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Whatcom County task force hears final site, model trade-offs for behavioral care center as FAB readies decision
Summary
County staff presented three site options and recommended an out‑of‑custody behavioral care center at the Division Street campus; members debated transport, continuity of care and the need for in‑jail treatment as the Finance & Facility Advisory Board and County Council prepare for decisions in coming months.
Whatcom County Executive Kayla Sidhu outlined three options for the county’s planned behavioral care center and said the county’s advisory work group is recommending an out‑of‑custody, treatment‑focused facility sited on the Division Street campus.
“The recommendation on that work group was to site at the Division Street campus,” Kayla said, explaining the choice favors upstream diversion, continuity of care and closer links with nearby behavioral health services at the Anne Deacon Center of Hope.
The county presented three alternatives: repurposing the existing Work Center (cheaper up front but constrained and with potential stigma); new construction on a vacant parcel at 2000 Division Street (allows therapeutic design but poses wetlands and space constraints); and new construction at La…
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