MONTGOMERY— Gov. Kay Ivey has announced a $350,000 grant to provide infrastructure for the new South Central Alabama Mental Health rural crisis center in the town of Brantley.
The funds from the recently organized Southeast Crescent Regional Commission will be combined with a $350,000 Community Development Block Grant awarded by Gov. Ivey in 2023 to provide water and sewer services for the new center.
The estimated $10 million facility will serve people in Butler, Coffee, Covington and Crenshaw counties by providing services for those suffering from mental health issues, substance abuse and disabilities. It will employ 65 people.
“This facility will enable those who are affected with mental health issues to have access to treatment much closer to home,” Gov. Ivey said. “This project is a result of cooperation among governmental partners and one of the first funding projects of the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission which helps meet the funding needs of people in southeast and coastal Alabama.”
The new 21,207-square-foot facility will be located off U.S. Highway 331 north of Brantley on a four-acre site provided by the town. The facility will be open 24 hours, seven days a week to serve the public and assist emergency responders in treating patients.
The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs administers both the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission and the Community Development Block Grant programs.
“Like its sister programs, the Appalachian Regional Commission in north Alabama and Delta Regional Commission in Alabama’s Blackbelt counties, the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission will be instrumental in providing funds for projects like this mental health center all the while creating new jobs and energizing economies,” ADECA Director Kenneth Boswell said. “ADECA is pleased to join Gov. Ivey in support of this project.”
The Southeast Crescent Regional Commission is a federal-state partnership authorized in the 2008 Farm Bill to promote and encourage economic development in parts of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and all of Florida. SCRC invests in projects that support basic infrastructure, business development, natural resources and workforce/labor development.
In addition to Crenshaw County, others in the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission include Autauga, Baldwin, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Mobile, Montgomery and Pike counties.
ADECA administers an array of programs supporting law enforcement and traffic safety, economic development, energy conservation, water resource management and recreation development.
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