Crisis center to serve children, teens in WNC
The 16-bed facility will serve children and teens needing crisis stabilization services and 24-hour supervision due to a mental health crisis, substance use or withdrawal from drugs and alcohol, according to a news release from
The center is named in memory of Caiyalynn Burrell, a 12-year-old
Money for the project came from a
The initiative works to improve crisis care while reducing avoidable visits to the emergency department and involvement in the criminal justice system, the release states.
Health care provider
The crisis center, like
The center will also provide crisis care to young people with intellectual or developmental disabilities. It aims to provide an alternative to hospitalization for children ages 6 to 17.
The cost of treatment will be covered by Medicaid or North Carolina Health Choice for children covered under those plans, according to the news release. The center will work with private insurers and other funding options, including children with no insurance.
Nearly 100 community agencies, organizations and businesses joined together to establish the center, including several local entities.
Community partners include Henderson County Crisis Provider Collaborative,
"We know that 20 percent of kids in
Kinsley described the center as a "beacon of hope" at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the center Thursday.
The center is located at
Both the child crisis center and the new
"The child crisis center is such an important alternative to the emergency department,"
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