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Commissioners back exploring local support for crisis-stabilization facility RFP, urge letters and coordination
Summary
Commissioners reported a regional effort to pursue a crisis-stabilization facility under Trueblood Phase 3 funds; a private operator (Connections) indicated interest and an RFP deadline in late February; commissioners requested staff assistance drafting letters of support and exploring site, funding and local coordination.
Commissioners discussed a regional bid to create a crisis‑stabilization facility and signaled support for coordinating county assistance and letters in advance of an RFP deadline.
The update noted Thurston County is in the Trueblood Phase 3 funding region, and that the Department of Commerce released an RFP to fund crisis-stabilization facilities; the county’s representatives visited an existing model run by Connections in Kirkland and reported that Connections said it would apply to the RFP. Commissioners said the RFP deadline is in late February and that Connections’ model includes an EMS/law-enforcement drop-off entrance, a walk-in…
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