Proposed 24/7 crisis center in Capitol Hill draws mixed reactions

Does a Neighborhood in Crisis Need a Crisis Center? These Capitol Hill Businesses Don’t Think So

Back in 2023, voters approved a $1.25 billion property-tax levy to create, fund, and run five 24/7 fully-staffed crisis centers, or places anyone, including the uninsured, could go for their mental health and substance disorder needs. The first opened in Kirkland last August. King County plans to open three more centers like it by 2030, and another center focused on youth. by Nathalie Graham Molly Moon Neitzel, owner of Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice…

Proposed 24/7 crisis center in Capitol Hill draws mixed reactions

King County moves forward with its ambitious plan to expand mental health services with a proposed 24/7 mental health crisis care center in Seattle’s Capitol Hill.