Pine Rest and Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital’s Pediatric Center of Behavioral Health

Since 2018, leaders at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services and Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital have been working together to identify gaps in mental healthcare to better coordinate their continuum of services to kids in the community. To meet a critical need and increase access for children and adolescents struggling with behavioral health issues, their teams have broken ground on a new Pediatric Center of Behavioral Health in southeast Grand Rapids. The center, scheduled to open in early 2026, will dramatically expand access to essential, top-quality inpatient and partial hospitalization, outpatient care and behavioral health testing services for children and teens throughout the state.

“We want our kids to live purposeful and joy filled lives,” said Dr. Mark Eastburg, president and CEO of Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services. “We want them to flourish, along with the families, schools and communities that support them. Mental health problems and the chronic shortage of services made worse by the pandemic have been robbing our kids of the joy we all want for them. The Pediatric Center of Behavioral Health will help our community and state become a place where none of our kids will have to wait weeks or months for world class mental health care.”