To meet the needs for adolescent behavioral health care in the region, Cape Fear Valley Health System plans to open its second 16-bed adolescent behavioral health center (ABHC) at its Central Harnett campus in Lillington early next year.
The $8.4 million facility, primarily funded by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, will add critical capacity to North Carolina’s adolescent behavioral health system while reducing geographic barriers to care for families across the region.
Based on the health system’s successful Dorothea Dix Adolescent Care model currently operating in Fayetteville, this second ABHC will double the hospital’s capacity to treat youth experiencing a mental health crisis while keeping them closer to their families…