Taylor Blatchford
@taylorblatchford.bsky.social
Covering mental health for The Seattle Times. Probably baking or reading. https://www.taylorblatchford.com/
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...
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.
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May 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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...
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...
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...
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.
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February 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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...
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 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...
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.
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January 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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...
Reposted by Taylor Blatchford
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...
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.
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December 13, 2024 at 11:11 PM
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...
Reposted by Taylor Blatchford
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December 5, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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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...
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.
www.seattletimes.com
December 2, 2024 at 7:44 PM
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...