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Crisis Stabilization Center renamed to honor longtime social worker

Center’s services seek to promote mental health, reduce incarceration

Jan. 4, 2023 2:31 p.m.
Updated Jan. 10, 2023 4:41 p.m.

By Jenelle Baumbach News Intern

Whatcom County celebrated the distinctive career of social worker Anne Deacon Wednesday by renaming the Crisis Stabilization Center to the Anne Deacon Center for Hope. The 32-bed treatment center offers services for all adults in Whatcom County. The triage and stabilization center serves those that need assistance in recovering from a mental health crisis, while the detox center provides monitored care for those detoxing from substance abuse. As a former human services manager