Maine To Implement Network Of Behavioral Health Crisis Receiving Centers

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health, seeks to implement a network of behavioral health crisis receiving centers. To support the effort, the state released a request for proposals (RFP 202501011) on February 20, 2025, seeking a contractor to provide the centers in Penobscot and Androscoggin counties.

Behavioral health crisis receiving centers do not currently operate in the two counties, although the state funds mental health residential crisis services in both counties. As described in the RFP, the behavioral health crisis receiving center programming is designed to provide immediate crisis assessment, stabilization, triage, and, when . . .