Trillium Family Services To Pilot Rural Telehealth Program For Children Discharged From Secure Inpatient Psychiatric Settings

Trillium Family Services in Portland, Oregon is launching a telehealth pilot project to link rural low-income children discharged from secure inpatient psychiatric settings to outpatient psychiatric care. The project will provide psychiatric assessments, follow-up, and medication management. Trillium anticipates serving about 80 children annually, following discharge from Children in Secure Children’s Inpatient (SCIP) and Secure Adolescent Inpatient (SAIP) programs. The telehealth psychiatry services will also be offered to about 300 children in rural school settings. The telehealth services can be delivered in a variety of home- and community-based settings.

Funding for the project’s first year . . .