32-bed substance abuse treatment center opens in Everett
EVERETT — A new 32-bed behavioral health and substance abuse treatment facility in the county’s juvenile detention center opens to patients this week.
The Denney Juvenile Justice Center, located in Everett’s Delta neighborhood, will house the twin 16-bed spaces. One “co-occurring” unit will be for adults dealing with both addiction and mental health issues. The other will focus on people with opioid addictions. Stays on the opioid-specific floor will likely last between 28 and 56 days; it’ll be 60 to 90 days in the addiction and mental health unit.
In the first three months of this year, Washington had 418 overdose deaths, compared to 378 in the same period in 2020, according to the state Department of Health. Nearly half of those were fentanyl-related. Overdoses are increasing among all ages, races and socioeconomic backgrounds, but increases were most pronounced among people of color, according to the Department of Health.
“For a county with a population of over 800,000 now, we have no substance use disorder inpatient facilities for adults who are indigent and low income,” said Cammy Hart-Anderson, manager of the county’s Division of Behavioral Health and Veteran Services.
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