Community-Based Care



CBH is a partner with the YMCA and local agencies in the Safe Children Coalition, a community collaboration that offers care for children in the dependency system. CBH assists DeSoto County’s abused and neglected children and their families in reaching permanency in a safe and stable environment. Services include individual, family and group counseling, case management services, and psychiatric services.

Family support services are also provided for families at risk for child abuse and neglect who are expecting or raising an infant. Services are conveniently provided in the home environment.

When children have been removed from their home and placed in community-based care due to abuse or neglect, supervised visitation is offered to teach positive parenting behavior. This program introduces structured education, training, and coping skills with frequent visitation intended to reunite families.
The Independent Living Specialist at Coastal Behavioral Healthcare assist youth in the dependency system who are reaching age 18 in the transition from foster care to independence.

Coastal Behavioral Healthcare also assists the child welfare system through its Diversion Program, designed to prevent further abuse and/or neglect of children and divert families from the child welfare system by delivering comprehensive intervention services. This program is available in Sarasota and

20 East Oak Street
Arcadia, FL 33821
(863) 494-5082