Sheppard Pratt will seek approval to restore diminished RTC capacity in Central Maryland
Sheppard Pratt Health System has reached a memorandum of understanding with the Sisters of the Good Shepherd to purchase their 115 adolescent residential treatment center beds. These beds were temporarily delicensed in the spring of 2017 following the closure of Good Shepherd Services in Halethorpe.
Subsequent to a definitive purchase agreement and certificate of need approval process, Sheppard Pratt hopes to reopen a portion of these much-needed beds in a new location in Baltimore County.
“The lack of access to residential treatment services for adolescents requiring such placements has been felt throughout central Maryland and beyond. We believe that the restoration of some of this capacity will help to alleviate protracted stays in Emergency Rooms,” said Dr. Harsh K. Trivedi, president and CEO of Sheppard Pratt Health System. “This expansion of services will enable psychiatric hospitals to return these youth to the community more promptly,” Trivedi continued.
Sheppard Pratt is currently pursuing a suitable location in Baltimore County to relocate the residential treatment center beds. “We are actively looking for a community-based location that will help our youth transition back to less restrictive settings as quickly as possible. It would be beneficial if the location also had adequate acreage so that these adolescents can have safe access to outdoor spaces,” said Bonnie Katz, senior vice president of strategy and business development.
For more information on the project, contact Bonnie Katz at 410-938-3154 or bkatz@sheppardpratt.org.
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Sheppard Pratt is the largest private, nonprofit provider of mental health, substance use, developmental disability, special education, and social services in the country. A nationwide resource, Sheppard Pratt provides services across a comprehensive continuum of care, spanning both hospital- and community-based resources. Since its founding in 1853, Sheppard Pratt has been innovating the field through research, best practice implementation, and a focus on improving the quality of mental health care on a global level. Sheppard Pratt has been consistently recognized as a top national psychiatric hospital by U.S. News & World Report for more than 30 years.