Children's Behavioral Health

Children’s Behavioral Health (CBH) is the authority in Maine regarding behavioral health treatment and services for children from birth up to their 21st birthday. CBH provides leadership in the development and oversight of the system of care of these services, ensuring contractual compliance and quality improvement. CBH provides information and assistance with referrals for children and youth with developmental disabilities/delays, intellectual disability (mental retardation), Autism Spectrum Disorders, and mental health disorders.

 

Notice to OCFS contracted providers:

Please continue to check your agency information on the service provider list page. If any changes please submit CBS Provider Website Update Form.

Information on How to Become a Contracted Provider.

 

 

Hot Topics

  • Hotlines/Crisis Numbers

  • Providers Upgrade Transaction and Coding Standards 5010/NCPDP/ICD-10 here by 10/01/2014! MaineCare ICD-10 webpage.

  • A new report has been created to inform residential treatment providers about the ITRT approved and waiting list (word*) for residential placement. This report will be updated weekly.

  • Effective March 26, 2013, the Office of Child and Family Services will no longer be approving any requests from Individual Planning Funds (IPF) through Children's Behavioral Health, as funding is no longer available.
    We will honor any requests previously approved. In the Governor's proposed fiscal year 2014-2015 budget, these funds are scheduled to be available.

  • Contracted Provider Critical Incident Reporting Form word* | pdf*


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