Saint Luke's Hospital - Crittenton Children's Center

Saint Luke’s Crittenton Children’s Center in Kansas City, Missouri, is a specialized behavioral health facility dedicated to supporting the mental and emotional well-being of children, adolescents, and families. The center offers a wide continuum of care that includes a 46-bed psychiatric hospital, an intensive residential treatment facility for youth ages 12 to 18, an outpatient behavioral health clinic, in-home counseling services, and school-based mental health programs. With more than a century of service to the community, Crittenton is committed to delivering trauma-informed, evidence-based care that helps young people heal and thrive in safe, structured environments.

The center provides individualized treatment plans through multidisciplinary teams composed of psychiatrists, master’s-level therapists, substance use counselors, and case managers. Services include short-term psychiatric hospitalization, long-term residential care, outpatient therapy, and in-home family-based treatment. Specialized programs address co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders, complex trauma, behavioral and mood instability, and school adjustment challenges. Through structured programming, expressive therapy, academic support, and strong family engagement, Crittenton Children’s Center supports lasting recovery, improved functioning, and reintegration into home, school, and community life.