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Delaware Guidance Services for Children and Youth, Inc.

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Wilmington, Delaware

Level of care: Outpatient, Intensive outpatient (IOP), Crisis stabilization, Mobile Crisis Response, Psychiatry / Medication Management, School-Based Services
Ages: 2 to 18
Insurance listed: Aetna, Amerihealth Caritas, ChampVA, Cigna, ComPsych, CoreSource, Delaware First Health, Geisinger Quality Options, Highmark Delaware, Highmark Health Options, Independence Administrators, Independence BC Personal Choice, Magellan, MagnaCare First Health Network, Meritain Health, MH Consultants, PBH, Self-Pay Rates, State of Delaware Medicaid, TRICARE, UMR, United Behavioral Health
Phone: (302) 652-3948
Address: 1200 N. French Street, Community Education Building, 7th Floor, Wilmington, DE 19801
Website: delawareguidance.org

5 sources, newest retrieved Jun 25, 2026. Record researched Jun 25, 2026.

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Delaware's largest and oldest (since 1953) nonprofit children/youth behavioral-health provider and the only statewide not-for-profit outpatient child/adolescent organization accredited by the Joint Commission. Operates five clinics statewide plus 24/7 mobile crisis response and the state's only downstate youth crisis-bed stabilization program (Lewes, ages 7-17).

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Services and populations

Levels of care: Outpatient, Intensive outpatient (IOP), Crisis stabilization, Mobile Crisis Response, Psychiatry / Medication Management, School-Based Services
Specialties: Child & adolescent behavioral health, Early childhood mental health (PCIT; Helping Hands ages 0-5), Trauma / trauma-informed care, School-based mental health, Crisis stabilization, Family-based mental health services, Child abuse & neglect prevention
Modalities: Individual outpatient therapy (talk therapy), Family therapy, Group counseling, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Psychiatric services / medication management, Mobile crisis intervention, Trauma-informed care, Evidence-based treatment
Ages: 2 to 18

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Operating status: Listed as operating. Confirm current status with the program.
Typical length of stay: Outpatient counseling: on average about four months for a full course of treatment (typically once-weekly 50-minute sessions). Program-specific: OP/TSF intensive home/community care usually 9-12 months; Family-Based Mental Health Services usually about 8 months; Crisis Program provides up to 45 days of follow-up care.

Insurance and credentials

Insurance listed: Aetna, Amerihealth Caritas, ChampVA, Cigna, ComPsych, CoreSource, Delaware First Health, Geisinger Quality Options, Highmark Delaware, Highmark Health Options, Independence Administrators, Independence BC Personal Choice, Magellan, MagnaCare First Health Network, Meritain Health, MH Consultants, PBH, Self-Pay Rates, State of Delaware Medicaid, TRICARE, UMR, United Behavioral Health
In-network notes: Per the organization's About page, "80% of clients are Medicaid recipients" and DGS states "We provide care to anyone in need, regardless of insurance status or ability to pay." Self-pay rates also available. Insurance list is org-wide across all five Delaware clinics.
Accreditation: The Joint Commission (Gold Seal of Approval / JCAHO)

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Address: 1200 N. French Street, Community Education Building, 7th Floor, Wilmington, DE 19801
County: New Castle County

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Provider website · Source date Jun 25, 2026
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Program website (services/programs/insurance/accreditation) · Source date Jun 25, 2026
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Program website (referral/intake) · Source date Jun 25, 2026

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