Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation recently received a $1 million grant from the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation. The grant will support inpatient and outpatient programs at Sarasota Memorial Hospital's new state-of-the-art Cornell Family Behavioral Pavilion, including a new intensive outpatient program for youth ages 13-17.

The new, 95,000-square-foot pavilion will provide expanded and centralized care for people of all ages, including an intensive outpatient program (IOP) for adolescents.  Last year, there were close to 1,000 adolescent admissions at SMH’s existing facility, representing nearly half of all admissions there.

The new IOP will serve teens ages 13-17 in need of a higher level of care to help manage their condition—sometimes as a transition from a psychiatric hospitalization or as a step up from more standard outpatient therapy. The four-to-six-week program will be held after school, using evidence-based, creative and fun therapeutic interventions in a group therapy format.  It will assist in strengthening a behavioral health continuum of care for youth in our community.

The Cornell Family Behavioral Health Pavilion is on schedule to open late this fall. The modern facility will have private rooms with large windows letting in natural light, and other design elements that help reduce stress and promote recovery. The first floor will have therapeutic spaces dedicated for the health system’s expanding outpatient treatment and counseling programs.