WORCESTER, Mass. - UMass Memorial Health-Community Healthlink is using $700,000 in grants in renovate a Worcester facility to address what leaders call a national behavioral health crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

Masslive.com reports that funding will go toward capital renovations to help provide services in what UMass Memorial calls its ‘help without the wait’ model.

The Fletcher Foundation and the Stoddard Charitable Trust have provided $450,000 and $250,000 gifts, respectively, which will be used at Community Healthlink’s Queen Street facility in Worcester.