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New Cabarrus behavioral center will offer urgent care, short stays and a residential track for youth and adults
Summary
Operator Monarch and county health leaders described an urgent‑care model with up to 23‑hour stays and a facility‑based crisis/residential track of roughly 7–10 days, plus family‑centered treatment and school reintegration plans.
Monarch, the nonprofit selected to operate the new Cabarrus County facility, said the center will provide a stepped continuum of care: behavioral‑health urgent care for rapid stabilization, short stays of up to 23 hours, and a residential crisis program allowing 7–10 day stays or longer when clinically indicated.
"A kid can come in and stay and suppose after 23 hours, they're not better yet. They can still stay," Dr. Peggy Terhune, Monarch's CEO, said, adding that the program will emphasize treatment and education rather than warehousing children. Dr. Camila McKissick, Cabarrus County's behavioral health director, said the center is part of the regional No Wrong Door initiative to coordinate EMS, schools, law enforcement and providers so people reach appropriate care quickly.
Speakers emphasized family involvement, school continuity and trauma‑informed treatment. Monarch's CEO said staff were recruited from other programs to build clinical capacity and that the residential track will include schooling and therapies aimed at returning children to healthier functioning rather than long institutional stays.
