Waiting with your child in the emergency department of a hospital when your child is experiencing a mental health crisis can be a nerve-wracking experience. Often you will have to wait for days before your child is placed into appropriate care and can begin receiving treatment for their illness. In response to this human crisis that unfolds every day in our community, Alliance Health Center has partnered with Kid’s Peace to create The Hope Center – a crisis treatment center equipped to provide age- and acuity-appropriate care. The Hope Center provides 16 beds for a facility-based crisis program and a 4-chair Behavioral Health Urgent Care walk-in clinic, both of which operate on a 24/7 basis to divert behavioral health patients away from local emergency departments to a facility that has been purpose-designed and built for their care. No child is be turned away from treatment, regardless of insurance or ability to pay.

A 27,000 SF existing building that was originally constructed in the 1960’s as a rural hospital has been completely renovated to provide a secure and safe facility with calming and healing interior spaces that utilize biophilic design, as well as access to a therapeutic outdoor courtyard. The program has been designed to accept patients who are under involuntary commitment orders.