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It’s getting harder to find long-term residential behavioral health treatment for kids

Intermountain Residential in Helena, Montana, is one of the few programs in the U.S. providing long-term behavioral health treatment for kids under 10. It cited staffing shortages in downsizing from 32 beds to eight, with no guarantee it can stay open long term. (Shaylee Ragar/MTPR/TNS)
Intermountain Residential in Helena, Montana, is one of the few programs in the U.S. providing long-term behavioral health treatment for kids under 10. It cited staffing shortages in downsizing from 32 beds to eight, with no guarantee it can stay open long term. (Shaylee Ragar/MTPR/TNS)
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Only about a dozen programs in the nation provide long-term behavioral health treatment for kids under 10, according to the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs.

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