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New walk-in center for people with mental health crisis opens in Dauphin County

  • Asia Tabb
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Aired; December 9th, 2024.

Dauphin, Cumberland, and Perry Counties have partnered with Connections Health Solutions, to launch a 24/7 Emergency Behavioral Health Crisis Walk-in center, making it a first of its kind in the area.

We’re actually really excited about this because we know that if we are better prepared to offer proactive support to families and individuals experiencing a crisis, it will likely. Be helpful and decrease more costly services down the road. Plus, the person gets immediate help versus waiting longer until their need is met, “said Annie Strite, Mental Health Director for Cumberland and Perry County.

The Center is projected to open for adults and children in the weeks following, serving individuals ages 14 and up, regardless of insurance or ability to pay. The center located at 1100 S. Cameron Street in Harrisburg will provide walk-in care and crisis stabilization services, and mobile response units to address the additional crises in the community.

“One of the goals of the center is to expedite drop offs by law enforcement personnel. To do that as quickly as possible and to avoid any lengthy delay in order to support law enforcement personnel with getting back to what the public most needs them to be doing it, “said Andrea Kepler, Administrator for Dauphin County Mental Health, Autism, and Developmental programs.

The center will open in phases with the crisis mobile unit Dec.4. More information about the Center can be found on Connections Health Solution’s Website.

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