Baltimore Child and Adolescent Response Systems (B-CARS)

The B-CAR System provides brief and intensive community-based services for children in psychiatric crisis to divert or shorten in-patient hospitalization and to link clients to community providers that will serve them for ongoing care.

Services

Mobile Crisis Services

24 Hours a day, 7 days a week
New Intakes:
10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Mon thru Friday

Intensive In-home Intervention

24 Hours a day, 7 days a week
Enhanced Client Support
24 Hours a day, 7 days a week
Residential Crisis Beds

Therapeutic Behavioral Services

24 Hours a day, 7 days a week

Residential Crisis Beds

Eligibility: Baltimore City resident and be under the age of 18. Youth are eligible for admission to B-CARS if they are experiencing a psychiatric crisis that could result in a referral to an emergency room. Such a crisis might include serious threats of harm to self or others.

Contact: Nellie Power 410-727-4800 x102
To access service: 410-752-2272