A fight breaks out in the cafeteria. In the heat of a disagreement between two high school students, a glass of water is thrown hitting someone in the head and splattering on the floor. Police are called to the school. From that moment in the cafeteria, the youth who threw the water is now involved…
King County Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) welcomes Kelly Rider as the new Acting Director of the department! For nearly two decades, Kelly has worked on strategic initiatives across all levels of government and most recently served as Chief of Staff for the department. Kelly joined DCHS in 2017 and began her…
Continue reading ➞ Kelly Rider Now Serving as Acting Director of DCHS
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.…
Beginning in mid-November, a team of King County Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) volunteers, led by Leon Richardson, Adult Services Division Director, coordinated with the pastor at Riverton Park United Methodist Church in Tukwila to relocate 24 people seeking asylum from an encampment into eight rooms at a hotel in the area, with…
Continue reading ➞ King County Providing Temporary Support for Asylum Seekers in Tukwila
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. Throughout the month of October victim advocates, allies, survivors of abuse, their loved ones, and the surrounding community have come together to raise awareness of domestic violence and its impact on individuals, families, and communities. It has been a time to connect, lift each…
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