Local providers describe new deflection program and Seaside housing conversion, programed to launch in September
County behavioral-health staff outlined a new "deflection" program offering alternatives to arrest for some low-level offenses, plans to hire a drug-and-alcohol clinician, use contingency management, and place clients into supportive and workforce housing created by the Coordinated Care Organization's Seaside Red Lion purchase.
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Amy Baker, a county provider, told the Clatsop County Health Systems Advisory Committee that the county is designing a deflection program in partnership with the sheriff’s office, probation and parole, the courts, the VA and other law‑enforcement partners to give some people the choice of treatment instead of arrest.
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