Washington’s Clallum County To Fund Mental Health Crisis Center

Circle Connections: New Products & Services Clallam County has approved a contract with Peninsula Behavioral Health to establish a mental health crisis respite center in Port Angeles. The three commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the $238,260 contract with the mental health provider to renovate a portion of an Eighth Street building and to operate the space as a three-bed respite center for adults in need of psychiatric hospitalization. The crisis center will open in the southwest corner of the St. Vincent De Paul building at 112 E. Eighth St. in September. The contract with the county runs . . .