NEGAUNEE, MI— The former Teal Lake Medical Center in Negaunee has been renovated and turned into a behavioral health treatment and recovery facility.
Great Lakes Recovery Centers says the 33,000 square-foot building has been renamed the John Kivela Center. It will house Teal Lake Residential, a residential treatment program for women with substance use disorders offering detoxification services, and Sue B’s House, a recovery house for women.
Both Teal Lake Residential and Sue B’s House will allow children up to age 11 to stay with their mothers, addressing what is often a barrier to mothers receiving treatment.
The transition of the former Teal Lake Medical Clinic from UP Health Systems in 2022 was instrumental in GLRC’s vision of creating a regional behavioral health campus. A $300,000 pledge to be paid out over five years from the West End Health Foundation and nearly $2.8 million from the Michigan
Department of Health and Human Services under the leadership of Director Elizabeth Hertel, allowed GLRC to move through the renovations needed to transform the medical facility into a behavioral health campus, including residential treatment.
Congressional Directed Spending through Congressman Jack Bergman and Senator Debbie Stabenow also helped to move the project forward. Continued conversations are being held with other funders to secure final payments for the multi-million dollar project.
An open house and tours of the facility will be held Thursday from 3 to 5 p.m.
