The Production Farm will end insurance‑based psychotherapy, citing funding barriers, while expanding county and school mental health services.

In January, mental health organizations were told their funding was being cut. A day later, that termination was rescinded.

Interactions between police and someone in psychiatric crisis can end in violence. Communities have been sending mental health professionals instead, but paying for that service has been a struggle.

School districts across Washington have been sounding the alarm for years that state funding isn’t adequately covering public education.