WARREN, Ohio - The Mahoning Valley has a new center for mental health and homelessness support. The center on Pine Avenue in Warren will have two designations. 

Half the building will be the Coleman Behavioral Health Crisis Center. 

Open 24/7, 365 days a year people of all ages can come in for counseling in a mental health crisis. Mental health advocates will be available to talk or connect people to resources like psychiatrist referrals or securing medication. 

Being open around the clock is something advocates feel is needed because some struggles don’t ever take a break. 

“Sometimes it's in those evening hours when they might be by themselves or when they don't have something to occupy their time that they really start to struggle and that's when they really need somebody to be there for them,” Hattie Tracy, the President & CEO of Coleman Health Services said. 

The other half of the building will be occupied by Sister Jean’s Lighthouse in honor of late Trumbull County nun Jean Orsuto. 

With valley shelters constantly at capacity and the Trumbull County Mental Health and Recovery Board has been putting the homeless in hotel rooms. 

Now, these eight apartment style rooms will relive some of that. They will be open to women and children as a temporary home for six months while they work to get back on their feet. 

“When you're out on the street you lose birth certificates, you lose your license, you need to get yourself settled so that you can fill out applications to get an apartment to get into low income housing that all takes time,” April Caraway the Executive Director of the Trumbull County Mental Health and Recovery Board said. 

Renovations of the 17,080 square-foot warehouse were funded through several organizations that secured capital grants and ARPA money. 

The homeless shelter is expected to open at the end of October while people can start meeting with councilors November 1. 

The center expects to help 3,000 people annually.