Devereux Foundation

The Devereux Foundation is a nonprofit behavioral health organization that operates programs and services in 13 U.S. states, working with children and adults with developmental disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, and mental illnesses.

It is one of the oldest and largest nonprofit providers of behavioral healthcare in the United States.

[1] Its operations include psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment centers, group homes, respite care, supported living, foster care, special education, and vocational education.

[5] The organization's first major expansion, to California, was aided by support from the Max Factor Family Foundation.

[6] In 1945, the Devereux Foundation opened a school and residential treatment center on the Campbell Ranch in Santa Barbara County.