DWIHN

Crisis

Center

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General Site Plan

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new parking with

fencing and

landscaping

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The DWIHN Crisis Assessment Center (CAC) is where consumers are evaluated to determine their

medical necessity for crisis level services. The CAC needs to accommodate individuals that can

walk-in, are escorted by law enforcement or paramedics, receive professional mental health

assessment, and referral to services including psychiatric hospitalization. The Crisis Assessment

Center staff will work with community partners to triage individuals to the most clinically

appropriate setting in DWIHN’s crisis continuum. Access to services are 24 hours a day, 7 days a

week, 365 days a year.

The goal is to expand the availability of resources designed to meet this level of medical

necessity, which further serves to divert adults with serious mental illness,

Intellectual/Developmental Disorders (IDD), and Substance Use Disorders (SUD) from higher cost

inpatient services, as well as children with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED), IDD, Autism

Spectrum Disorder and SUD, and alleviate prolonged stays for individuals with mental illness

from the community's emergency departments.

What is the Crisis Assessment Center?

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Crisis Assessment Center

Total Bed Capacity = 38 Beds

Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) Crisis Residential Unit (CRU) Sober Living Unit

Capacity is for 12 Adult beds and 6

Children beds

Capacity 15 Adult beds Capacity 5 Adult beds

The CSU is where individuals can

receive crisis screening, crisis

intervention and psychiatric

evaluation/consultation.

Individuals can be observed up to 23

hours (Note: current legislation is

scheduled to go through the Senate

allowing for a length of stay of up to 72

hours) The adult and children’s units

will be separated.

The CRU is a 24-hour Level of Care

Utilization System (LOCUS) level 5

service. The CRU is a short-term, up to

14-day, voluntary program that provides

trauma informed treatment, crisis

intervention, and recovery skills. Services

may be extended and regularly

monitored, if justified by clinical need, as

determined by the interdisciplinary

team. Services may be used to avert a

psychiatric admission, or to shorten the

length of an inpatient stay when clinically

indicated.

The Sober Living Unit is a 23-hour

program designed to monitor individuals

who need withdrawal

management services and have no

health risks associated with the

withdrawal process. The Sobering Living

Unit will emphasize peer and social

support programming while

continuously monitoring medical

condition. The goal of the program is de-

escalation of the individual with peer

support and appropriate follow up

referrals. This is a voluntary program.

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✓ Restoring Steps and Fencing

✓ Restoring Façade

✓ Maintaining Historic Look

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Existing Rear Elevation from the East

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Community Engagement Timeline

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DATE NOTES

December 2020 Email introduction to Northend Community and Community Presentation w/

City Planning & Development

January 28, 2021 Prelim meeting with community members

January 29 Public hearing link emailed out to all community members

February 25 Email communication from the Alliance’s public Zoom meeting, encouraging

participants to watch/review the DWHIN’s community conversation via Zoom.

March 3 Email communication to Northend Community members about related articles

about crisis assessment centers, update and highlights

construction/renovation timeline.

March 31 Public hearing with City of Detroit

April 28 Meeting with Council ProTem Sheffield and Community Members

May 4 Meeting with Council ProTem Sheffield and Community Members

June 16 DWIHN Full Board Meeting

June 29 Board of Zoning Appeals Hearing

✓ Restoring the façade

✓ Replacing east ramp

✓ Creating new drop off

✓ Restoring main alley

entrance

✓ Replacing parking

✓ Updating landscaping

✓ Repaving alley

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✓ Restoring the

façade

✓ Updating

landscaping

✓ Restoring ramp

✓ Repaving alley and

parking

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BasementSober Living – 5

General Office - 12

First FloorAdult CSU - 12

Child CSU – 6

Office - 6

Second FloorAdult CRU - 15

Adult Dining

Group Therapy

Office - 2

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Entrance

Existing Front Entrance

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Rendering of Adult

Dining

Existing Dining Area

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Rendering of Group Therapy

Existing Photo of Group

Therapy Area

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Rendering of Child

Crisis Stabilization

Unit (CSU)

Photo of Child CSU Area

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Rendering of the Adult

Crisis Stabilization Unit

(CSU)

Photo of the Adult CSU Area

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Questions?

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