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
First Responders in King County Applaud Crisis Care Centers
A Crisis Care Center is a place for people experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis to go and receive urgent care. Funded by the voter-approved levy, anyone can walk into a Crisis Care Center 24/7 with or without insurance to get help and a path to recovery. Crisis Care Centers are also a … Continue reading First Responders in King County Applaud Crisis Care Centers
Helping People in a Crisis: Update on King County’s Mobile Rapid Response Crisis Teams
King County launched its new Mobile Rapid Response Crisis Teams (MRRCT)1 in December and the expanded program is providing much-needed relief to our communities while we build more crisis care centers for people to go in a mental health, drug or alcohol related crisis. Mobile crisis teams are trained mental health workers and peer specialists … Continue reading Helping People in a Crisis: Update on King County’s Mobile Rapid Response Crisis Teams
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