The Cuyahoga County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board approved a revised plan for a new Behavioral Health Crisis Center in Cleveland’s Central neighborhood. The agreement with The Centers, a behavioral health nonprofit, reduces financial risk to the county’s broader mental health system while maintaining essential services in the community.
Key changes address affordability concerns
A critical change shifts responsibility for a $6.8 million forgivable loan from the ADAMHS Board to The Centers. The Board’s CEO Jason Joyce had expressed concerns about the original arrangement, noting that the agency had “never done a deal like this before where we committed $6.8 million” with such long-term financial exposure. The revision also dramatically lowers projected operating costs, from about $10 million annually to roughly $4.5 million—a reduction Joyce said was necessary because the original figure was “just too much for the network to bear.”
Services launching fall 2026
The facility, now named the Glick Recovery Campus, is slated to open in fall 2026 on the former St. Vincent Charity campus. It will operate as a 24/7 walk-in stabilization center offering mental health and addiction care, including withdrawal management and psychiatric services. According to The Centers, an estimated 20,000 behavioral health-related emergency room visits occur annually in the county, and supporters say the center could divert thousands of people from emergency rooms and jails.
Even with the scaled-down plan, some cuts to existing programs are still expected, though Joyce indicated they will be “significantly less” than previously anticipated. The revised plan includes a phased rollout of services to match demand, and Joyce said patients are unlikely to notice major differences in the level of care provided.
This article is an AI-assisted summary. All facts and figures are drawn from the original report: https://www.ideastream.org/health/2026-03-25/adamhs-board-advances-scaled-back-plan-for-cleveland-behavioral-health-crisis-center