#3 Klamath County: Yoga for trauma work and other innovations in a rural community

The Center Collaborative: Creative Solutions in Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice

Stan Gilbert, Klamath Basin Behavioral Health (KBBH) Executive Director, discusses how collaboration with community stakeholders has resulted in the following innovations:

• Behavioral Health embedded in the Community Corrections office, resulting in same day warm handoffs to behavioral health staff upon first check in upon release from prison/jail.
• KBBH’s certification as a yoga studio, so therapists can be certified in yoga for bodywork for trauma work.
• KBBH’s certification as a Certified Community Behavioral Health Center (CCBHC), which has been a gamechanger for funding, and thus has fueled more innovations.
• Klamath County stakeholders’ commitment to braided funding to support the upcoming sobering center.

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