Cuyahoga County Council voted Tuesday to invest $7 million in new crisis center. Some worry it’s at the expense of MetroHealth
After a contentious meeting that seemed to pit two health agencies against each other, Cuyahoga County Council voted by a slim margin to invest $7 million from its opioid settlement fund to construct a new behavioral health crisis center, filling a major funding gap in bringing the project to fruition.
The new crisis center will be built in the Central neighborhood at the campus of the former St. Vincent Charity Hospital and is supposed to open next fall. It will act as a psychiatric emergency room, offering 24/7 in-patient and outpatient mental health and addiction services to people over 18 years old…