Tri-Cities to Get New Mental Health Outpatient-Crisis Center
DOC said they are partnering with Premera Blue Cross for three projects, including one in Kennewick.
Besides a project in Klickitat County and Deaconness Medical Center in Spokane, Kennewick will get a new mental health outpatient and crisis stabilization center.
The Tri-Cities project is the Three Rivers Therapy Crisis Stabilization Center. Three Rivers Therapy, located at 10505 West Clearwater, currently has a staff of at least ten nursing-mental health counselors-providers.
3 Rivers Therapy (google maps)
DOC says $904,470 has been awarded for Three Rivers to build the new center, which will allow many more area residents to utilize mental health assistance.
Those that will allow more expanded visits include: (According to DSHS) Eastern and Western State Hospitals, the Child Study and Treatment Center and the Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island. Visitation will also be allowed at the Fort Steilacoom, Maple Lane and Yakima Competency Restoration Residential Treatment Centers.
Following CDC guidelines that were released and other protocols, the expanded visitations are now in effect. According to DSHS, people who were being treated on a 24-7 basis were among the first to receive vaccines. Some 693 persons undergoing some sort of state mental health and behavioral treatment have been vaccinated.
DSHS issued this comment Monday:
Bail has been set at $100K for a Richland man accused of sexually assaulting a woman whom authorities say has the mental capabilities of a person ages 10-13.
The woman, whom Richland Police say is under 18, apparently told a school resource officer on March 30 about a sexual assault.
29-year-old Tyron Alan Kreider is now in jail following an investigation. Court documents and Police say the woman told the resource officer about the most recent of several sexual assaults by the suspect.
In the most recent incident, the victim said Kreider drove her in his van to a Richland park, under the guise of playing Pokemon Go. However, he forced her into the back of his van, made her drink alcohol and marijuana, and forcibly sexually assaulted her.
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