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Behavioral Health Services
Behavioral Health Services

Downtown Youth Wellness Center

BHSD

The Downtown Youth Wellness Center (DYWC) serves youth and young adults, ages 12-25, in a safe, supportive, and youth-focused environment that fosters an inclusive and welcoming environment. The design reflects current research that drop-in youth centers can be instrumental in supporting youth in navigating and accessing services across systems while also providing a space for activities, learning, socializing, and a place to just “be”. The center has a flexible and open approach to decrease barriers to access and reduce stigma and aims to keep in mind the community’s cultural and linguistic needs of the youth that attend the center. Services and supports include:

  •  Peer support, social and enrichment activities such as music, art, and self-expression.   
  • Same-day access to behavioral health services and support which supports our system of care and immediate access to mental health and substance use. 
  • Workshops, care coordination and linkage to other supports. 
  • Additional resources available to the youth include, a laundry room with a clothing closet, and hygiene supplies for youth and young parents, all done in an effort to provide needed resources to youth with compassion and dignity.