Courtland Rehabilitation and Living Center (667-9036) 38 Court Street
An 80 bed facility that is dual certified. It provides skilled rehabilitation services, physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy. They specialize in many illnesses including care for patients with Alzhemiers and dementia. It provides long term care as well as a skilled unit for rehabilitation services.

Colliers Rehab and Nursing Center (667-9336) 33 Birch Avenue
This is a 40 bed facility which splits the beds up into long term and dual certification beds (long term or skilled nursing). There are Occupational therapy services available as well as physical and speech therapies. There is no I.V. therapy available at this facility. Medicaid and Medicare is accepted.

Acadia Hospital (973-6100) 268 Stillwater Ave. Bangor
Acadia hospital offers a variety of services to a variety of ages. It has a large facility that is divided up by age. It is a coed facility and provides staff for supervision at all times. It offers inpatient services as well as outpatient services. Therapeutic interventions are conducted throughout a patients’ stay with follow up treatment available on an outpatient basis. A treatment team is set up to offer the most valuable treatment plan available to patients.

Bangor Mental Health Institute
BMHI is a 121 bed acute and chronic care facility consisting of 5 units. DU consists of acute axis I patients, D1 consists of acute Axis II Patients. C2 is an all male behavioral stabilization unit. K3 is long term treatment and K1 is a long term elderly treatment with six acute beds. There are also two day hospitals with hours 8-4.

Clasp: Clasp is an adult day care facility which offers structure and respite for those clients returning to the community. POA Day Hospital: Offers respite care for the families of elderly clients with Alzheimers or dementia. (Both of these services are part of BMHI and are located within the same facility.)

Kidspeace (667-0909) Rt. 180
This facility is for children with severe emotional or behavioral problems. It offers a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary diagnostic program. Children are referred and those who are brought in are admitted for a 45 day individual diagnostic process. Eleven children at a time may attend school in the programs classroom and receive short term counseling and therapy while having contact with their families.

The diagnostic acute care program deals with children 8-18 who have social and emotional issues or are developmentally delayed including those with dysfunctional behavior patterns or mild neurological impairment or needing 24 hour supervision. The 45 bed center offers residential treatment for children 8-18.

Innervisions (664-0506) 104 Main Street
Provides counseling and educational services in life skills programs. Promotes a positive mental attitude. Provides behavioral counseling for kids and does a radio show at 10:30 a.m. every third Friday on WERU called Introspections.

Downeast Horizons (667-2400) 34 E Maple St.
This is an umbrella corporation which serves the adult population, providing skill development and counseling for individuals who are mentally retarded or developmentally disabled. They also provide respite services for families and caretakers of adults who are MR or DD. They are open 9-5 five days a week.

Community Support Services (288-3394) Rt. 3 Bar Harbor
Ellsworth Developmental Center (667-7464) 77 Union
MDI Workshop (288-5252) Rt. 3 Bar Harbor
East Maple Street Home (667-2444) 34 E. Maple
Forest Avenue Home (667-6065) 1 Forest Ave
Maddocks Avenue Home (667-0553) 20 Maddocks Ave

Hancock County Coop( 667-5388)
The specialized education in the Ellsworth school system is overseen by Tug White, Director of special services at the Hancock County Coop. He was a key informant describing how the system covers any child in need ranging from the slightest speech disorder to the extremely medically fragile. As each child turns age 5, they have the right to Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment possible. The least restrictive environment would be in the classroom, and most restrictive would be home or hospital bound. The school works with contracted agencies when needed due to many different circumstances. Each child goes through an evaluation process where a team defines the support appropriate to the child. There is a wide range of kids, and the programs offered are as varied as the disability. Approximately 90-95% of children are able to be in a classroom with support, or in a special education resource room, determined by the severity of needs.