What is a CLIP referral?
If long-term inpatient care is needed for a child under age 18, the Regional Support Network that serves the county where the child’s guardian resides, can authorize placement in a Children’s Long Term In-Patient (CLIP) facility. The CLIP committee is a team of mental health professionals that meet to discuss each potential referral, before the referral is made. There are four CLIP facilities in community settings around Washington (Spokane, Tacoma, Bellingham, and Seattle), and one state-owned psychiatric hospital, the Child Study and Treatment Center, in Lakewood, Washington. CLIP facilities provide 24-hour residential treatment, 24-hour supervision, psychiatric services, individual/family/group therapy, social work and case management services, routine medical care, recreational therapy, nursing services, dietary services and parent support. Other services provided may include sexual deviancy assessment, special sexual deviancy treatment, drug and alcohol assessment, specialty chemi
