Child Saving Institute expanding off Saddle Creek and Dodge
Demand has Omaha facility busting at the seams.
Demand has Omaha facility busting at the seams.
Demand has Omaha facility busting at the seams.
From his office, president and CEO Jaymes Sime can feel the demand for foster care, mental health services, and early childhood education.
The Child Saving Institute is taking another step in its evolution with a $46 million expansion. City officials are expected to sign off on construction documents, which plan to increase the CSI faculty and space and push its visibility along Dodge Street.
"It is exciting to look out and kind of see where the future is going to take shape," Sime said.
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The Campaign for Hope effort nearly doubles its building size to the east. It adds an on-site mental health clinic, an emergency clinic with 16 youth beds, and four more classrooms for kids.
The director of mental health services says demand has this facility busting at the seams.
"We've actually built additional offices, but we are just maxed out," Lora Sladovnik said.
CSI reports 2,865 people were served there last year, which exceeds pre-pandemic levels from the past decade.
"And that's exactly what we're trying to do with this expansion, is expand our mental health services, expand our youth shelter, expand our early childhood education services so we can serve more people in a better way," Sime said.