Thanks to the voter-approved Crisis Care Centers (CCC) Levy, King County is expanding its services that offer immediate mental health and substance use care for people in a moment of crisis, including: Someone to Call (988) Someone to Respond In-Person (Mobile Response Crisis Teams) Somewhere to Go (Crisis Care Centers) Someone to Follow-Up (Post-Crisis Follow-Up Teams) Less than two years into implementing … Continue reading Full Speed Ahead: How the Crisis Care Centers Levy Is Unlocking Free, 24/7 Mental Health Support for King County
New Funding Opportunity: A Crisis Care Center in East King County
King County's Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) today released the second Request for Proposals (RFP) to find a qualified partner to stand up and operate a new Regional Crisis Care Center in King County’s East Crisis Response Zone. Thanks to the voter-approved Crisis Care Centers Initiative, King County is moving with urgency to open a network of five Crisis Care Centers countywide where anyone in King County can … Continue reading New Funding Opportunity: A Crisis Care Center in East King County
New Funding Opportunity for Mental Health Residential Treatment Facilities—Apply by October 17
The King County Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) recently released a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking Behavioral Health Agencies (BHAs) to create new residential facilities and beds for mental health and substance use treatment in King County. DCHS is hosting an information session at 10 a.m. this Friday, September 19 for interested proposers. … Continue reading New Funding Opportunity for Mental Health Residential Treatment Facilities—Apply by October 17
New Funding Opportunity: Youth Support Services (YSS)
The King County Department of Community and Human Services’ (DCHS) Behavioral Health & Recovery Division (BHRD) is pleased to release a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the 2026-2027 Youth Support Services (YSS) program. This RFP seeks to fund organizations with a deep knowledge of behavioral health services and substance use disorders (SUD) that have … Continue reading New Funding Opportunity: Youth Support Services (YSS)
September is National Recovery Month
National Recovery Month works to grow a thriving recovery community, reduce mental health and substance use related stigma, and spread the message that behavioral health recovery is REAL (Restoring Every Aspect of Life). This Recovery Month, we are highlighting the work of the King County Behavioral Health Advisory Board (BHAB). BHAB members advise the … Continue reading September is National Recovery Month
Converge Media’s Community Voices Highlights Urgent Need for Urgent Mental Health Care
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjrwiH4EEXc King County is moving with urgency to implement the voter-approved Crisis Care Centers Initiative, building a new, robust crisis response system out of 988 as an alternative to 911. This initiative will also fund a network of five Crisis Care Centers to make it easy for everyone in King County to get the mental … Continue reading Converge Media’s Community Voices Highlights Urgent Need for Urgent Mental Health Care