The Center for Community Resources has been working for several years to create the Northeast Regional Crisis Stabilization Center in Honesdale.
WAYNE COUNTY, Pa. — The Center for Community Resources is getting ready to open its doors to expand mental health services in Wayne County. At this location on Park Street in Honesdale, you’ll find the Northeast Regional Crisis Stabilization Center.
“If someone is feeling like they’d like to harm themselves or someone else or just feeling unsafe, overwhelmed, anxiety, panic attacks, those kinds of things, they can come here,” explained behavioral health director John Nebzydoski.
There are two different programs under one roof. A voluntary 8-bed crisis residential program and a walk-in mental health center.
Officials say the walk-in facility is like an urgent care for mental health services available 24/7 at no cost to patients.
“Within there, we’ll have people work with crisis workers and see what their next steps would be. Maybe create a safety plan if they are able to go home, or if they need a higher level of care,” said outreach coordinator Victoria Toomey.
For people who need crisis residential services, staff say they can stay here for up to five days. They tell Newswatch 16 that this is a service Wayne County has never had.
“A big part of that is access to care and giving people in this community a place to go when they are in a mental health crisis so they aren’t having to travel a super far distance,” said Toomey.
The center was funded through various grants.
Behavioral health officials say the center has a staff of about 40 people, from crisis hotline workers, nurses, therapists, and case managers.
“The walk-in center that is all ages, children will need a parent there with them, and the crisis residential, the 5-day stay if needed, that is adults 18 and older,” said Nebzydoski.
The center will host an open house on Friday from 12 p.m. to 4 pm for the community to learn more about the services provided.