St. John Baptist Hospice House will be converted to a mental health crisis facility. The Hospice has been mostly vacant since 2017 and has only been used intermittently as a healthcare facility since then.
The Hospice is owned by WECGOD II, which will be partnering up with Recovery Options Made Easy. Together, they hope to provide emergency behavioral health services to patients experiencing a crisis but not requiring medical intervention at the hospital level. Patients will have access to 24-hour support. The facility will provide short-term care for overnight and walk-in patients.
The facility is expected to have a positive impact on the area, allowing residents to have access to urgent behavioral health care nearby. It also has the potential to help lower crime rates in the area.
Jonathan D. Epstein from Buffalo News spoke with Reverend Chapman regarding the new crisis center and its importance to the Fruit Belt community. Click here to read full article.
