Mental health crisis center nears goal with City of Memphis grant
Alliance Healthcare Services' new crisis center on Broad Avenue will give first responders quick access from Sam Cooper Boulevard, with Malcomb Street as the through street for the center, flanked by Summer Avenue on one side and Broad Avenue on the other. The facility was designed by Memphis-based brg3S architects and is being built by partner Turner Construction. (Courtesy Alliance)
The $1 million grant ensures Alliance will receive a matching $1 million gift from a private donor for its new mental health crisis center.
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Alliance Healthcare Services Mental health Memphis City Council Mark Billingsley Laurie PowellAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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