SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: Res 32085

• Record No: Res 32085
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution (Res)
• Status: Adopted
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 3/14/2023
• Title: A RESOLUTION supporting King County's Crisis Care Centers Levy and urging Seattle voters to vote "Yes" on the passage of this levy on the April 25, 2023, special election ballot.
• Sponsors: Andrew Lewis, Teresa Mosqueda
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att 1 - Crisis Care Centers, 3. Summary Att 2 - Residential Treatment Facilities, 4. Summary Att 3 - Supporting and Growing Workforce, 5. Signed Resolution 32085, 6. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/16/2023	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
3/16/2023	1	Mayor	returned
3/16/2023	1	Mayor	Signed
3/16/2023	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
3/14/2023	1	City Council	adopted	Pass
2/14/2023	1	City Council	referred
2/10/2023	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
2/8/2023	1	City Clerk	sent for review

CITY OF SEATTLE
RESOLUTION __________________
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A RESOLUTION supporting King County's Crisis Care Centers Levy and urging Seattle voters to vote "Yes" on the passage of this levy on the April 25, 2023, special election ballot.
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WHEREAS, the Behavioral Health and Recovery Division (BHRD) within King County's Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) manages public behavioral health services in King County, including Medicaid-funded services provided through the King County Integrated Care Network, the state-funded Behavioral Health Administrative Services Organization, and programs funded with revenue from the Mental Illness and Drug Dependency sales tax; and
WHEREAS, King County's behavioral health crisis system relies heavily on phone support and outreach services, with very few options of places for persons to go to for immediate, life-saving care when in crisis; and
WHEREAS, as of September 2022, the Crisis Solutions Center, operated by Downtown Emergency Service Center and requiring mobile team, first responder, or hospital referral for entry, is the only voluntary behavioral health crisis facility for the entirety of King County, and no walk-in urgent care facility exists in King County; and
WHEREAS, a coalition of community leaders and behavioral health providers issued recommendations to Seattle and King County in an October 13, 2021 letter that included recommendations to "expand places for people in crisis to receive immediate support" and "expand crisis response and post-crisis follow up services"; and
WHEREAS, call volume to King County's regional behavioral health crisis line increased by 25 percent between 2019 and 2021, from 82,523 calls in 2019 to 102,754 calls in 2021; and
WHEREAS, the number of persons per year who received community-based behavioral health crisis response services in King County increased 146 percent between 2012 and 2021, from 1,764 persons served in 2012 to 4,336 persons served in 2021; and
WHEREAS, referrals ...