Program Description

  Outpatient Behavioral Health Services - Child

Child and Adolescent Outpatient Behavioral Health Services (CABHS) provides person-centered, family-focused outpatient behavioral health services to children, adolescents, and their families. CABHS offers comprehensive substance use prevention, substance use and mental health screenings, mental health treatment, and care coordination services for Montgomery County youth and their families, particularly for the most vulnerable. Services are individualized, child-focused, and family-driven; culturally and linguistically appropriate; and accessible via office, school, and community-based settings. This includes diagnostic evaluation; individual, group, and family therapy; clinical case management; medication management; and addiction assessment and treatment. The program, located in Rockville and Silver Spring, strives to serve the behavioral health needs of youth and families along a continuum of care from prevention to treatment as part of the Montgomery County System of Care. This program includes two specialty services: the Home-Based Team (HBT) and the Family Intervention Service (FIS). The HBT collaborates closely with Child Welfare Services to provide intensive, in-home therapeutic services to children and their support systems, including birth families and foster families. The goal of HBT is to strengthen family functioning, promote stability, and support positive outcomes within the home environment. The FIS partners with the Department of Juvenile Services (DJS) to serve youth involved in the justice system who require a high level of in-home intervention. FIS is designed to reduce the risk of out-of-home placements by delivering structured, family-centered services that address behavioral, emotional, and systemic needs.