The Sand Hill Residential Community serves young women between 12 and 18 years of age who are currently in the custody of the State. Sand Hill is a short-term staff-secure facility, and the only combined detention/crisis stabilization program for adolescent females in Vermont. Young women are referred through the Department for Children and Families (DCF) when they are deemed at a risk to themselves or others, and when foster or long-term residential care are not considered appropriate placements. They may be exhibiting persistent runaway behavior, mental health or substance abuse crisis, or have committed chargeable delinquent acts.

Spectrum staff members at Sand Hill assist these young women to stabilize their behavior, support them in the development of a plan to change harmful behavior, and to reintegrate them into an appropriate community environment.