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Great Rivers ASO briefed commissioners on 988 transition; county to consider recommending Olympic Health and Recovery Services as regional 988 hub
Summary
Great Rivers Behavioral Health ASO and regional providers told commissioners that Columbia Wellness will focus on mobile crisis response and Olympic Health and Recovery Services will take the regional crisis line beginning April 1; ASO staff asked the board to consider a letter recommending Olympic as a 988 hub when the state selects hubs.
Trinidad Medina, chief executive with the Great Rivers Behavioral Health Administrative Service Organization, and regional providers updated the Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners on an impending change in the regional behavioral health crisis system tied to the statewide 988 transition.
Medina said Columbia Wellness—longtime operator of the region’s local crisis line—will focus on enhanced mobile crisis (boots-on-the-ground teams) and will cede the regional crisis-line call center to Olympic Health and Recovery Services. The planned operational transition date is April 1. Medina said the regional toll-free number will…
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