Behavioral Health Partial Hospitalization

Our Partial Hospitalization Program is an innovative program designed for children and teens facing emotional, mental health and substance use challenges. Serving up to 40 patients, it bridges the gap between inpatient and outpatient care by offering structured therapeutic support during the day, allowing patients to return home each evening. Patients participate in comprehensive daily treatment that includes psychiatric care, individual therapy, group and family therapy, skills-based interventions, emotional regulation support and substance-use treatment, while returning home each evening to remain connected to family, school, and community. Our therapeutic spaces include group therapy rooms, outdoor courtyards, comfort rooms for emotional regulation and open areas for skills practice and peer connection. This safe, supportive environment fosters trust, belonging and hope—helping young people recover, rebuild confidence and rediscover their potential.

Children’s Nebraska’s Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) provides intensive day treatment for children and adolescents who are experiencing moderate to significant emotional, behavioral or substance-related concerns that are impacting their ability to function at home, in school or in the community.

Our program is designed to support youth who need more structure and therapeutic intensity than traditional outpatient care, but who do not require 24-hour inpatient hospitalization. PHP offers a safe, supportive bridge that helps stabilize symptoms, strengthen coping skills and support a successful return to daily life.

Based on your child to teens needs, their personalized care plan may include an array of treatments.

• Therapeutic, supportive spaces feature group therapy rooms, quiet areas for emotional regulation and open areas for skills practice and peer connection,

• The layout fosters safety, trust and belonging, helping young people recover, rebuild confidence and rediscover hope.