A beautiful day in the neighborhood

When Heartland RADAC was looking for a new home, it didn’t have to go far. Across the street, literally.

A Heartland RADAC team used to be housed at LMH Health. But when the pandemic happened the space was needed for COVID-related services and Heartland RADAC began looking for a place.

The Bert Nash Center seemed like a natural fit, and it had the available space.

“We can be housed anywhere, but Bert Nash is actually the perfect place,” said Stacey Cooper, Heartland RADAC Director of Case Management Services. “Our role is to bridge

people into services, to make sure they get connected. We are very excited to have a place to go home to.”

Heartland RADAC’s services include alcohol and drug assessment screenings, case management and care coordination, and recovery coaching.

Aaron Newton, Bert Nash Center Urgent Care Program Manager, said of the Heartland RADAC move, “They will be more accessible to clients who are coming into Bert Nash and will provide more community-based support for them as well as responding to the emergency room at LMH Health and being available to people who are in a mental health crisis.”

Heartland RADAC will also have a role in the new crisis center, which will be located across the street north of the Bert Nash Center. The crisis center, part of the Treatment and Recovery Campus of Douglas County, is expected to be completed by February 2022.

“We all really are in this together,” Cooper said. “Which is reflected in the spirit of integration and collaboration with us moving into Bert Nash.”

Heartland RADAC will have four staff members housed at the Bert Nash Center.

“They will help with care coordination, so it gives us another set of resources to connect our clients with and to help them navigate services in the community,” said Bert Nash Center CEO Patrick Schmitz. “The focus is on how best we serve our clients, that’s always our goal.”