The Southwestern Pennsylvania Human Services next month will open two new sites offering behavioral health services for nearly 2,000 patients in the Butler area.

The SPHS CARE Center and Diversified Human Services, which are SPHS affiliate agencies, will relocate the services currently provided at the Irene Stacy Community Mental Health Center on Hillvue Drive in Butler Township.

Outpatient behavioral health services will move to 1610 N. Main St. Extension in Butler Township, beginning May 2.

The clinic on Hillvue Drive will close.

Office hours will remain the same: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays.

Services will continue to be provided at the Irene Stacy center through April.

The provider’s other services, psychiatric rehabilitation, blended case management, behavioral support and mobile medication services, will relocate May 2 to 160 New Castle Road at the Alameda Plaza in Butler Township.

The Alameda Plaza office will operate from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.

SPHS became the new provider of these services in January after the county ended its contracts with Irene Stacy last year due to concerns about the facility’s financial woes.

Luther Sheets, chief operating officer for SPHS, said the transition has been seamless for people receiving the services.

“That was our goal all along,” Sheets said. “It hasn’t affected them.”

However, he said SPHS has been busy handling the changes.

“It’s been hectic on our end,” Sheets said.

Joyce Ainsworth, director of county human services, said SPHS has done a good job taking over behavioral health services.

“They’ve been wonderful,” Ainsworth said. “They did everything they said they would do.”

She said SPHS wasted no time, arriving at the Hillvue Drive center at 10 p.m. Dec. 31.

“They rolled in New Year’s Eve with the whole team of people,” Ainsworth said.

The staff brought food and new equipment.

“The clients instantly reacted to that,” Ainsworth said.

She said the new locations, particularly the Main Street site, will benefit the recipients of those services.

“They’re on the main drag,” Ainsworth said. “You’re moving to the heart of the community.”

SPHS also will continue operating two group homes in Butler and a transitional care facility on the VA Butler Healthcare campus off New Castle Street that Irene Stacy formerly ran.

SPHS has been providing needed behavioral health services in southwestern Pennsylvania for 50 years It serves more than 50,000 individuals and families annually.