Deschutes County outlines plan for 15‑bed child psychiatric residential treatment facility in Redmond

Holly Harris, Deschutes County health services director, updated the Board of Commissioners on a planned 15‑bed child psychiatric residential treatment services (PRTS) facility in Redmond, saying the county has identified land, a provider and a funding package and is moving the project through contract and reporting requirements.

“We have a provider and we have land, and so we can really give a robust update on kind of, where we are in the process,” Harris said, noting she has worked on the project for more than a decade.

Harris described the model as short‑term, secure, on‑site psychiatric care for youth (roughly ages 12–17) with 24‑hour support, medication management, group and individual therapy, family therapy and an aim to reintegrate youth into outpatient community care. She said the child facility will sit behind an adult secure residential treatment facility on the same property near…