Community Resources Information
First Call
Chittenden County 24/7 Crisis Support: (802) 488-7777
Includes phone support, in-home/school assessments, emergency bed/hospital referrals, and resource info.
Department of Children and Families
Department of Children and Families Abuse hotline, Chittenden County Offices: (800) 649-5285 or (802) 863-7370
Children and Family Mental Health Treatment Programs
Northeastern Family Institute (NFI)
(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
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)
Advocacy and Support Programs
Vermont Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
(800) 639-6071
Referral information
Parent support/advocacy
Vermont Family Network
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.
Vermont Kin as Parents
(802) 871-5104
Children's Resource and Referral Service
(802) 863-3367
Prevent Child Abuse Vermont
Steps to End Domestic Violence
(formerly Women Helping Battered Women): (802) 658-3131
Drug and 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
Outpatient Therapeutic Groups
Topics include girls' self-esteem, art therapy, parenting, relationships, fatherhood, sexual acting out, and fire-starting. Frequent providers are Howard Center, Centerpoint, VNA, Prevent Child Abuse Vermont, and Vermont Counseling and Trauma Center.
211 Vermont (Human Resource Help Line and Website) Department of Mental Health, Agency of Human Services, VermontInpatient Mental Health Treatment
Brattleboro Retreat (5-18 years)
Brattleboro, VT - (800) 738-7328
Champlain Valley Physician's Hospital
Plattsburgh, NY - (518) 562-7458
North Eastern Family Institute (NFI)
Howard Center, Child, Youth and Family Services
(802) 488-6600
Emergency beds "Jarett House" (4-13 yr.)
Outpatient Counselors
National Website with Therapist Listings
Independent Therapists in Vermont
These are some of the larger practices in the Burlington area:
- Vermont Center for Children, Youth and Families: (802) 847-2224
- Behavior Therapy Center (UVM): (802) 656-2661
- UVM Medical Center Psychological Services: (802) 847-3634 (CBT focused/individual therapy and parenting training)
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: (802) 654-7607
- Meridian DBT: (802) 489-7235