After thoughtful consideration and a careful review of current circumstances, services have been suspended at the Renown Crisis Care Center. The Center, which provided short-term, 23-hour behavioral health crisis intervention services was funded by American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant that was recently terminated by Health & Human Services (HHS). Renown leaders are working with representatives on the federal, state, and local level on alternative funding sources with the goal of resuming operations when a sustainable form of funding is identified.
Renown Health remains committed to supporting the mental health and well-being of our community. Individuals in need of crisis services are encouraged to contact the national Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988, which offers free, confidential 24/7 access to trained crisis counselors for mental health-related distress. Individuals experiencing a psychological or behavioral health crisis can also continue to receive evaluation and treatment at a Renown Health Emergency Room at Renown Regional Medical Center at 1155 Mill St., Reno or Renown South Meadows Medical Center at 10101 Double R Blvd in South Reno.
The Renown Crisis Care Center opened on Feb. 20 and is located on the campus of the Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health (NNAMHS) location at 480 Galletti Way in Sparks, NV.
With the value of putting People-First, and creating environments where people feel safe, valued, supported and respected, Renown Health leaders are actively exploring appropriate placement opportunities for the team members whose roles have been impacted.
About Renown Health
Renown Health is the region’s largest, locally governed, not-for-profit integrated health care network serving Nevada, Lake Tahoe, and northeast California. With a diverse workforce of more than 8.000 employees, Renown has fostered a longstanding culture of excellence, determination, and innovation. The organization comprises a trauma center, two acute care hospitals, a children’s hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, a medical group and urgent care network, and the locally owned not-for-profit insurance company, Hometown Health.
Renown Health Stands with Hospitals and Health Systems Nationwide on #havhope Friday
Renown Health, the region’s largest, not-for-profit academic health system serving Nevada, Lake Tahoe and northeast California, is joining healthcare networks across the country by supporting the American Hospital Association’s violence prevention initiative, Hospitals Against Violence (HAV). Today, team members at Renown are participating in #HAVhope Friday, an annual day of awareness focused on enhancing public awareness of workplace violence and addressing all types of violence within our health system and community.
Saving Lives Through Awareness: Renown Health Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day
Medication-assisted treatment program at Renown’s Stacie Mathewson Institute offers support for this in recovery from addiction
The Stacie Mathewson Behavioral Health & Addiction Institute at Renown Health stands with northern Nevada communities on Fentanyl Awareness Day, recognized nationwide on April 29 annually.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. Unlike medical fentanyl, illegally made fentanyl is often made in unsanitary conditions, not carefully dosed or blended and laced in other street drugs, including pills, powders and crystals.
Renown encourages all community members visit FentanylAwarenessDay.org for resources tailored for many different groups, including families, schools, companies and more.
“Opioid addiction is an epidemic nationwide, and Nevada is no exception – and with dangerous synthetic opioids like fentanyl becoming easier to access, it’s our responsibility as healthcare professionals to take action,” said Takesha Cooper, MD, Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences for Renown Health and the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med). “It’s important for our community to know what they can do to help themselves, or someone they love, who may be struggling with fentanyl addiction. The Stacie Mathewson Behavioral Health & Addiction Institute is here to help those affected by fentanyl.”
Renown Partners with Area Hotels to Offer Discounted Rates for Patients, Families & Caregivers
When Suzanne’s son was involved in an accident and hospitalized in the ICU, she didn’t think twice about traveling across country to be with him, so she could care for him at his bedside. The specialists at the Trauma Center were his best chance at survival. What she didn’t anticipate was how the cost of lodging near the hospital would add an overwhelming financial burden to an already stressful situation. She left work to travel for what she originally thought would be a few days, which then became a few weeks.
