EMERGENCY SERVICES | NORTHEAST KINGDOM HUMAN SERVICES
181 Crawford Road, Newport, VT 05855
Eligibility
Anyone of any age experiencing a mental health or substance use disorder crisis
Hours
Monday-Friday: 8:30am-5:00pm
24Hours/7Days Emergency Mental Health and Addictions Intervention
8023346744
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Information & Services | Also 24-Hour Emergency Services
8023347455
Fax·
FAX
8006964979
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Toll Free | Regular Business Hours
8006490118
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Information & Services | 24-Hour Emergency Line
Service area
Caledonia county, Vermont
Essex county, Vermont
Orleans county, Vermont
Provides telephone and face-to-face crisis intervention services for individuals whose emotional distress may range in severity from difficulty in coping with daily stress to the crisis of a psychotic episode. Enhanced Mobile Crisis Services provide rapid mobile response for individuals experiencing a mental health or substance use disorder crisis. A trained two-person team can meet the individual at home, workplace, or another community setting, providing support and comfort including safety plans, peer support, care coordination and follow up and, if needed, temporary overnight accommodation. Also provides the Front Porch, which accepts walk-ins for individuals in crisis, based in Newport.
Last Assured
03/28/2025
Providing organization
NORTHEAST KINGDOM HUMAN SERVICES
Northeast Kingdom Human Services (NKHS) is the designated community mental health agency for Caledonia, Essex and Orleans Counties under contract with Vermont Department of Mental to provide acute and long-term behavioral health care services to people with a wide range of emotional, behavioral and other mental health problems, substance abuse and/or developmental challenges. NKHS provides emergency and crisis intervention services for adults, children, adolescents and their families; and substance use treatment services, including the Public Inebriate Program and the IDRP (Impaired Driver Rehabilitation Program).