(MSC News)--Construction is scheduled to begin soon on a new Behavioral Health Center on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Reservation near Mayetta.
According to the Prairie Band Potawatomi News, tribal officials recently broke ground for the about 5,800-square-foot $2 million facility to be construct west of the Prairie Band Health Center Facility.
The bulk of the funding for the project will come through a USDA loan and funding from Indian Health Services.
The new facility will house the behavioral health programs currently provided by the Potawatomi Health Center. Two special features of the property will include a room designed specially for group therapy and a crisis room. The center will house about six full-time staff.
Tribal officials say the idea for a new space for the behavioral health program began about three years ago due a critical lack of space in the current location in the east wing of the health center and the need to provide people who utilize behavioral health services with a sense of confidentiality.
Construction of the new center is expected to be completed by mid-summer.
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