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County budget covers opening of two addiction triage centers and expansion of deflection program as state funding shifts
Summary
Health and Human Services presented FY2025–26 funding to open two Center for Addiction, Triage and Treatment facilities, expand a state pilot deflection program under HB 4002, and noted recent state funding reductions for some programs; county said no general fund is used to open the CAT centers.
County behavioral‑health staff told the budget committee that Washington County will open two Recovery Centers for Addiction, Triage and Treatment (CAT) locations—one in Hillsboro and one in Beaverton—this year. Staff said the centers will provide assessment, sobering, withdrawal support, residential stabilization, peers, outpatient services and co‑located social supports including medical and pharmacy resources. In the presentation county staff said the centers were funded with contributions from Coordinated Care Organizations, legislative funds and other non‑general‑fund sources; no general‑fund dollars were used to open CAT.
At the same meeting county staff also described the state’s Criminal Justice Commission behavioral‑health deflection program created under HB 4002 (the…
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