Martin County Sheriff’s Office Supports New Horizons 4 Our Kids

Press release: December 2009

Martin County Sheriff Robert L. Crowder presented a donation of $20,000 from the Martin County Law Enforcement Trust Fund to New Horizons for the Children’s Crisis Stabilization Unit currently underway on Midway Road in Fort Pierce.  Sheriff Crowder was pleased to support the 4 Our Kids campaign and is looking forward to the opening of the safe and caring 20-bed facility where troubled youth, between the ages of 6 and 17 years old, and experiencing a mental health or substance abuse crisis can get emergency treatment.   Construction of the Children’s Crisis Unit is well underway with completion scheduled for September, 2010.

Currently, the four county area served by New Horizons has only three beds available for our needy children in crisis and they are in Vero Beach.  This number is sadly inadequate, as last year alone, 792 kids from the Treasure Coast and Okeechobee were admitted to a crisis unit.  The Children’s Crisis Unit will make it much more convenient for law enforcement professionals on the Treasure Coast to get children in need of these services to a facility capable of handling their care.

For additional information about New Horizons or the “4 Our Kids” capital campaign call Cathleen Owen at 772-672-8333 or visit our web site at www.nhtcinc.org.

New Horizons of Okeechobee and the Treasure Coast is a non-profit organization that provides mental health care and substance abuse treatment for children and adults living in Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie Counties.