Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Services (IECMH)

Mecklenburg County Public Health provides comprehensive assessment and short term (10-16 weeks) evidence-based services for children ages birth to 3, addressing early trauma, attachment, behavior concerns, and parenting support.

Address: 3205 Freedom Dr

Email: [email protected]

Make a Referral: 704-336-7130

What We Offer

We believe this program fills a gap in accessible infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH) services.

We can help with:

  • Feeling overwhelmed with being a new parent

  • Helping build a strong relationship with their baby or toddler

  • Helping support their child with regulating emotions and behavior

  • Dealing with difficult events such as-loss of a loved one, frequent moves or changes in caregivers, scary events such as break-ins, car accidents, or community violence

  • Ongoing significant stress due to divorce, substance use or domestic violence at home

Our licensed clinicians will use both traditional infant and early childhood mental health strategies as well as provide Attachment and Biobehavioral Catchup (ABC), an evidence-based early childhood model for mental health services. 

Eligibility

Families who reside in Mecklenburg County, have young children birth to age 3, and are demonstrating concerns with any of the above issues. Ready to make a referral? Call 704-336-7130 or click here to complete our short referral form. Please indicate interest in the IECMH program.

Make a referral and include IECMH as your reason for referral.

Complete the form