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Spokane County’s REACH team outlines first-year results, plans to expand to rural communities
Summary
Spokane County’s REACH (Resource Engagement for Adolescents and Children) program reported 33 referrals in its first year, described its three-part care model and steering committee structure, and said it plans to roll the program out to rural counties in the region.
Jeanette Haynes, REACH program coordinator for Spokane County, told the Behavioral Health Advisory Board that REACH—‘‘Resource Engagement for Adolescents and Children’’—served 33 referrals in its first year and aims to expand into surrounding rural counties.
Haynes, who introduced herself as the program coordinator and a member of a four-person REACH team, said the program prioritizes youth with complex behavioral-health needs who are in emergency departments or inpatient settings but no longer need hospital-level care. ‘‘We take referrals from anywhere in, right now, Spokane County, but our target population, our priority population is youth with complex behavioral health needs, currently residing in emergency departments or community inpatient settings and no…
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