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Today King County Executive Dow Constantine announced that Connections Health Solutions will run King County’s first crisis center — a major milestone in the voter-approved, transformational investment in expanding access to behavioral health care.
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King County Executive Dow Constantine today announced that Connections Health Solutions will operate the county’s first crisis care center under the voter-approved initiative, providing behavioral health care for people experiencing a mental health, drug or alcohol crisis. Connections Kirkland, which opened last year, will continue serving North King County communities but will now be part of a new countywide network of crisis centers.
Today’s announcement is a major milestone as the county selects organizations to build and open five walk-in centers throughout the region. King County voters overwhelmingly approved the Crisis Care Centers Initiative in 2023 to transform the behavioral health system.
"This award makes Connections Kirkland the first official crisis care center for King County,” said Executive Constantine. “We celebrated the opening of this facility in August, and today we celebrate the boost it will receive as a part of the Crisis Care Centers Initiative — making sure people can access the behavioral health care they need, when and where they need it.”
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