11/21/2023

Council Approves $4.5 Million to Support New Crisis Care Center in Columbus

It is scheduled to open in 2025

A drive along Harmon Avenue will reveal a hulking structure in the middle of a construction site. That will soon be the home to the new Franklin County Crisis Care Center. 

The 72,000 square foot facility will open to the public in the spring of 2025. The plan for the building will be a first-stop approach to treatment for people experiencing mental health crises or struggling with substance abuse and addiction.  

"By including services like pharmacy services, physical health care services, family support services, more needs can be met in one location as opposed to someone having to go throughout the community to get various needs met," said Jonathan Thomas, COO of the Franklin County Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board. "Once someone is at the crisis care center, it's all about linking them to the next level of care whatever it may be."

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