{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Radio Chatskill","title":"New Crisis Center in Honesdale Aims to Meet Rising Demand for Mental Health Support","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":616,"description":"As more residents across the region turn to crisis hotlines and community support networks, a new center in Wayne County is preparing to open its doors with the goal of meeting growing mental health needs.The Center for Community Resources (CCR), which operates in 37 Pennsylvania counties, is launching the Northeast Regional Crisis Stabilization Center in Honesdale. An open house is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 12, to introduce the public to its expanded services.“Our goal is to connect people to those community resources and supports that improve their everyday life within their individual communities,” said Victoria Toomey, the center’s outreach coordinator. “We are in 37 counties, so it looks different in each of those, but I would say just getting people the support that they need.”CCR was founded in 2002 as a centralized hub for people navigating their mental health journeys. “Initially, the goal was to be a resource hub — a place where anyone going through their mental health journey could come to and get connected to providers or just local community resources that could be helpful,”  Toomey said. “And then over time, we evolved into that provider role.”Today, CCR offers a wide range of services, including early intervention, intellectual and developmental disability support, and crisis intervention — the focus of its newest expansion in Wayne County.First-of-its-Kind Crisis Center in Wayne CountyThe new stabilization center will provide a homelike, non-clinical environment for people experiencing a mental health crisis — a model that Toomey said sets the center apart.“It’s the first of its kind in Wayne County, so that’s really exciting,” she said. “The center does a really good job of feeling very comforting and not very clinical. We want people to come in and just feel kind of at home.”The crisis program includes a 24/7 phone hotline, mobile crisis teams that meet people where they are, and around-the-clock walk-in services at 616 Main St. until the new...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/q7XXsnSXT_u4mZLCn3chUorwDmUD_kWiB272D6emB18/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80N2Uy/OGY5MWUwZThkYTEw/NDVkZGM2ZGZkZDIw/ZjliOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}