Behavioral healthcare coalition launched to address crisis
King County is facing a behavioral healthcare crisis, according to city, county and state leaders.
Thousands of people need care, and there’s nowhere they can simply walk in and get it.
Thursday, King County Executive Dow Constantine and Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell joined other local leaders and partners to announce the launch of a coalition to address several pressing behavioral healthcare needs.
Specifically, Constantine noted goals to build a regional network of care centers, prevent current residential care centers from closing, and grow a sustainable workforce for care.
“There is not a single behavioral healthcare walk-in facility in King County,” Constantine said. “The only options are overburdened emergency rooms and very often, jail, [which] we cannot accept.”
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An excellent plan that adds flexibility, more nuanced approaches, and elasticity to a burdened system. A sharp contrast to the sort of undiversified Dog Eat Dog, punitive world that some conservative ideological approaches would undertake.