Center for Human Services shows off new digs

The Center for Human services showed off its new home, in what used to be a roller rink, this week.

Visitors toured the 18,600-square-foot building, which once was part of a Roller King on Briggsmore Avenue.

The Center for Human Services bought the building for $1.4 million in September to move its main office from the McHenry Village shopping center, where the organization leases office space. A charter school uses the other half of the former skating rink.

The Center for Human Services has programs for young people, adults and families in every community in Stanislaus County, including the Hutton House shelter for teenagers in crisis; Pathways transitional housing for homeless young adults; substance-abuse and mental health counseling; and family resource centers.

It serves more than 23,000 children, adults and families.

In the past five years, the nonprofit group garnered more revenue and expanded its staff by 35 percent. It has one-third more space at the new location. About 130 of the organization’s 200-plus staff members will work at the new main office, spokeswoman Kate Trompetter said earlier.

The center will have more room for counseling, drug and alcohol treatment groups, and other services, enabling it to provide 7,500 additional hours of counseling, Trompetter said. The new location is near Highway 99 and bus routes.

This story was originally published August 13, 2015 at 7:40 PM with the headline "Center for Human Services shows off new digs."