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Center for Human Services reports local behavioral‑health reach; city‑funded programs support Lake Forest Park residents
Summary
Center for Human Services told council it served 52 Lake Forest Park residents in 2025 and 61 in the first half of 2026 across prevention, family support, school‑based services and outpatient counseling; staff emphasized youth prevention, co‑occurring substance use and distribution of harm‑reduction supplies.
Tanya Lascaux, associate executive director of Center for Human Services, briefed council on local program impacts supported by city funding. She said 52 unduplicated Lake Forest Park residents participated agencywide in 2025 and that 61 Lake Forest Park residents accessed services in the first half of 2026.
Lascaux described family support programming like the Kaleidoscope play & learn early learning group, kinship support for relative caregivers, and school‑based behavioral health at Kellogg Middle, Shorecrest High and Lake Forest Park Elementary. She said anxiety and depression were the most prevalent diagnoses among local clients and that 15% of Lake Forest Park residents receiving counseling also had a diagnosed substance‑use disorder.
Lascaux stressed harm‑reduction distribution (Naloxone) and the WISE wraparound intensive team that combines school and clinical partners for high‑need cases. Council members asked about referral pathways, phone and web access for residents, and coordination with local responders; Lascaux said CHS takes calls directly by phone and works with RACER and community courts for assessments and referrals.
