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Commission hears behavioral health update: 988 outreach, peer workforce expansion and housing setbacks

Board of Douglas County Commissioners · April 16, 2026
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Summary

County behavioral health officials reported progress on the community health improvement plan's behavioral-health priorities: suicide-fatality review board recommendations (988 signage for parks), improved TRC outpatient follow-up (85%), increased peer-first workforce positions, and setbacks including a stalled 24-unit Rockledge supportive-housing project.

Bob Trianski, director of behavioral health projects, told the commission the behavioral-health plank of the Community Health Improvement Plan focuses on supportive housing, suicide prevention, overdose reduction and chronic absenteeism.

Trianski highlighted several milestones: the 2025 suicide data brief, implementation of a suicide fatality review board that has already reviewed cases, and a community-wide 988 promotion and signage effort driven by review-board…

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