Cuyahoga Cuyahoga crisis center at risk as funding decision looms: 5 takeaways

Cuyahoga Cuyahoga crisis center at risk as funding decision looms: 5 takeaways

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The future of a proposed Cuyahoga County Behavioral Health Center, designed to transform regional crisis care, is in jeopardy as it awaits a crucial funding decision from the County Council.

Proposed crisis center concerns Cleveland EMS union

A proposed behavioral health crisis center planned for Cleveland’s Central neighborhood will have all sorts of services on-site – psychiatry, detoxification for addiction, therapy and a pharmacy. But it won’t have an emergency room to treat pressing medical problems.  That’s a frustration for the Cleveland Association of Rescue Employees, the union representing Cleveland EMS employees. Without a co-located medical emergency room, the group oppos…