Aurora (Colo.) Mental Health and Recovery will open a walk-in access facility this month that aims to alleviate the burden of mental health emergencies on local hospitals.
The Potomac Pavilion will offer same-day access to mental healthcare and substance use services, including 24/7 walk-in crisis and detox, crisis stabilization and substance use intervention, according to a Jan. 1 news release.
The facility includes separate entrances for nonemergency care and urgent crisis support. A 24-hour entrance with an ambulance bay was also designed to streamline access for first responders.
Aurora Mental Health and Recovery’s Connect to Care program — which provides same-day access to non-emergency mental healthcare — will begin seeing patients at the new facility Jan. 26. The 24-hour crisis walk-in clinic, 16-bed crisis stabilization unit and withdrawal management program will open Jan. 31.
The organization’s Victor Street location will close Jan. 26
