Taylor Blatchford

King County considers Capitol Hill site for crisis care center If selected, the location would house one of five centers at the heart of King County’s plans to expand the mental health system.

King County is considering putting a mental health crisis center on Capitol Hill. Some neighborhood business owners and residents are pushing back. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

A brand-new mental health center was built in Lynnwood. Now it can't open Unless the funding challenges seen in Lynnwood — and at similar facilities in Pierce County — are solved, it could put the crisis care model in jeopardy.

If these funding challenges aren't solved, the new crisis care center model could be in jeopardy statewide, officials said. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

A brand-new mental health center was built in Lynnwood. Now it can't open Unless the funding challenges seen in Lynnwood — and at similar facilities in Pierce County — are solved, it could put the crisis care model in jeopardy.

Lynnwood built a brand new crisis center to help people who need urgent mental health care.

It's ready to open, but the planned provider dropped out, saying running the center is not financially sustainable because of how WA has structured funding and billing. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

UW plans an ‘experiment’ to better respond to mental health crises In emergencies that don’t involve a safety risk, a new campus crisis response team will respond with, or instead of, the UW Police Department.

UW will try a new approach to helping students and employees in mental health crises starting this spring, based on a philosophy that’s become increasingly mainstream: Mental health professionals are better equipped than police to respond to some emergencies. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

With few detox beds in WA, teens face withdrawal with ice cream, Tylenol Across Washington, only two detox beds are reserved for youth who need help withdrawing from substances like fentanyl and alcohol.

Physically withdrawing from drugs is a critical and potentially dangerous moment in addiction recovery. But across Washington, only two detox beds are reserved for youths, The Seattle Times has found. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

👋 I'm new to BlueSky, and I'm a Seattle Times reporter covering mental health. I've written a lot about systems of care for people in crisis: www.seattletimes.com/author/taylo...

A King County emergency mental health care program is expanding The expansion is part of the county’s broader investment in its behavioral health system, funded by a $1.25 billion levy approved by voters last year.

King County is expanding a program that provides emergency mental health care in two hours or less, sending teams of mental health professionals and certified peer counselors to respond to crises throughout the county: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...