The State Employees Credit Union (SECU) Youth Crisis Center, a Monarch program in Mecklenburg County, is the first step in life-changing treatment for young people between the ages of 6-17 who are in a mental health or substance use crisis. All children and their families should have access to timely, age-appropriate mental health care both during a crisis and beyond. We offer short-term stabilization for an acute psychiatric episode in a secure setting that provides a safe and healthy environment where healing can begin. Children and adolescents receive age-appropriate treatment in individual and group settings, medication as needed, and access to a variety of individual and family services that will help manage their illness and help them better navigate their world. Under the direction of a psychiatrist and other licensed medical and professional staff, this program provides short-term therapeutic interventions designed to prevent hospitalization by reducing and stabilizing a child’s crisis and linking a child to needed care.
