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. … Continue reading New Actions to Stop the Surge of Fentanyl Overdoses and Expand Behavioral Health Treatment in King County
King County awards Purpose, Dignity, Action with a contract to continue the LEAD program in Burien, White Center, and Seattle
King County Department of Community and Human Services is awarding Purpose, Dignity, Action (PDA) with $4.1 million to continue the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program. LEAD is a diversion program that offers law enforcement an alternative to booking people into jail. The MIDD Behavioral Health Sales Tax Fund invests in LEAD to align with … Continue reading King County awards Purpose, Dignity, Action with a contract to continue the LEAD program in Burien, White Center, and Seattle
King County launches new effort to prevent youth suicide, invites you to join
September is coming around the corner, and we are preparing for September Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. King County DCHS partnered with Rescue Agency to develop a countywide Youth Suicide Prevention Campaign to help prevent youth suicide during Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in September, including a Suicide Prevention Week of Action that will take place September … Continue reading King County launches new effort to prevent youth suicide, invites you to join
Introducing Susan McLaughlin, our new Behavioral Health and Recovery Division Director!
King County DCHS welcomes Susan McLaughlin, Ph.D., as the new director of the Behavioral Health and Recovery Division (BHRD). Susan is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than twenty years of leadership experience in health, behavioral health, and social services as a clinician, researcher, and policy administrator. Her first day on the job will be … Continue reading Introducing Susan McLaughlin, our new Behavioral Health and Recovery Division Director!
Save the Date! Join us in person on Nov. 20th for the Behavioral Health Legislative Forum.
Save the date! King County is excited to announce its annual Behavioral Health Legislative Forum will be held in person once again! Join us on Monday, November 20, 2023, from 6:00 – 8:30pm at Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. The event is free and open to everyone. The forum will include: Remarks from King County Executive Dow Constantine. … Continue reading Save the Date! Join us in person on Nov. 20th for the Behavioral Health Legislative Forum.
The Newcomer Club: a Youth Healing Project building community for recently immigrated young people
Photo provided by the Newcomer Club. This was originally posted on the Best Starts for Kids blog. In the World School library, in one of the rare quiet corners of Capitol Hill, a group of high school students gather, cracking jokes and giggling, after the last school bell rings. They sit on a mismatch of … Continue reading The Newcomer Club: a Youth Healing Project building community for recently immigrated young people