By Terry Griffin

Dayton Children’s Hospital plans to break ground on a new $100 million freestanding pediatric mental health center. Planning for the building is underway now. Groundbreaking is expected in spring 2023. The anticipated opening date is in spring 2025. Dayton Children’s opened a 24-bed mental and behavioral health inpatient unit in July 2019. The new center will double the number of behavioral health inpatient beds currently available at Dayton Children’s. It will also: Allow expansion for specialized program development. Allow for strengthened and smoother continuity of care by bringing behavioral health inpatient, outpatient, and crisis services all under one roof. Provide…