Brantley receives funding for new rural mental health crisis center | News

The town of Brantley has received a $350,000 grant for infrastructure for the new South Central Alabama Mental Health rural crisis center. 

Funding comes from the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission consisting of Crenshaw, Autauga, Baldwin, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Mobile, Montgomery and Pike counties.

The commission was formed to promote economic development in parts of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and all of Florida. 

“Like its sister programs, the Appalachian Regional Commission in north Alabama and Delta Regional Commission in Alabama’s Blackbelt counties, the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission will be instrumental in providing funds for projects like this mental health center all the while creating new jobs and energizing economies,” Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) Director Kenneth Boswell said. “ADECA is pleased to join Gov. Ivey in support of this project.”

The 21,207 square feet  facility is estimated to cost $10 million and will employ 65 people to serve Butler, Coffee, Covington and Crenshaw counties. 

It will be will be located off U.S. Highway 331 north of Brantley on a four-acre site. It is set to be open 24 hours, seven days a week.

“This facility will enable those who are affected with mental health issues to have access to treatment much closer to home,” Gov. Ivey said. “This project is a result of cooperation among governmental partners and one of the first funding projects of the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission which helps meet the funding needs of people in southeast and coastal Alabama.”