DESC (Downtown Emergency Service Center)
Mental Health Care
Seattle, WA 4,790 followers
Housing and Health to End Homelessness
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About the Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC)
Stretching the bounds of accepted practices, DESC's professional staff have learned that creative, assertive and holistic approaches, including evidence-based and emerging best practices, work best for our highly vulnerable and difficult-to-engage clientele.
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The Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) was founded in 1979 to provide emergency shelter and survival services for people living in a state of chronic homelessness and who, due to their severe and persistent mental illnesses and substance use disorders, were not being served by existing missions of that day. Today, DESC is a recognized national leader in implementing innovative, cost-effective strategies that end homelessness.
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