The state has opened its first community center designed to help people facing a behavioral-health crisis and keep those who don’t need to be hospitalized or incarcerated from being sent to emergency rooms or jails. Behavioral Health Crisis Center of East Idaho, at 1650 N. Holmes Ave. in Idaho Falls, will listen and talk to adults with mental illnesses and substance-abuse problems, help them set goals and connect them with additional community services, said Brenda Price, the center's coordinator. The center will provide assessments, stabilization services and plans, case-management assistance and referrals to other agencies/Kendra Evenson, Idaho Statesman. More here.