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Clark County Council urges state to seek emergency funds to open Brockman mental-health campus
Summary
Councilors gave consensus direction for county staff to draft a letter to the Department of Social and Health Services asking that the agency seek emergency funding to open a completed 48-bed Brockman facility designed for civil-commitment inpatient treatment.
Councilor Fuentes asked the council on June 11 to direct staff to ask the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services to seek emergency operating funds so a finished state-run mental-health facility near Washington State University Vancouver can open sooner than currently planned.
"The campus has been has completed its construction as of a few days ago, if I'm not mistaken. The facility will not open due to funding, paused by the state legislature," Councilor Fuentes said, referring to the 48-bed facility intended to reduce pressure…
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