The center will provide walk-in care for people experiencing behavioral health or substance-related emergencies.
Providence Alaska broke ground last week on a new facility that as early as next year will offer walk-in care to Alaskans experiencing behavioral health and substance disorder-related emergencies.
The project also aims to lessen the burden on the city’s emergency departments, which are often the only place people experiencing behavioral health or substance abuse crises are able to go in the state, and is not always the best place for them to get the help they need, providers say. Providence Alaska Medical Center has begun construction of a mental health crisis stabilization center on its campus near 3760 Piper Street. Photographed August 30, 2023.
Unlike Alaska Psychiatric Institute, Alaska’s state-operated psychiatric hospital, the new center will be open to walk-ins and care for people who may not require hospitalization, said Katie Baldwin-Johnson, chief operating officer of the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, which contributed $1.9 million toward the start-up costs of the new facility.
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