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Commissioners discuss private mental-health facility plans as state hospital closures loom
Summary
Board members heard an update on a private mental-health facility proposal and discussed opportunities to use federal funding to create local care capacity as Washington plans to close or reduce operations at state hospitals; no formal county commitment was recorded during the meeting.
At Tuesday’s Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners meeting, commissioners and staff discussed a private proposal to develop a local mental-health and rehabilitation facility, including a property the presenters described as a 16-bed unit purchased at "Charlie’s." One commissioner said the county appears to be “at the forefront” of an opportunity to provide local…
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