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New walk‐in mental health crisis center set to open in Colorado
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.31883
Subject(s) - summit , doors , mental health , unit (ring theory) , haven , state (computer science) , political science , psychology , geography , psychiatry , engineering , cartography , mathematics education , structural engineering , algorithm , computer science , mathematics , combinatorics
The new Summit Safe Haven Walk‐in Crisis Center opened its doors for the first time to provide community members with a preview of the Frisco, Colorado, facility, Sky‐Hi News reported April 21. The center will provide the area with a facility for individuals suffering from a mental health or addiction crisis to receive evaluation and treatment. The crisis center will also serve as a mental health acute treatment unit, along with a withdrawal management unit, for individuals needing additional care. The unit has been in the works for about two years following the passage of Senate Bill 17‐207, meant to expand and strengthen the state's behavioral health crisis system in part by providing millions in enhancements. In addition to the $7.1 million provided to the Office of Behavioral Health to expand the crisis system around the state, the Western Slope region of Colorado was provided another $976,255, largely split to help fund (along with numerous partners) new crisis‐stabilization units in Summit and Montrose counties. “We know that it's important to have a continuum of care. We're hopeful it will help to decrease stigma, allow more people to ask for help, and help our local partners and the local community not have to travel as far for a psychiatric crisis,” said Michelle Hoy, executive vice president of Mind Springs Health, which is operating the unit.