Mental health care options in Flathead County remain scarce, with clinics and emergency facilities closing and new patients turned away or placed on months-long waitlists.
Guests were shown plans that included community meeting rooms, public office space, a demo kitchen, tech lab/maker space, teen area and early literacy spaces, in addition to typical quiet library reading spaces.
The Jail Diversion Master Plan was written and adopted in 2016 and included roughly 40 recommendations across a number of categories, such as pre-sentencing and behavioral health.