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Resource and Recovery Centre opens downtown to centralize housing and behavioral-health services
Summary
The Downtown Engagement Center has relocated to 2001 1st Avenue North and reopened as the Resource and Recovery Centre, consolidating housing support, substance-use-disorder treatment and mental-health referrals with room for additional partners and on-site programming.
The Downtown Engagement Center has moved to 2001 1st Avenue North and reopened as the Resource and Recovery Centre, Speaker S1 said. The new facility is intended to centralize housing support, substance-use-disorder treatment and mental-health referrals and to improve access and coordination among providers.
City officials said the space will provide additional room for on-site partners and allow expanded collaboration and programming aimed at filling gaps in services for people experiencing homelessness or behavioral-health crises. S1 described the change as the result of discussions with the public and partnerships with local organizations and sponsors.
The announcement did not specify the full list of providers that will be on site or a detailed timeline for service rollouts. S1 did not state an operating budget in the remarks, and funding sources were not specified. The move follows the city’s stated emphasis on regional cooperation and shared services.
