Behavioral Health and Recovery (BHRD): Focuses on crisis response and investigation for involuntary commitment; mental health and substance use disorder, intervention, prevention and treatment; and services to support recovery
Cross-posted from Public Health Insider Leer en español Thanks to a new 24/7 ‘bup’ prescribing hotline, it’s easier than ever for people in King County to get started on medication to treat opioid use disorder. In partnership with the UW Department of Emergency Medicine, King County recently launched a telemedicine program that will provide on-demand access…
Continue reading ➞ WHAT IS BUPRENORPHINE? A Q&A ABOUT KING COUNTY’S NEW BUP HOTLINE
King County Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) Behavioral Health and Recovery Division (BHRD) is pleased to announce a Request for Applications (RFA) for the Be Heard: BIPOC Voices about Mental Health & Wellness Community Listening Project. The primary goal is to help BHRD understand how to better serve individuals from BIPOC communities by…
King County Behavioral Health and Recovery Division (BHRD) released an RFP to expand adult mobile crisis response in King County. The expansion will bring on more teams of behavioral health professionals to address immediate behavioral health conditions in community settings.
On Monday morning, King County Executive Dow Constantine announced a multi-part strategy across five priority areas to address the surge of fentanyl and stop the record overdose deaths in the region. The strategies expand behavioral health treatment, increase access to medications for opioid use disorder, and make overdose prevention tools and resources more widely available.…
The Crisis Care Centers Levy implementation plan has been transmitted. Designed to transform the region's behavioral health crisis response system, the plan includes creating a new network of five crisis care centers to give people a place to go for help when they need it. Extensive community engagement and professional input informed the plan.
October is Domestic Violence Action Month and Domestic Violence Awareness Month. During the month of October victim advocates, allies, survivors of abuse, their loved ones, and the surrounding community come together to raise awareness of domestic violence and its impact on individuals, families, and communities. It is a time to connect, lift each other up,…
Continue reading ➞ Power of connection: Resources for survivors of domestic and sexual violence
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