Milwaukee County, four health systems to develop mental health emergency center
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Last updated on December 14th, 2020 at 02:29 pm
Milwaukee County and Milwaukee’s four largest health systems plan to develop a mental health emergency center on the city’s near north side.
The county’s Behavioral Health Division, Advocate Aurora Health, Ascension Wisconsin, Froedtert Health and Children’s Wisconsin said they have entered into a letter of intent for the joint venture, marking a major milestone in a years-long process of redesigning the county’s mental health delivery system.
The partners didn’t disclose the exact location of the emergency center but said in an announcement Thursday it will be developed on a county-owned site on Milwaukee’s near north side, an area that is more accessible to many of the patients who seek county psychiatric crisis services.