Circuit 12
Children's Behavioral Health Resources
Desoto, Manatee and Sarasota Counties

Understanding Where to Start

Respite and Treatment Options

Understanding Out of Home Options

Medicaid Expanded Benefits

Desoto County
Behavioral Resource Quick Guide

Manatee County
Behavioral Resource Quick Guide

Sarasota County
Behavioral Resource Quick Guide

Medicaid Plans

Medicaid Plan Contacts

Medicaid Plan Snapshot

Agency for Persons with Disabilities Application (English)
https://apd.myflorida.com/customers/application/

Agency for Persons with Disabilities Application (Spanish)

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) resources

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) New Patient Information Form
https://www.thefloridacenter.org/what-we-do/fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorders-clinic/

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Release of Information
https://www.thefloridacenter.org/what-we-do/fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorders-clinic/

Children's Community Action Treatment (CAT) Referral Form
Specifically, the Children’s Community Action Treatment (CAT) Team serves families with children 11-18, with expanded services to age 21. Youth served may have emotional and/or challenges with alcohol and drugs. The Centerstone CAT Team provides families with support for youth with multiple needs. By utilizing a holistic approach, the CAT Team arranges or provides all services needed such as counseling, medication therapy, psychological testing and respite services. Individual and family therapy meets each family’s concerns. The CAT Team is available on-call to families 24/7 and 365 days a year. Office hours are 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM. Evening appointments are available and weekend appointments are scheduled on an as-needed basis.
Lightshare Behavioral Wellness & Recovery's (aka First Step of Sarasota) Mobile Response Team is a 24/7/365 Immediate Crisis Intervention Unit for youths, adults and families who are experiencing a mental health or substance-use crisis. It works through our Access Center to dispatch help to home, healthcare facilities, doctors offices, schools or anywhere else in the community where the individual is in immediate need of behavioral health support. Mobile response is available to all residents of Sarasota County. Clinicians will respond via telehealth or in person to do assessments and will provide a 72-hour follow up. The goal is to divert people in crisis away from emergency departments, to lessen trauma and to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations.
Sarasota County
(941) 364-9355
https://www.fsos.org/crisis-center/
When a face-to-face interaction is warranted, Centerstone offers help to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis through our Mobile Crisis Response service. Our staff works with the individual to successfully resolve the crisis in a safe and comfortable manner
Manatee & Desoto Counties
(941) 782-4617
https://centerstone.org/service/mobile-crisis-response/