The providers and locations of the new crisis centers are AltaPointe Health in Mobile, the Montgomery Area Mental Health Authority, and WellStone Behavioral Health in Huntsville.

These centers will help to:

• Reduce the number of arrests
• Reduce the frequency of visits to hospital emergency departments
• Provide individuals in crisis access to care
• Promote sustained recovery and provide linkage to community agencies and organizations, psychiatric and medical services, crisis prevention and intervention services.