Avera Behavioral Health Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota offers a Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) as part of its outpatient behavioral health services. Avera describes PHP as a five-day-a-week program that provides intensive, comprehensive treatment while allowing participants to remain outpatients—receiving care during the day and returning home at night.

On its location profile, Avera explains that PHP can be used as stabilizing behavioral health care to help avoid or reduce inpatient hospitalization. The program is presented as an option for both youth and adults in and around Sioux Falls who need more structure than traditional outpatient therapy but do not require 24/7 inpatient care.

Avera notes that partial hospitalization includes therapy and treatment during the day, along with core services such as individual therapy, family meetings, case management, and psychiatric medication management. This combination is intended to provide coordinated support while building skills and a plan for sustained progress after the program ends.

For families, one practical concern is how treatment intersects with school. Avera states that children and adolescents can spend part of their day in school and part of their day making progress on a behavioral health condition that may be impeding success in school and life. Families can ask how this is arranged and what academic coordination looks like for their specific situation.

Because PHP is only one level in the continuum of care, families are encouraged to ask about admission criteria, how PHP connects with other services on the campus, and what transition planning and follow-up care look like after discharge. Visiting Avera’s website and contacting the program directly can help clarify whether partial hospitalization is the right next step.