Sweetser to open residential facility for youth

Advocate questions it is best use of funding 
This past spring, nonprofit Sweetser was awarded $2 million from the state of Maine to develop its first psychiatric residential facility for youth with severe mental health needs.
Construction began in April.
Kristie Worster, Sweetser’s chief program officer, noted the funding will rehab an existing 8,000 square foot building on their Saco campus.
Worster said the construction will continue this year with a goal to open in 2026.
Sweetser has been serving children and families since the 1800s and is one of Maine’s largest behavioral health nonprofits.
The psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF) will be a 16-bed specialized locked residential facility that provides intensive, 24-hour ps...