The Cowlitz Indian Tribe will take over Columbia River Mental Health Services in hopes of resolving the financial instability that led the nonprofit to suspend…
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Portland-based nonprofit 4D Recovery will open first Vancouver center for young adults escaping addiction
By The Citizen on July 1, 2025
A Portland-based addiction recovery nonprofit will open its first community recovery center for young adults in Vancouver next month. Read more… Source: The Columbian
For older residents in VHA housing, music therapy is a lifeline and a blast from the past
By The Citizen on June 23, 2025
Music isn’t just about listening. It’s about participating, too. Read more… Source: The Columbian
CRESA 911 dispatchers set the stage for emergency calls in Clark County — with successful results
By The Citizen on June 21, 2025
The Clark County Emergency Medical Services system is made up of multiple agencies with varying tasks, but they all have one common goal: saving lives.…
Mental health advocates work to break stigma in talk at Ridgefield High School
By The Citizen on June 2, 2025
RIDGEFIELD — For the first time since the pandemic, a local mental health advocacy group has been able to get back into classrooms with an…
Camas and Ridgefield police chiefs promote mindfulness program for law enforcement
By The Citizen on May 15, 2025
CAMAS — The dashcam inside Camas police Officer Casey Handley’s patrol vehicle showed the Sept. 8 collision in real time. One minute, Handley was approaching…
‘I knew if I was going to win, it had to be as myself’: Miss Clark County 2025 dedicates platform to mental health advocacy
By The Citizen on April 23, 2025
Sandra Fachiol, a self-professed nerd and childhood tomboy, never saw herself as the pageant type. Read more… Source: The Columbian
‘What we’re trying to do is heal a community’: NAMI program helps businesses learn to deal with people in crisis
By The Citizen on April 18, 2025
Communicate. Assess. Listen. Mediate. Read more… Source: The Columbian
Accuser testifies in sexual misconduct trial of Daybreak Youth Services counselor
By The Citizen on April 15, 2025
A man recounted to a Clark County Superior Court jury Tuesday the sexual contact he said he had when he was 16 years old with…
‘Let’s not panic, but let’s prepare for the future’: Clark County reeling from Columbia River Mental Health’s abrupt suspension of services
By The Citizen on April 5, 2025
As Columbia River Mental Health Services explores ways to restore behavioral health programs it suspended last week, patients and advocates are still reeling. Read more… …