Vermont's behavioral health sector registered 15 providers in the latest weekly update, representing a 0% share of the national total. This small volume highlights the state's limited scale in the national behavioral health landscape. Of this total, 9 providers were new this week, indicating a recent, albeit small, surge in registrations.
Provider Credentials and ABA Capacity
The data shows minimal growth in the ABA-specific workforce. Only 1 Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) was identified, with 0 Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs) appearing in the update. This severe imbalance suggests a critical bottleneck in supervision capacity, which is essential for delivering ABA services. The majority of credentialed individuals were in other mental health fields, including 2 Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors (LCMHCs) and 1 Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW).
Workforce Demographics
Among the 10 individual providers, the workforce is predominantly female, with 7 women (70%) joining the registry, alongside 2 male providers and 1 nonbinary provider. On the organizational side, 5 new entities were registered, but no single employer appeared multiple times, suggesting that recent growth is distributed among smaller, independent practices rather than large, multi-state chains.
This pattern of low ABA provider registration, especially the lack of RBTs, signals significant potential barriers to accessing behavior analysis services for families across Vermont.
