Seven Counties Services is working with the city to provide support for citizens in a mental health crisis.The organization is planning to open a mental health crisis center later this summer.”I think we all are at the table trying to figure it out so that we can do better,” said COO Liz McKune.As city services are working to find solutions to the growing mental health crisis across the country, McKune says they’re filling gaps in the Louisville community.”We needed a safe place to go for help, where we can have a team that will be available to talk with anyone as soon as they walk in the door and help them get connected to resources in the community,” McKune said.That’s where Seven Counties Services’ new mental health crisis center comes in.McKune says it will be a 24-hour center where anyone having a mental health crisis can go to get professional help. They’ll have a nurse practitioner, therapists, and other support professionals on staff at the center.”This is not meant to be a place that you go and you’re going to spend days or weeks. This is meant to be a time limited opportunity for immediate care, for immediate access,” McKune said.Seven Counties Services already operates their integrated care clinic at its East Broadway location. So the plan is to add the mental health crisis center to that building.”You can just show up. You can call 988 and let them know that you’re on the way. But you don’t have to do that. You can just show up,” said McKune.The center plans on officially opening later this summer.While McKune says it will eventually be a 24-hour center, they first want to make sure the center is covering the most need.”The highest peak time now that people are coming in for services, are in that 3 to 11 shift time. There’s plenty of resources available during the day, and not as many people are coming midnight to eight. So it was that shift that we wanted to start with,” said McKune.As McKune looks at the gaps in services across Louisville, she says she’s confident this is a solution.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
Seven Counties Services is working with the city to provide support for citizens in a mental health crisis.
The organization is planning to open a mental health crisis center later this summer.
“I think we all are at the table trying to figure it out so that we can do better,” said COO Liz McKune.
As city services are working to find solutions to the growing mental health crisis across the country, McKune says they’re filling gaps in the Louisville community.
“We needed a safe place to go for help, where we can have a team that will be available to talk with anyone as soon as they walk in the door and help them get connected to resources in the community,” McKune said.
That’s where Seven Counties Services’ new mental health crisis center comes in.
McKune says it will be a 24-hour center where anyone having a mental health crisis can go to get professional help. They’ll have a nurse practitioner, therapists, and other support professionals on staff at the center.
“This is not meant to be a place that you go and you’re going to spend days or weeks. This is meant to be a time limited opportunity for immediate care, for immediate access,” McKune said.
Seven Counties Services already operates their integrated care clinic at its East Broadway location. So the plan is to add the mental health crisis center to that building.
“You can just show up. You can call 988 and let them know that you’re on the way. But you don’t have to do that. You can just show up,” said McKune.
The center plans on officially opening later this summer.
While McKune says it will eventually be a 24-hour center, they first want to make sure the center is covering the most need.
“The highest peak time now that people are coming in for services, are in that 3 to 11 shift time. There’s plenty of resources available during the day, and not as many people are coming midnight to eight. So it was that shift that we wanted to start with,” said McKune.
As McKune looks at the gaps in services across Louisville, she says she’s confident this is a solution.