STARS sobering-and-triage program reports steep drop in repeat clients and seeks expansion

Ryan Kent, a STARS representative, told the Spokane County Behavioral Health Advisory Board that the agency's sobering-and-triage site has enrolled 514 clients since December and that only about 8% of people were repeat admissions. "Of those 514 clients, only 8% were duplicates," Kent said. He added that 74 to 81 percent of clients moved from sobering into withdrawal management or detox during that period.