Children, Youth and Family Services

Our Early Childhood Program includes our involvement as a community partner in Vermont's Children's Integrated Services (CIS).

CIS encompasses four components: Maternal Health Nursing and Family Support, Early Child Family Mental Health, Early Intervention and Specialized Child Care Services. Our Early Childhood Program provides the Early Child Family and Mental Health Component and works with partners to provide specialized case management services for children birth to six and their caregivers.

Our Home and Community Support and Stabilization Program provides trauma-informed, strengths-based and consumer-driven care to families and youth ages birth through 21 in the home, community and office settings. These services include individualized and comprehensive assessment and evaluation, intensive case management, community skills, respite, crisis intervention, education, training and consultation.

This program provides trauma-informed case management and counseling services in various school settings. Services address youth's social and emotional needs and work toward building resiliency, strengthening efficacy and building skills for addressing any identified mental health needs.

This program offers services to school-aged youth with emotional/behavioral disorders, developmental trauma, Autism Spectrum disorders, other mental health needs, and developmental or learning disabilities with significant social and behavioral needs. The program works collaboratively with schools, families and communities to provide the best therapeutic support each child needs to be successful. BI staff provide children with strength-based and positive behavioral programming that creates the opportunity for the skill-building required to be self-sufficient and contributing members of their school and general communities.