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Provider group proposes 16‑bed crisis facility and larger behavioral‑health campus; county and health officials express interest
Summary
A developer/operator team described plans for a 16‑bed crisis stabilization facility at a downtown Longview site and a proposed larger behavioral‑health hospital/campus to take civil commitments currently held at state hospitals; county staff and local health officials discussed licensing, funding and siting options.
A behavioral‑health provider group told the Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday that it is pursuing a 16‑bed crisis stabilization facility at the former Charlie’s restaurant site in Longview and is exploring a larger hospital‑scale behavioral health campus that could house civil commitments now placed at state hospitals.
Claudia Johnston, who described herself as operations lead for the project, said the short‑stay 16‑bed facility would be staffed and licensed to accept community patients and, when appropriate, serve Cowlitz County residents being discharged from Western State or Eastern State Hospital. “The 16 bed facilities are specifically designed to support your community,” Johnston said.
Why it matters: county commissioners and public‑health staff noted…
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