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https://lnkd.in/gSWy-5g4 "Lost Patients compares the system for treating mental illness in America to an elaborate house, where every room, hallway and staircase was designed independently by a different architect. So what is it like to be shuttled from room to room? What sorts of tradeoffs are doctors working within this system forced to make every day? And what might it look like to design care around the needs of patients?" KUOW Public Radio and The Seattle Times wrapped up their "Lost Patients" series this spring with a panel of experts on the mental health system, including our own Director of Outpatient Behavioral Health, Timothy Jolliff. It's well worth an hour of your time! (And you'll want to listen to the whole series, too.)

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JAILING PEOPLE FOR HAVING NO PLACE TO GO IS CRUEL AND COUNTERPRODUCTIVE. SCOTUS's Johnson v. Grants Pass ruling to allow laws targeting homelessness with criminal penalties elevates the need for DESC’s long-term solutions, Housing First and Permanent Supportive Housing. The perspectives we shared in an April post drew on our long experience and evidence to show that people will accept something better for themselves if it meets their needs. Read more on our website: https://lnkd.in/gfY4bevS #JohnsonVGrantsPass

https://lnkd.in/gn_2h3Jf Ed has been a DESC tenant for eight years. Hear him describe his experience, and how permanent supportive housing gave him the stability he needed to find a space for healing and growth. He has this advice for new tenants: "It was six months to a year before everything kind of settled down from being outside. Use the resources that are available to you."

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BURIEN, Wash. (May 23, 2024)–We’re welcoming tenants into our new Bloomside permanent supportive housing, the first DESC housing built outside of the city of Seattle! At full capacity, 95 people living with disabilities and experiencing long-term homelessness, will have brand new homes with full wrap-around services in Burien. We celebrated the grand opening of Bloomside on May 23 with remarks from King County Councilmember for District 8 Teresa Mosqueda, DESC Executive Director Daniel Malone, President and CEO of the King County Housing Authority Robin Walls and Acting Director of DCHS Kelly Rider, followed by an open house and public tours of this beautiful building. DESC Director of Organizational Equity Rhonda Banchero was our emcee Read Daniel's remarks here: https://lnkd.in/gGHMGPEX #housingfirst #permanentsupportivehousing #endhomelessness

We’re holding the grand opening of Bloomside, 801 SW 150th St., Burien, on May 23. Join our party for 95 new homes with full wrap-around services! If you'd simply like to tour the building, learn about its unique features, meet the Bloomside team and learn about our services and our tenants, come ANYTIME BETWEEN 4-7 P.M., May 23, for the Open House. To hear the speakers and tour, please come from 2-3 p.m. for the whole Grand Opening ceremony, followed by a tour. Or come for both! Bloomside is DESC’s first permanent supportive housing outside of the city of Seattle. We’re looking forward to welcoming our tenants, highly vulnerable adults living with disabilities and experiencing long-term homelessness, in late May and early June. Thank you to Angelina V. for the beautiful four-story tall blooming flowers mural, and Clare Johnson for the lovely cityscape! And thank you to overall creative for production and installation, barry johnson co. for the aerial photos!

Lupe, peer counselor on DESC's Opioid Treatment Network (OTN) team, spoke eloquently about the need for post-overdose care at a city of Seattle press conference at DESC on May 9. The event in the Morrison announced a funding award for DESC's Opioid Recovery, Care & Access (ORCA) center, a new program that will offer post-opioid overdose care plus rapid initiation of buprenorphine & methadone to clients. “The ORCA Center adds another important link to our continuum of services for people who experience drug overdoses,” said DESC ED Daniel Malone. “By providing much-needed treatment such as medications for opioid use disorder, as well as access to harm reduction supplies, education and other services, we aim to prevent the next overdose and cut down on emergency room use. This will be one of many services and strategies designed to reduce fatal overdoses and fentanyl harm and increase well-being in the city and the county. Thank you to our multiple city, county and regional partners in crisis and behavioral health services who share those priorities and goals.” Investments from the City of Seattle, King County, Washington state and a generous private benefactor make the ORCA center possible, along with a broad and exciting partnership including the University of Washington – Addictions, Drug and Alcohol Institute (ADAI); Public Health – Seattle and King County; King County Behavioral Health and Recovery Division (BHRD); Seattle Fire; City of Seattle; Harborview Medical Center; and Evergreen Treatment Services (ETS).

We’re #hiring Crisis Outreach Specialists in Seattle, Wa. Know anyone who might be interested?

We’re #hiring a new #Registered #Nurse in Seattle, WA. Know anyone who might be interested? Feel free to share this with your colleagues and friends for better reach.