Who: House Community Safety Committee – Rep. Roger Goodman, Chair
What: Work Session: An overview of Washington’s crisis response system, including policy and funding recommendations
When: Oct. 29 | 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Where: House Hearing Room D and Virtual (link)
Why: Join the House Community Safety Committee for a work session on Washington’s crisis response system. The session will include presentations, discussion, and testimony from crisis responders in Washington, as well as nationally recognized experts and programs.
Featured presentations include:
- Speakers from the City of Poulsbo, Bellingham, North Mason Regional Fire Authority, Frontier Behavioral Health (Spokane), Valley Communications (South King County), and Community Assisted Response & Engagement (Seattle)
- Washington Co-Responder Outreach Alliance
- Behavioral Health Crisis Outreach Response and Education (UW School of Social Work)
- Washington Association of Designated Crisis Responders
- Dr. Evan Lowder, Associate Professor, George Mason University
- Dr. Jaymes Pyne, Senior Research Associate, Stanford University
- Tristan Sanders, Director, Denver Community and Behavioral Health
- Jodie Esquibel, Director, Albuquerque Community Safety