Can a 16 yr old in a psychiatric community home refuse consent for providers to speak with her mother?

no because the 16 year old is legally not an adult and the parent still has rights.  hwoever, if as part of the process of being placed in the community home, there has been a severance of parental rights or some other factor that causes the State or some adminisntrative agency to have taken over care, the parent may be unable to get information.