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First of its kind behavioral health urgent care center for children opens in Wake County

The first behavioral health urgent care center in the Triangle -- designed just for kids -- opens Monday.

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FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C. — Children dealing with a mental health crisis will have a new option to get help.

The first behavioral health urgent care center in the Triangle -- designed just for kids -- opens Monday.

Starting Monday, children and their caregivers in need of mental health support can now get help at the Hope Center for Youth and Family Crisis in Fuquay-Varina.

The center provides 24/7 access to care, 365 days a year.

It's the first center of its kind in Wake County.

The Hope Center is designed to help families with children ages 5 to 20 who in the past may have felt they had nowhere to turn for help.

The center provides access to assessment, stabilization and treatment planning in a safe, secure and therapeutic environment.

Doctors said the need for this is great.
According to the CDC, feelings of persistent sadness and hopelessness, as well as a suicidal thoughts and behaviors, increased by about 40% among young people -- even in the years leading up to the pandemic.

The services offered at the Hope Center can also help reduce the strain on EMS as well as hospitals and law enforcement.

The center will also be providing a mobile response unit throughout central North Carolina.

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