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Community leaders have high hopes that a planned mental health crisis center in South Salt Lake will help prevent future hospitalizations.
University of Utah Health is officially backing plans for the Huntsman Mental Health Receiving Center to be located near the jail and homeless center in South Salt Lake
University officials said the goal is to have the center open for patients by the Fall of 2023, which would give individuals experiencing a mental health crisis an option aside from the emergency room or a jail cell.
Salt Lake County and the Huntsman family are donating the nine-acre plot at 3300 S. and between 900 W. and 1000 W.
“Certainly, you know it will be tough. But you don’t really know just how tough until you’re in it,” she told The Salt Lake Tribune’s editorial board. McCluskey’s case, she added, was “a complicated challenge.”
When she leaves, Watkins will have been in the leadership role for just three years one of the shorter presidential tenures for the U. in recent history.
The interim president could also be a prominent dean within the university; that has occurred previously when the position has been open.
For finding a permanent new leader, the Board of Regents already has approved hiring a national firm to help guide the process. The board will announce members of its search committee by the end of the month.