Funding gap leaves Lynnwood without a crisis center provider
LYNNWOOD — After nearly four years and more than $19 million, the Lynnwood Crisis Care Center is physically ready for operation.
An array of empty green recliners are scattered on the first floor, which is designed to be a 23-hour crisis center. The second floor has empty rooms, equipped with beds and windows for natural light, around its perimeter for longer-term care.
But the center won’t be ready for patients for the foreseeable future. Because of funding challenges at the state level, Lynnwood has been unable to find an operator.
After 47-year-old Tirhas Tesfatsion died by suicide while in custody at Lynnwood Municipal Jail in 2021, community members urged the city to reconsider its plans to build a new, bigger jail.
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