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Resident group urges county-led behavioral health facility; asks commissioners to lead planning
Summary
A local advocacy group presented a roadmap calling for a locally controlled behavioral health facility in Cowlitz County and urged the Board of Commissioners to assign leadership, fund a project manager and make the item a standing meeting topic.
Larry Wood, representing Cowlitz County Concerned Citizens ("4 C's"), urged the Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners to take immediate leadership on behavioral health, arguing the county needs a locally controlled, comprehensive mental health treatment facility.
Wood told commissioners he and collaborators spoke with mayors, law enforcement, judges, the prosecuting attorney and other local leaders and found near-universal agreement that county-level leadership is missing and that services are fragmented. "We need a locally controlled comprehensive mental health treatment facility," Wood said during public comment, and he presented two papers, A Better Path for Public Safety in Longview and Behavioral Health: Cowlitz County Roadmap, to outline proposals and next steps.
The paper, Wood said, recommends the county accept leadership for behavioral-health…
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