Fulton youth treatment center set to hold ribbon cutting Wednesday
FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ)
A new center to support displaced foster care youth and at risk children will be holding a private ribbon cutting in Fulton Wednesday.
The Cornerstone Treatment Center will be leasing a hospital that has been vacant since 2022. The center will hold as a residential treatment center and outpatient mental health hospital for children ages five to 17, according to the center's CEO.
The plans for the estimated $25 million project include adding a pediatric urgent care, orthodontist, dentist, an oral surgeon, an obstetrician, a barber, schooling and more. The center will also include ten trauma beds for children as well.
The center will have multiple functions such as providing shelter, mental health services job training, education support and critical intervention to help young people prevent and recover from trafficking.
The treatment center also plans to host events for community members, providing parenting classes and anger management.
A grand opening ceremony will take place in about 90 days.
Nobel Health announced the closure of its hospitals in Fulton and Mexico in 2022. Former Noble employees at the Fulton hospital and another in Mexico, Missouri, allege in a filing in the company's bankruptcy suit that Noble failed to pay their insurance premiums, leading to uncovered claims, and failed to pay them.
