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New SMA behavioral-health center in Bunnell will offer 24/7 walk-in stabilization, county says
Summary
County and SMA Healthcare are building a 23,000-square-foot behavioral-health facility in Bunnell with 20 integrated stabilization beds and a 28-bed men's residential program; state, county and SMA funding covered costs and officials expect a mid-November opening.
County and SMA Healthcare officials on Tuesday outlined a new behavioral-health center in Bunnell that they said will provide around-the-clock psychiatric and substance-use stabilization for Flagler County residents.
Tory Gentilly, vice president of community engagement at SMA Healthcare, said the 23,000-square-foot central receiving facility is funded with $10 million in state appropriations secured by lawmakers, a county-donated parcel valued at about $1.2 million and $4 million from SMA. "This facility really is the product of a collaborative effort between Flagler County, the BOCC, the state of Florida and SMA Healthcare," Gentilly said.
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