The Clayton County Board of Commissioners recently received an update on a new Behavioral Health Crisis Center, which is expected to open within about two years.

The center will provide 24-hour, seven-day-a-week and 365-day walk-in access to psychiatric crisis assessment, intervention,and counseling.

“The goal of this is to divert people away from state hospitals…and shorten their stays,” said Allen Morgan, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Field Operations North at the Clayton Board of Commissioners’ Oct. 14 work session. Clayton County to get new Behavioral Health Crisis Center

The BHCC contains two components — the Crisis Services Center and a temporary observation unit. The center will house 24 beds and 18 observation chairs.

The location of the crisis center has not yet been decid

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