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Planned and Crisis Respite Care

Planned and Crisis Respite services provide a safe and supportive home for youth coping with a significant mental health disorder. The program serves youth between ages two and 17 who have an Oregon Health Plan (OHP)-covered DSM Axis I diagnosis. They risk out-of-home placement due to the emotional distress of their family while dealing with the mental health disorder and associated behaviors.

Eligibility
Referrals
Language Capability
Service Locations

Eligibility
Youth in Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington County who meet all of the following criteria are eligible for Planned and Crisis Respite:

An OHP-covered DSM Axis I diagnosis is the primary cause of the signs and symptoms that necessitate the service and respite is a service modality listed on the youth’s treatment plan.
The youth is at risk of out-of-home placement due to the child’s mental health diagnosis or the respite will stabilize the child’s behaviors or decrease the emotional distress of the family caused by the child’s mental health disorder.
The youth can be safe in the respite setting; in other words, is not actively suicidal, homicidal or aggressive, and does not require restraints or seclusion.
Youth is actively involved with a mental health provider who will provide after hours crisis intervention during the respite period.
Youth has OHP coverage or who is eligible for other subsidized mental health services.
A placement either in foster care or their family home is available at the end of the respite stay.

Referrals
Shelby Gatewood, Respite Case Manager - Intake
(503) 736-6540
shelby.gatewood@morrisonkids.org

Language Capability
Bilingual (English and Spanish) respite home available. Respite coordinators speaks English only.

Service Locations
Program and foster parent support groups are based out of Hand in Hand
at Morrison's Knott Campus. Respite services are delivered in the foster
home and in other settings familiar to the client, such as their school, community partners, etc.