Panitch, Deborah H PHD

Building a stronger community by empowering individuals and families to live healthy and meaningful lives. UCS is here for you 24/7/365 at 802-442-5491. UCS Northshire: 5312 Main Street, Manchester, VT Estelle Bennett Atwood Center: 335 Dewey Street, Bennington, VT Head Start/Early Head Start: Spring Center: 655 Gage Street, Bennington, VT; School House Road, Pownal, VT; Park & West Street, North Bennington, VT Community, Rehabilitation and Treatment: 316 Dewey Street, Bennington, VT Children, Youth and Family Services: 21 Burgess Road, Bennington, VT For more location information, visit ucsvt.org.

The Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is a multi-faceted, well-connected, well-integrated and community-based agency that has a long history of providing emergency services and in addition, comprehensive, recovery-based, culturally competent, community-based services for children, adolescents, adults and families who suffer from serious and persistent mental health, substance use and co-occurring disorders. Ours services are responsive to preferences and needs and focus on rehabilitation, resiliency and recovery. Since 1920, Berkshire County residents have turned to the Brien Center as the primary provider of assistance for the mental health and substance abuse issues that they or their families may be enduring. Here they have found high quality care and have been treated with dignity and respect. The Brien Center is the sole provider for the uninsured and under insured, offering a sliding fee scale to accommodate the neediest, both in terms of their mental health and financial capacity. The Brien Center services are open to all segments of the Berkshire County population, serving more than 10,000 clients annually at the Brien's North, Central and South County locations. Three thousand of our clients are children. We currently provide Berkshire County-wide services that include the following: residential, rehabilitation, educational, employment, outreach, housing support, nursing, wellness support, psychiatric services, medication management, and medical and social day support for elderly and younger disabled adults. The Brien Center provides community based mobile crisis intervention services and treatment to adults and youth in Berkshire County 365/24/7. Community Services Division focuses on the power of the larger community to positively impact individual growth, care and recovery. How to contact us: Administrative offices are open 8am to 4pm, Monday-Friday. Calls are answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For 24 Hour Emergency Serv...