Kennebec Behavioral Health

Kennebec Behavioral Health will be closed tomorrow, July 3rd to celebrate the Fourth of July. We will be back to our normal hours on Monday, July 6th!

📣 An important update for our community.

Effective today, July 1, 2026, Sweetser will assume responsibility for Mobile Crisis Intervention Response Services in Kennebec and Somerset Counties. KBH and Sweetser have been working closely together to ensure this transition is as seamless as possible, so that no one in crisis experiences a gap in care.

If you or someone you know needs mobile crisis support, here's how to reach Crisis Services:
📞 1-888-568-1112
📲 Call or Text 988
🕐 Available 24/7

KBH remains fully committed to Central Maine and will continue providing outpatient therapy, psychiatric services, substance use treatment, community support, and more across our clinics in Waterville, Augusta, Skowhegan, Winthrop, and Farmington.

We are grateful for the trust this community has placed in us as the mobile crisis provider for this region, and we are confident that Sweetser will continue delivering the high-quality, responsive care that our community deserves. We look forward to continuing to collaborate with Sweetser and our community partners in service of the people of Central Maine. 💚

Learn more about KBH's services at www.kbhmaine.org.

Yesterday, KBH hosted an Insider Briefing focused on our Opioid Health Home and the continued expansion of this work in Kennebec County.

The conversation brought together partners from health care, recovery support, emergency response, prosecution/justice, prevention, community health, and KBH programs to better understand the OHH model and identify opportunities to strengthen connection across systems.

The OHH team shared how their interdisciplinary, whole-person approach supports people living with opioid use disorder and other co-occurring substance use and mental health needs through medication-assisted treatment, counseling, peer recovery coaching, patient navigation, care coordination, and community-based engagement.

A few key themes rose to the surface:
• Recovery is built through relationships, not only appointments.
• Transportation, housing instability, food insecurity, stigma, and limited access to primary care continue to create real barriers.
• Flexible, person-centered care helps people stay connected to treatment, even when life is complex.
• Community partnerships are essential to helping people move beyond treatment and back into meaningful connection with family, work, community, and self.

We are grateful to everyone who joined the conversation, asked thoughtful questions, shared resources, and helped identify opportunities for continued collaboration. The work ahead is complex, but yesterday’s discussion was a powerful reminder that none of us has to do it alone.

Thank you to our OHH team and partners for continuing to build a more connected, compassionate, and recovery-oriented system of care across Kennebec and Somerset Counties.

At Kennebec Behavioral Health, recovery is not something people have to walk through alone.

Our Opioid Health Home is built around human connection: bringing together medical treatment, counseling, peer recovery support, patient navigation, and whole-person care for people living with opioid use disorder and co-occurring mental health conditions.

Currently serving 111 people across Somerset and Kennebec Counties, OHH maintains a 94% retention rate, a reflection of a team that keeps showing up, removes barriers, and walks beside people every step of the way. 💙

Read the full impact report: kbhmaine.org/pf/ohh/