The St. David's Foundation in Austin, Texas, has announced a grant of $8.9 million to develop a mental health center at Austin Travis County Integral Care.

The grant will be used to establish a community-based psychiatric treatment center for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. Scheduled to open in 2015, the planned 12,000-square-foot center at the intersection of Montopolis Drive and Ben White Boulevard in southeast Austin will offer sixteen beds and a range of integrated services, including crisis assessment, crisis stabilization, individual and group therapy, nursing services, discharge planning, and information and referral to outpatient community resources.

To that end, the grant will be allocated both to programs ($4.7 million) and capital costs ($4.2 million). Austin Travis County Integral Care will work to secure additional funds for ongoing operating costs from public and private sources in the community.

"The foundation is pleased to support a strong, sustainable community solution to a long-standing community problem," said St. David's Foundation CEO Earl Maxwell. "Through the center's crisis services, we hope to better serve Austin residents who struggle with mental illness."