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- Is your family in a crisis?
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Would your family benefit from intensive, short-term family therapy?
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Is your child at risk for out of home placement?
The Home-Based Crisis Intervention Program (HBCI) is an intensive, short-term family therapy program designed to prevent out of home placement, including psychiatric hospitalization, emergency department visits, or residential placement. Supporting families in crisis, services are held in the home, school, or community multiple times a week. HBCI is staffed with licensed clinicians who support the family in learning and practicing skills and strategies to safely manage emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. Staff are also available to families 24-hours a day, 7 days a week, to provide coaching support when needed.
Services
- Sessions in the home, school, or community
- Family therapy, education, and support
- Individual therapy
- Behavioral health assessment
- Substance use screening and treatment
- Treatment planning
- Linkage and referral to support services
- Discharge planning
- 24 hours/7 days a week coaching and support for a behavioral health crisis
To Participate
- Youth must be at-risk of out of home placement (such as psychiatric hospitalization or emergency room visits) due to one of the following:
- Unable to be safe with self and/or others
- Unable to function in the home, school, or community
- Youth and family want to prevent out of home placement and remain together in the home
- Youth is 5-20 years old
- Youth lives in Dutchess, Ulster, Westchester, Putnam, Columbia and Greene counties
Referrals
Anyone is welcome to make a referral by calling (845) 554-1365 x102 or contacting Astor using the Program Contact link below.
Contact Us
Michael Harris, Director, HBCI Programs
205 South Ave.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Tel: (845) 554-1365
Email: Please use our Program Contact Form »
More Information
Program brochure (PDF file)
Folleto del programa (archivo PDF)
Learn about Astor's other Hudson Valley Community-based programs:
- Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program
An alternative to school, short-term intensive therapy program - Astor Learning Center
Therapeutic school for grades K-8 - Care Management (Health Homes)
Medicaid benefit that refers, organizes, and coordinates provider(s) involvement for families - Counseling Centers
Providing therapy, psychiatric services and case management to children and adolescents and their families - Day Treatment
In partnership with BOCES, a school-based intensive mental health and special education service for grades 2-12
Intensive Day Treatment
Therapeutic Transitions Program - Enhanced Coordinated Children’s Services Initiative
A multi-agency process that seeks to prevent out-of-home placement and coordinate services to meet the family’s complex needs in Dutchess County - Family Therapy and Support Services
Services to youth with behavioral issues, including Juvenile Delinquent (JD) and Persons in Need of Supervision (PINS) in Orange County - Head Start
Federally funded preschool programs. Read more… - High Fidelity Wraparound
Evidence-based care coordination that uses a highly structured, team-based, family-centered approach - Home Based Crisis Intervention (HBCI)
Short-term in home family therapy program for families who live in Dutchess and Ulster Counties - Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
Enhanced Therapeutic Services for ages 6-12 - Prevention / Intensive Home Based Services
In-home program that serves parents with children at risk of foster care placement in Dutchess County - Probation Based Services (J-RISC)
Family therapy program for children involved with Dutchess County’s Department of Community Corrections and Probation. - School-Based Behavioral Health and Training
School-based clinics and other mental health/casework supports embedded in community schools. - Serving Youth iN Their Communities (SYNC)
Home and community based services for children with Medicaid - Therapeutic Foster Boarding Home Program
Enhanced therapeutic foster care program with case management, advocacy, medical services, and 24/7 support