Children’s Crisis Outreach Response System
King County’s Children’s Crisis Outreach Response System focuses on safely
and quickly containing a crisis situation and developing an individualized
service plan maximizing the involvement of the child and family.
Access is available 24 hours per day through the Crisis Clinic at
206-461-3222 or 1-866-4CRISIS.
Services provided through the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) are
also available 24 hours per day, and include:
- Mobile crisis outreach services - specially trained teams
dispatched to the family home to help deescalate the situation, while working
with the family to establish ongoing services and supports to prevent future
crises. Outreach services include mental health and suicide risk assessments
and links to community resources.
- Non-emergent outreach appointments provided within 24-48 hours for
those families who are not in acute crisis but need quick support and linkage
to services.
- Crisis stabilization services – the provision of in-home supports,
based on the family’s needs, to stabilize the youth and the family following
the initial acute crisis. For those with more intensive needs, longer-term
stabilization services (up to eight weeks) are available.
- Crisis stabilization beds provided in a family-like home setting
and usually short-term (up to 14 days) to help stabilize youth who cannot
immediately be safely maintained within their own homes.
A brochure explaining the Children’s Crisis Response Outreach Service is
available for download here.
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