"It's like six months, so get in, hopefully do a lot of good work, and hopefully transition them to a lower level of care."
So says Megan Rinehart, a director at Ohio's Unison Children's Hospital, which is offering a new in-home program for kids with serious emotional and mental health issues who are at risk of being put in a residential treatment facility or group home, 13abc reports.
The in-home program, called OhioRISE, is designed to bridge the gap between in-office therapy and in-patient treatment, says Rinehart.
"This is a way to keep families together and keep youth in the home," she says.
"We would do an assessment, ensure there is a qualifying mental health diagnosis, and then talk with the family because it is an intensive program," she adds.
"It is an intensive program so we're going to be in the home multiple times a week," says Rinehart, who says the goal is to provide a more intense level of care than office-based therapy with the hope of avoiding in-patient treatment.
OhioRISE will be available in Lucas, Defiance, Williams, Henry, and Fulton counties starting July 1.
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