The Osage Nation is hosting a ribbon cutting event for its newly built Counseling Center complex in Pawhuska on July 22.
Located west of downtown, the complex is at 436 Elks Lodge Road and the commemoration begins at 10 a.m. with Nation government officials attending, as well as ON Health System and Counseling Center officials who worked on the project planning and funding its construction. When the doors open, the Counseling Center will comprise facilities for residential treatment, administration offices and outpatient services to serve the public.
According to a news release, the Counseling Center, under the oversight of the Si-Si-A-Pe-Txa (Health Authority) Board, is comprised of “a multidisciplinary team focusing on comprehensive services specific to women, men, and soon to be announced, adolescents. Counseling services include mental health, substance abuse, marriage and family, school-based and trauma-focused.”
“Peer recovery and case management services include: assistance with legal problems, medical care, social services, financial training, social support, housing assistance, literacy training and educational needs. Residential services include: a 90-day treatment focusing on relapse prevention, anger management, Wellbriety, the 12-steps, and trauma with an emphasis on cultural connection. Outpatient services are available to all members of the community, while residential services are exclusively available to members of any federally-recognized Tribe.”
According to ON Health System, the Counseling Center complex comprises 22,500 square feet of infrastructure including:
- Men’s Primary Residential Treatment (PRT) facility (approximately 4,500 square feet).
- Women’s PRT facility (approximately 4,000 square feet).
- Adolescent PRT (approximately 6,000 square feet).
- Men’s and women’s Transitional Living (approximately 3,000 square feet).
- Outpatient building (approximately 5,000 square feet).
The complex project, including land purchase and property development, was funded with $15.3 million of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding awarded to the Nation, the release stated.
Construction, consulting and engineering firms who worked on the project include: 1Architecture, Wallace Design Collective, Builder’s Unlimited and Blue River Architects.
