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CHNK Behavioral Health
About
Established in 1882, Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky (CHNK) is a premier provider of behavioral health and addiction treatment services. Outpatient and residential services are designed specifically for youth who have experienced addiction, mental illness, abuse, neglect, or other serious trauma. Operating out of three convenient locations in Northern Kentucky, our team of 100 healthcare professionals takes a trauma-informed and family-focused approach to treatment, annually impacting over 1,700 youth and family members across the region.
Facility Brochure
View brochureTreatment Services
Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Mental Health Treatment
Accreditation and Licensure
AODE
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BHSO
Information
Accepting Patients
Not Accepting Patients
Treatment Type
- Inpatient
- Residential
- Short Term
- Outpatient
- Intensive Outpatient
- Telehealth
Facility Type
- Non-profit
Treatment Services
- Health Education Services
- Family Therapy
- Case Management
- Anger Management Services
- School-based Therapy
- Individual Therapy
Accepted Forms Of Payment
- Medicaid
- Aetna
- Anthem
- Humana
- Passport
- WellCare
- United Healthcare Community Plan
- Medicare
- Private Insurance
- Self-Pay
- Payment Plan
- Military Insurance / Tri-Care
Additional Services
- Employment Assistance
- Peer Support / Peer Recovery Program
- Life Skills Development
- Domestic Violence Services
Population Served
- Age
- Children (12 and under)
- Teen
- Adult
- Gender
- Female
- Male
- Pregnant / Postpartum
- First Responders
- Veterans/Military
- Health Care Professionals
- Teachers
- Preferred Language
- English
- Current Mental Health Diagnosis
- Current Substance Use
- Currently Receiving Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD)
- Correctional/Legal
Policies
Referral / Admission
- Referral process
- To make a referral to any of CHNK's treatment lines, please visit our website at https://www.chnk.org/get-help/schedule-a-consultation.
- Admission criteria
- Our psychiatric residential treatment program benefits youth diagnosed with one or more complex mental health conditions and who require an intensive, non-hospital clinical setting for treatment. CHNK is the only behavioral health organization in Northern Kentucky licensed to provide these services. CHNK offers a wide continuum of outpatient treatment options for both youth and adults including individual/family therapy, intensive outpatient programming, partial hospitalization programming, psychiatric medication management, targeted case management and peer support.
- Referral required
Tobacco Policy
- Smoking
- Not Allowed
- Dipping
- Not Allowed
- E cigarettes
- Not Allowed
- Smoking cessation products
- Not Allowed
Other Requirements / Policies
- Prescription Medication Policy Details
- 1. Upon admission the the Children's Home of Northern Kentucky (CHNK), a parent/guardian will sign a consent form for the continued use of all current medications. This consent will list the names, dosages and times of administration. 2. This consent will be documented in the resident's file. The person contacted, date of contact, method of contact, and whether approval was obtained or denied will be documented. 3. A follow-up verifying the contact will be sent to the parent/guardian within 24 hours and documented in the medical record. 4. If the guardian or the referring agency worker cannot be contacted within 24 hours of the medication change, and attempts to their supervisors have failed, a letter documenting the needed medication change and request of consent will be sent. The medication change may not occur until consent is received. 5. If the medication change is required due to an emergency or crisis situation, the change will occur and the guardian or referring agency worker shall be notified within 24 hours.
- Outside Prescriptions Allowed