State's Chosen Mental Health Crisis Provider for Acadiana Folds After Months of Struggle

TheCurrentLa | The Ness Center, a group approved by the Louisiana Department of Health to provide mental health crisis services in Acadiana, has closed its doors. The behavioral health provider, which also runs the Northlake Behavioral Health Hospital in Mandeville and is the state’s chosen partner for crisis response services in that region as well, announced in a press release that it had ceased operations at its Lafayette location, after a notification to local partners. The group cited an unsuccessful attempt to form a partnership with the Lafayette Consolidated Government and the Lafayette Police Department, which fell through after pushback from other local providers, as the reason for its departure. Cont.