Posted: Thursday, January 03, 2013
The Providence Center received a $128,615 grant from the Champlin Foundation to help pay for new windows at the Center’s 530 North Main Street location.The Providence Center’s adult services, including an integrated primary-behavioral health clinic, employment and education services, and emergency and outpatient services for mental health and substance abuse treatment, all operate out of the North Main Street location. Appointments at 530 North Main Street average 150,000 per year, with more than 10,000 people served annually.
“We are very thankful for Champlin’s support,” says Dale K. Klatzker, president/CEO of The Providence Center.
“The grant allows us to continue to provide comprehensive services to our state’s most vulnerable citizens, while ensuring that our building is efficient and environmentally friendly.”
The grant funds reconstruction of the building’s second floor to improve efficiency and installation of new thermal aluminum windows on a portion of the first floor and the entire second floor. In addition to improving the facility’s cost-effectiveness and reducing its carbon footprint, the project will increase the building’s service capacity and improve the experience of consumers. Consultant estimates predict that the replacement of the building’s windows will save more than $12,000 per year and allow us to reduce the carbon produced by heating the building by almost 1,000 pounds per year.
The Providence Center is at the forefront of innovative approaches to behavioral health care designed to meet the changing needs of the more than 10,000 people served each year. Since The Providence Center opened its doors in 1969, it has been a community fixture, providing people from all walks of life with mental health and substance abuse services in their homes, schools and neighborhoods. In addition to comprehensive high quality behavioral health services, The Providence Center gives people the tools they need to change their lives. Through 39 programs and wraparound services, including food and housing, job training, legal services, primary health care and wellness activities, The Providence Center helps the people it serves to succeed.