DCHS selects Connections Health Solutions as operator for future Seattle Crisis Care Center  

Summary: Connections Health Solutions will operate King County’s Crisis Care Center in Seattle — a key step forward in meeting the pressing need for urgent crisis care in our region’s largest city, as part of the transformational investment to expand 24/7 behavioral health crisis services so they are readily available to everyone in King County. … Continue reading DCHS selects Connections Health Solutions as operator for future Seattle Crisis Care Center  

Listening to Local Voices: Community Engagement for the Seattle Crisis Care Center Location 

When King County voters approved the Crisis Care Centers Initiative in 2023, they asked for urgent and accessible behavioral health care in every part of our region. Today, this initiative is ushering in one of the largest investments in our history so that everyone has someone to call (988), someone to respond (mobile rapid response … Continue reading Listening to Local Voices: Community Engagement for the Seattle Crisis Care Center Location 

New ORCA Center Supports Recovery After Overdose

King County Executive Shannon Braddock joined the City of Seattle and Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) this week to celebrate the opening of the new Opioid Recovery and Care Access (ORCA) Center and shared a tour of the new facility on Instagram.    The ORCA Center offers people a welcoming place to recover after an overdose … Continue reading New ORCA Center Supports Recovery After Overdose

New Funding Opportunity: Creating a Crisis Training Academy for Behavioral Health Workers

A new Request for Proposals (RFP) is now available to build a Crisis Training Academy through the Crisis Care Centers Initiative. The King County Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) seeks a Behavioral Health Agency (BHA), Community Based Organization (CBO), and/or other training organizations to develop and operate a new crisis training program for … Continue reading New Funding Opportunity: Creating a Crisis Training Academy for Behavioral Health Workers

New Funding Opportunity for Jurisdictions to Support Siting Crisis Care Centers: Apply by September 19

King County’s Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) recently announced a new funding opportunity to support jurisdictions interested in potentially hosting a Crisis Care Center to help meet the pressing need for urgent behavioral health care in our communities.  A Crisis Care Center is a place anyone can walk in to get urgent care … Continue reading New Funding Opportunity for Jurisdictions to Support Siting Crisis Care Centers: Apply by September 19

Doing Right by Communities and Partners  

This month, the Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) presented to the King County Council an up-close look at how the department pays providers whose work is critical to expanding access to services like behavioral health, childcare, affordable housing, and more.   Over the past decade, DCHS expanded dramatically, implementing the new Health Through Housing … Continue reading Doing Right by Communities and Partners