![]() Authors should submit a brief bio of several sentences to publish with their article. Submissions should be exclusive to Community Word and should be no longer than 500 words. Submission Guidelines: The Community Word welcomes submissions of opinion articles on any topic. Pick up your copy of the Community Word at these LOCATIONS. For information on advertising, visit rate card. The Community Word is published monthly and is available free of charge at businesses throughout the Peoria area. Publication of any advertisement is not to be construed as an endorsement of any product or service. Suite 1A-B, Peoria, IL 61602, and opinions expressed in the contents of articles and editorials are those of the author and not necessarily those of the publisher, Community Word LLC. Brian Ludwig, Managing Editor, c/o 621 Commercial St. We do want this to be a long-term commitment to this community.Community Word is published monthly by Community Word LLC. “We have to look at being good stewards with this money. The sooner that physical void in the UnityPlace mental-health program is filled, the better, Campen suggested. Major streets: This $5 million plan would make two Peoria streets two-way for first time since 1951 Peoria Heights: This $6 million plan is designed to bring more people to Prospect Avenue There was clearly a void in our community when it comes to behavioral health.” “Our medical industry and our medical footprint obviously is the future as we look at Peoria, and I think this complements this well. “From everything I’ve heard, talking to the professionals, they’ve had to turn people away for lack of beds. “For me, this was really a home run for our community,” the Peoria Republican said about the request. The proposed UnityPlace appropriation is the highest among the projects LaHood submitted. Darin LaHood included the UnityPlace project for possible funding through appropriations legislation for the 2022 fiscal year.Įach member of Congress is allowed 10 submissions. Fundraising is to account for another $6 million.Īn additional $6 million might come from the federal government. UnityPoint Health has pledged to finance about half the construction total, according to Campen. All of that was disrupted when the pandemic hit.” Their whole universe centers around family and school. “(Kids’) lives, not unlike adults, were disrupted, but adults have a little more life experience beneath their belt. It tells us the level of distress that kids and their families are under and really seeking help and wanting some support and some guidance in helping getting through this. Anxiety and depression are among the reasons. UnityPlace Chief Financial Officer Ann Campen said the cost probably has risen, in line with COVID-related price increases in building materials.Īlso rising in the wake of COVID, by 67%, is the number of Methodist emergency-department behavioral-health visits by teenagers younger than 18, according to Steiner. No specific site has been selected, nor has a formal time line been determined.Ĭost is expected to be a minimum of $24 million. The plan is for the facility to be located in Peoria, Steiner said. “All of that is designed to enhance the therapeutic and healing process,” Steiner said. Also planned are private rooms and space for group gatherings and for therapies that include art, exercise and music. In-patient and outpatient services are to be integrated there. It has a plan to rectify the physical problems of a 12,000-square-foot facility that serves children between ages 4 and 17.Ī new location is planned that almost doubles the number of beds. UnityPlace is a UnityPoint Health division that handles addiction and mental-health services. “We’ve kept it up, but it wasn’t designed to meet the needs of our patients,” said Dean Steiner, the UnityPlace chief operating officer. Particularly these days, considering the psychological effects COVID-19 has had on some teenagers. It has 23 beds, but, according to hospital officials, that number isn’t enough. The facility at UnityPoint Health-Methodist in Peoria is old. PEORIA - The UnityPoint Health-UnityPlace child and adolescent behavioral-health center could use a little care.
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