July 19, 2018
Investment in 341 additional
spaces supports Gov. Inslee’s 5-year plan to modernize state mental health
systems with more community-based facilities
OLYMPIA, WA – The Washington State Department
of Commerce today announced $39 million in grants to 18 health care
providers across Washington, adding needed spaces to help people with a wide
variety of behavioral health issues. These grant funds will help create 341
additional beds, including providing safe places for people to stay upon
discharge from the state’s two psychiatric hospitals.
The grants align with Gov. Jay Inslee’s five-year plan announced in May
to modernize and transform the state’s mental health care systems by shifting
away from large institutions to smaller, community-based facilities.
”This funding builds
on actions that the Legislature and I have taken over the past several years to
transform behavioral health," Gov. Inslee said. "It will address a fundamental need to grow
capacity for care in community settings, where patients can be closer to families,
friends and support systems.”
The grants were awarded through a
competitive process conducted by Commerce, the Department of Health, the Department
of Social and Health Services, and the Washington State Health Care Authority. The
state’s funds are for construction and equipment costs associated with establishing
the additional facilities, and the projects must maintain them for at least 10
years. The state’s $39 million investment will leverage another $46 million in
total construction investment from other public and private sources.
The grant recipients and award amounts are:
Enhanced
Service Facilities
- Kinsman Care – Auburn - $1,492,000 – 16 beds
- SOUND – Auburn - $1,950,000 – 16 beds
- Noble Healthcare LLC – Seattle - $1,046,125 – 16
beds
Secure Detox
Facility
- Lifeline Connections – Vancouver - $1,440,744 –
16 beds
Acute Detox
Facility
- Lifeline Connections – Aberdeen - $1,298,499 –
14 beds
Crisis
Diversion or Stabilization Facilities
- Great Rivers Behavioral Health Organization - Cowlitz,
Grays Harbor, Lewis counties - $1,749,500 – 32 beds
- Lifeline Connections – Vancouver - $1,437,645 –
16 beds
-
Spokane Treatment and Recovery Services –
Spokane - $1,950,000 – 32 beds
- Pierce County - $3,150,000 – 16 beds
Community
Hospitals or Free-Standing Evaluation and Treatment Centers
- Virginia Mason Memorial Hospital – Yakima -
$1,950,000 – 12 beds
-
Kitsap
Mental Health Services – Bremerton – $2,289,500 - 17 beds
-
Providence Regional Medical Center – Everett -
$1,950,000 – 18 beds
- Providence Regional Medical Center – Everett -
$1,950,000 – 6 beds
- Compass Health – Everett - $1,950,000 – 16 beds
Community
Providers Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities for Diversion or
Transition from State Hospitals
- Thurston-Mason Behavioral Health Organization –
Shelton - $1,943,957 – 16 beds
- Opportunity Council – Bellingham - $970,000 – 12
beds
-
Spokane Treatment and Recovery Services –
Spokane - $1,950,000 – 16 beds
- Compass Health – Everett - $1,950,000 – 16 beds
Community
Providers to Increase Behavioral Health Facilities and Capacity for Children
and Minor Youth
- Comprehensive Mental Health of Tacoma Pierce
County – Tacoma - $1,950,000 – nine beds
- Mary Bridge Children's Foundation – Tacoma -
$793,185 – five beds
- Clallam County Juvenile and Family Services
–Port Angeles - $1,108,902 – three beds
- Excelsior Youth Center – Spokane - $1,950,000 –
16 beds
- Navos – Burien - $847,042 – five beds
Contacts:
Penny Thomas, Commerce
Communications, 206-256-6106
Pat
Gibbon, Community Capital Facilities,
360-725-3023
Twitter: @WAStateCommerce
Facebook: facebook.com/wastatecommerce
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