The crisis center currently serves as the only designated behavioral health crisis center in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale counties. A portion of the proposed special-purpose local option sales tax would be used to help update the center to best support the local community’s behavioral health needs.
The $25 million project includes the construction of a new building to offer emergency evaluation services along with a peer support center, a residential treatment program, and temporary observation and crisis stabilization units.
When complete, the project would add another 24 beds to the existing 36 at the center. Voters in the county can approve the proposed tax on the Nov. 7 municipal ballot, with construction on the project slated to begin in April if approved, the report said.