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Spurwink to open Crisis Receiving Center in Lewiston next spring
Spurwink has been awarded a state grant to open a Crisis Receiving Center in Lewiston.
The center will offer short term intervention for teens and adults who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis. It’s not a residential program, but it will be open 24/7 and use a home-like “Living Room” model that aims to reduce stigma and trauma for people in crisis, said Angela Blier, director of adult outpatient and community services for Spurwink in Lewiston.
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