MAPS 4 Mental Health Crisis Center final plans approved

Published on May 20, 2026

The Oklahoma City Council approved final plans for the MAPS 4 Robert Ravitz Crisis Center yesterday.

MAPS 4 includes $12.27 million to build the new crisis center and expand access to critical mental health and substance use intervention resources for Oklahoma City residents. The Arnall Family Foundation also contributed $3 million to the project.

“The MAPS 4 Robert Ravitz Crisis Center will be a cornerstone in our city's mental health infrastructure,” MAPS Program Manager David Todd said. “It combines intentional, calming design with essential intervention services to ensure that residents in crisis have a safe, supportive place to recover in their time of need.”

The center will include spaces for emergency assessments, stabilization and connections to ongoing support for people experiencing a mental health crisis. It will be operated by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS).

“Too often, people experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis needlessly end up in emergency rooms or jails,” said Statewide Crisis Services Director Lauren Stover. “The Robert Ravitz Crisis Center represents a major investment in a crisis response system that gives people a safe place to stabilize, access treatment and begin recovery outside of hospital emergency departments or the criminal justice system.”

The center will feature an urgent recovery center with 25 observation stations and a social living area, plans for two crisis stabilization wings with up to 16 beds each, a group therapy room, calming room, social living area and outdoor courtyard. The center will also include administrative offices, a kitchen and a cafeteria.

The crisis center will be located at 1200 NE 13th St., on the east side of the OU Health Sciences Center campus. Demolition is underway on the former Lottie House to make room for the new facility, which will begin construction early this summer. The center is scheduled to open next year.

S.A. Studio designed the Robert Ravitz Crisis Center.

About MAPS 4

MAPS 4 is a debt-free public improvement program funded by a temporary penny sales tax that will raise a projected $1.07 billion over eight years. Oklahoma City voters approved the sales tax to fund MAPS 4 in a special election on Dec. 10, 2019, moving forward with a unique and ambitious plan to transform our community. The temporary penny sales tax funding MAPS 4 began April 1, 2020, and ends in 2028. More than 70 percent of MAPS 4 funding is dedicated to neighborhood and human needs. The rest is for quality of life and

job-creating initiatives. The MAPS 4 Citizens Advisory Board and its six subcommittees will guide MAPS 4 planning and implementation, making recommendations to the City Council. The Council has final authority on MAPS 4. The MAPS Investment and Operating Trust developed a strategic investment plan to support long-term sustainable funding for MAPS 4 projects' operational expenses and maintenance. Visit okc.gov/maps4 for more.

About ODMHSAS

The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services provides prevention, treatment and recovery services for mental illness and substance use disorders across all 77 counties. Through a statewide network of community behavioral health centers, crisis services and treatment providers, ODMHSAS helps connect Oklahomans and their families to care, recovery and support. Learn more at www.odmhsas.org.

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Media Contact:

Kristy Yager, 405-297-2550, kristy.yager@okc.gov