Urgent-care facility for mental health -- the first in the state -- breaks ground in Greensboro

GREENSBORO — Officials broke ground Thursday on a round-the-clock center — the first in the state — that is expected to help people suffering from mental-health crises avoid long waits in emergency rooms.

The facility at 931 Third St. will offer mental health urgent care and two 16-bed crisis centers, one for adults and one for children and adolescents.

The 60,000-square-foot building is expected to open in early 2021.

The $28 million center is unusual — there’s only a handful like it nationwide — because of its holistic approach.

“You don’t have to go to two or three places to get your health care needs met,” said Debbie Cunningham, the president of Women’s Hospital and Cone Health Behavioral Health Services.

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