$291,000 has been appropriated for the creation of Oaklawn’s Elkhart County Crisis Center.

The money is the first installment received by the City of Elkhart from the opioid settlement fund.

The Crisis Center will be an expansion of Oaklawn’s Goshen facility which provides care for mental health, behavioral health and substance abuse disorders.

It will be a 24/7 urgent care center open 365 days per year that accepts walk-ins for individuals experiencing mental or behavioral health crises.

They plan to begin construction in October this year and to have the job completed within around four months.