WYNN/PENTA CRISIS INTERVENTION BUILDING Case Study

from ENDING HOMELESSNESS IN AMERICA-A Blueprint For Success

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PENTA, Wynn Design & Development, and local industry partners joined together to build a new thirty-five hundred square-foot Crisis Intervention Center for Veterans Village in seven days.

More than 100 local companies and trade unions donated $1 million in materials and labor to build the facility.

The one-stop Crisis Intervention Center helps provide food for those coping with hunger and food insecurity, resources for permanent or temporary housing, mental health counseling, medical care, meal assistance, career planning and 12-step meetings to help escape addictive behavior.

Wynn Las Vegas entertainment headliner John Fogerty, a U.S. Army Reserve veteran, participated in a groundbreaking ceremony with Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, an avid supporter of the project.

The complex includes a food pantry — a “mini-Costco,” Stalk calls it that has products donated by Trader Joe’s, Smith’s, Whole Foods, Dunkin’ Donuts and the Three Square/Feeding America food bank network.

An intake office enables workers to triage arriving veterans with computers and resources to assist with health concerns and employment opportunities.

Medical partners

The center has partnerships with the new UNLV Medical School, the UNLV Dental School, Touro University, the University Medical Center, the Veterans Administration Hospital and United Health Care to assess medical concerns through checkups and screenings.

A multipurpose room adorned with flags representing the five military service branches — as well as some 53-inch flatscreen televisions for residents to gather to watch sports and movies — can be divided into two rooms for Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings. The room opens into a welcome plaza for indoor-outdoor events.

The plaza has a public memorial tribute to veterans with a simulated eternal flame.~ Las Vegas Review Journal.

“PENTA, Wynn Design & Development, and local industry partners joined together to build a new thirtyfive hundred square-foot Crisis Intervention Center for Veterans Village in seven days.

More than 100 local companies and trade unions donated $1 million in materials and labor to build the facility.

The one-stop Crisis Intervention Center helps provide resources for permanent or temporary housing, mental health counseling, medical care, meal assistance, career planning and 12-step meetings to help escape addictive behavior.” https://www.pentabldggroup. com/timeline.php