Portland – FamilyCare Health announced it has donated $2 million to Legacy Hospital’s Unity Center for Behavioral Health, a new psychiatric emergency facility for people with acute psychiatric crises along with an inpatient facility for adolescents and adults.
The Unity Center, based on a successful program in California’s Alameda County, will be specifically designed to stabilize individuals in mental health emergencies and link them to community resources for on-going treatment. It will also consolidate behavioral in-patient beds from Adventist Health, Legacy Health, Kaiser Permanents, and OHSU.
“We know that traditional emergency departments are not equipped to provide all the services for people in crisis,” says Jeff Heatherington, President of FamilyCare. “The Unity Center is an innovative approach to addressing this long standing concern. It also represents an important collaboration among hospital systems and community organizations to work together to serve the special needs of this population.”
“This donation represents FamilyCare’s continued investment in improving the health of its members and communities across the region,“ says Heatherington.
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FamilyCare, Inc. is a Medicare and Medicaid managed care organization providing patient‐centered healthcare to Oregonians for more than 30 years. FamilyCare was the first health plan in Oregon to integrate models of physical and mental health and was the first Coordinated Care Organization in the tri‐county area certified by the Oregon Health Authority. The health plan serves more than 130,000 members. FamilyCare’s mission is “Creating healthy individuals through innovative systems.”
