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Council affixes eight signatures to letter backing Thunderbird Treatment Center; members cite gap in inpatient beds
Summary
Councilmembers voted to affix eight signatures to a letter supporting the Seattle Indian Health Board’s Thunderbird Treatment Center on Vashon Island; members described a shortfall of treatment beds in King County and a $1.6 million capital gap for the project.
Councilmember Rob Strauss introduced a letter at the Jan. 6 briefing asking colleagues to affix their signatures in support of the Seattle Indian Health Board’s Thunderbird Treatment Center on Vashon Island. The clerk called a roll and eight councilmembers consented to have their signatures affixed to the letter.
Why this matters: council members said the toast of inpatient treatment capacity in King County leaves a gap for residents seeking residential addiction care, a disparity that the Thunderbird center aims to reduce for…
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