EMERGENCY SERVICES | NORTHEAST KINGDOM HUMAN SERVICES
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.
Categories
Last Assured
10/03/2024
Physical Address
2225 Portland Street, Saint Johnsbury, VT 05819
Hours
24Hours/365Days
Fax
(802) 748-0704
Application process
By Telephone
Eligibility
Anyone of any age experiencing a mental health or substance use disorder crisis
Service area
Caledonia County, Vermont Orleans County, Vermont Essex County, Vermont
Agency info
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).