After more than a decade of planning, the new facility is designed to provide short-term mental health care, and serve as a transition for long-term needs, the Milwaukee Independent reports. It will be available to all county residents regardless of their ability to pay.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has committed to providing $5.7 million in overall funding, $4.5 million of which will come from Wisconsin’s Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds allocated under the federal American Rescue Plan Act.
The remainder of the funding will come from carryover funding from the federal mental health block grant through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Read more.
