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Life Change Center seeks community support for $8.1 million campus expansion focusing on family services and harm reduction
Summary
Life Change Center representatives presented proposed campus renovations and a fundraising plan to the Sparks City Council, describing an $8.1 million project to expand outpatient addiction treatment, daycare and family-focused services; the council offered praise and preliminary support but no formal appropriation was requested.
Representatives of the Life Change Center presented concept plans Monday for a campus expansion in Sparks and asked the council to consider future support for an estimated $8.1 million project to expand outpatient addiction treatment, family services and childcare.
The Life Change Center representative (identified in the public record as John) said the organization serves roughly 400 people a day at its Sparks service location and has used a prior city donation to complete facility improvements. The proposed campus would add a social-services “mall” that includes low- or no-cost daycare (in partnership with the Boys & Girls Club / Truckee Meadows), intensive outpatient psychiatric and teen services (with Mariah Behavioral Health / Anchor Point), a psychiatric and addiction medicine clinic, and other family-focused amenities.
The presentation included a rough order of magnitude (ROM) construction cost of about $8,100,000, conditional use permit approval already in hand, and a target permitting and construction timeline in which the applicant hopes to submit permits by the end of the year and begin construction in April (timing dependent on weather and final approvals). The presenter cited data on harm-reduction effectiveness — for example, that people accessing supplies are more likely to enter treatment and that programs in other jurisdictions were associated with reduced overdose rates — to support service expansion.
Councilmembers praised the center’s work and said they would consider future budget or policy requests. Councilmember Vanderwell noted she was excited the project is in her ward; Councilmember Anderson and others expressed interest in supporting fundraising and coordinating with ongoing redevelopment in the adjacent area. The Life Change Center said it has engaged a fundraising lead and has begun outreach; staff said the project will likely pursue grants and private philanthropic support, and the center asked the council to consider future financial support but did not request immediate city funding.
No formal council action or appropriation was taken during the meeting; councilmembers expressed appreciation and invited the center to return with further fundraising and permitting updates.
