ChAMPS is an emergency response service for children, teenagers and adolescent adults who are having a mental health or behavioral health crisis. We are an emergency service that works in close partnership with hospitals and police to provide help for children living in DC facing a behavioral or mental health crisis. This service is designed to help children manage extreme emotional behavior and assist families so that the behavior does not result in a child leaving the home. We come to your home or your child’s school the same day at no charge to you. This service is provided at no cost to District residents and DC foster children in foster placement in Maryland.