Sheridan Memorial Hospital Gets SLIB Grant For Crisis Stabilization Unit

Sheridan Memorial Hospital may soon be able to improve its care to patients mentally. 

The hospital was recently awarded a $5.9 million grant from the State Loan and Investment Board to develop an Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment, Healing (EmPATH) and Crisis Stabilization Unit to serve the Sheridan County region.

Currently the region does not have the appropriate level of treatment and service for behavioral health patients to meet their needs close to home and they must be transported to other treatment facilities.

Hospital President Mike McCafferty explains what the unit will look like when it’s ready to go.

“The facility itself is going to house 8 adult in-patient beds, 2 adolescent in-patient beds. We will have a crisis stabilization unit within the behavioral health unit and we’ll have a behavioral health urgent care on the front side that will act as the front door to the behavioral health unit.”

The hospital plans to launch a capital campaign to raise matching funds for the $12.8 Million Project

The project will launch quickly as the SLIB grant designates that it must be completed by 2026.