Construction is well underway on Bright Path Center, Doylestown’s first-of-its-kind behavioral health crisis center, which is expected to open early next year, writes Lacey Latch for the Bucks County Courier Times.
The $15 million, 22,000-square-foot center will be operated by Lenape Valley Foundation staff and will be located next to their outpatient office along North West Street.
The new center will provide around-the-clock care for people who require urgent mental health or substance abuse care. It will feature on-site detox services, along with residential units for adults and adolescents.
The project is a collaboration between several local and state organizations, including Lenape Valley Foundation, Doylestown Health, Bucks County Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Programs, the Bucks County Drug & Alcohol Commission, Magellan Behavioral Health, and NAMI Bucks County.
The center has been fully funded through grants and donations.
“It’s going to look like a lodge,” said Lenape Valley CEO Dave Herold. “It’s just going to be so much more of a therapeutic and wholesome place to be than what feels like an institutional setting.”
Bright Path Center will employ around 85 people.
Read more about Bright Path Center under construction in Doylestown in the Bucks County Courier Times.
