ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - County officials in New Mexico have opened the first 24-hour crisis triage and treatment center in Bernalillo County to provide behavioral and mental health services.
The Albuquerque Journal reported Tuesday that the 70,000-square-foot (6,500-square-meter) renovated space would serve people who might otherwise end up in a hospital emergency department, jail or sent back into the community.
Officials say the center has 16 beds in semiprivate rooms which could also be converted into single occupancy spaces.
County officials say the center would begin accepting clients Dec. 2.
Officials say the formerly named Metropolitan Assessment and Treatment Services center and the crisis center would now be called the Comprehensive Assessment and Resiliency through Excellence campus, or CARE.
Officials say there are plans to build a larger building in addition to the center.
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Information from: Albuquerque Journal, http://www.abqjournal.com
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