GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Pine Rest is merging with a organization looking to better meet the need for children’s behavioral health care in West Michigan.

The nonprofit says the demand for care and evaluations is growing for children and the merger will help strengthen the services available.

“For the past several years, we’ve been wrestling with the shortage of child adolescent services in West Michigan. It takes about twice as long to get in to see a child specialist as it does an adult,” said Scott Halstead, VP of Outpatient Services with Pine Rest.

Halstead says merging with an organization called BRAINS, which stands for Behavioral Resources And Institute for Neuropsychological Services, will help better meet the need, especially with its applied behavioral analysis program.

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