Providence Holy Family Hospital is proposing to renovate approximately 7,200 square feet of existing office space to house a new ambulatory behavioral health clinic for children.
Providence spokeswoman Ariana Lake said the hospital has moved and is expanding its behavioral and educational skills training programs.
Building records require plans to convert the second floor of the building at 235 E. Rowan Ave. for a new treatment clinic.
“Hospital-based day programs provide children with therapy to address their behavioral and emotional problems,” Lake said in a news release.
The current program is for children ages 8-12.
“This expansion will allow us to start serving 7-year-olds and double the number of patients we can help,” said Lake. “This is critical to meet the growing demand for children who need mental health support.”
Designed by NAC Architecture and built by Bouten Construction Co., the project is expected to cost about $1.7 million. Lake said he hopes to complete construction by the end of June.
Scheduled outpatient treatment
Inland Northwest Behavioral Health has submitted plans to convert an existing office building to host a new intensive outpatient program at 1313 N. Atlantic St.
Dan Barth, the organization’s director of business development, said the new clinic will help differentiate between people who need the more common weekly type of outpatient care and more serious cases that require inpatient care. He said it bridges the gap between treatments.
“Being a public access hospital, we have hundreds of people coming in once a month,” says Barth. “Often they don’t have the acumen to do inpatient care and what they need is more intensive outpatient care.
“How do you meet people where they are? Create a program that meets their needs to put a positive trajectory into their lives.”
Plans call for a new clinic, estimated to cost about $900,000 for the project, and are expected to be completed and open this summer, Barth said.
105 2. Major facilities on Fifth Avenue already offer outpatient mental health care, usually with weekly visits by a therapist. The new clinic will provide a more intensive level of care but will not require hospitalization, he said.
“It offers outpatient treatment three times a week and usually dynamic group therapy,” he said. A psychiatrist will be available if necessary.”
The organization has been planning to expand the service for some time, he said.
“There were a lot of things that had to come together, but one of the most important things was the location,” says Barth. “And it just serves the needs of the community.”
Western Insurance Joint Office
Western Insurance Associates is applying for permission to completely revamp its existing retail space at 806 N. Maple St., eventually consolidating its three offices into one.
The work to convert approximately 3,830 square feet into office space is being designed by Cassidy Lange, owner of Hatch Interiors.
“It’s really a retail and roasting and storage facility,” Lange said. “We’re tearing it down and renovating it, consolidating three offices into one.”
The one-story building was a pre-engineered steel structure when it was built in the 1970s, she said.
“We leave some of the original steel structure exposed,” says Lange.
If all goes well, the work could be completed by spring, she said.
