Brook Associates, Williston - (802) 879-5333

Stone House Associates - 654-7607

Meridian DBT - 489-7235