VALLEY CITIES COUNSELING

See schedule ohousing support services: valley cities operates permanent supportive housing programs that provide rental assistance with home-based case management services for homeless individuals and homeless families. Supportive services in these programs address events and circumstances that underlie or contribute to the inability to obtain and maintain affordable and stable housing. This includes shelter plus care, valley cities landing, valley cities place and phoenix rising permanent supportive housing projects dedicated to serving individuals and families. Twelve units at valley cities landing and eight units in the homeless service enhancement program are dedicated for homeless "veterans." residents engage in onsite and community-based services that help them live with stability, autonomy and dignity. Families first: with funding from the king county housing authority (23 vouchers), the families first program is designed to provide housing placement and supportive services to 23 high needs families in king county who have had at least one child or more who are in imminent danger of having a child removed from the home by child protective services. The goal of the project is reunification of the family and increase housing stability and self-sufficiency. This is accomplished through individualized, intensive services to families along with a family unification program (fup) section 8 voucher (tenant-based vouchers) that can be used in the private housing market. In 2024, this program served 32 adults and 37 children, 22 of 23 households and a success rate of 96% of families remaining stably housed for at least 1 or more years.rural mobile behavioral health outreach and engagement: launched by the king county department of community and human services (dchs), the program provides time-limited behavioral health support through mobile units and outreach teams. The primary objectives are to engage individuals who are eligible for medicaid-funded behavioral health services or are currently enrolled but not actively participating; offer services in locations that are convenient and relevant to rural residents, thereby reducing barriers such as transportation, travel time, and childcare needs; assist individuals in accessing outpatient services, whether in-person or via telehealth, in collaboration with community-based organizations and medicaid behavioral health providers. Services include outreach, engagement, assessment, and referrals to appropriate behavioral health services.mental health first aid (mhfa) program: valley cities continues its partnership with king county to maintain a program designed to increase the number of people in the community trained in mental health first aid (mhfa). The focus is to reduce the stigma associated with behavioral health disorders, teach participants the signs and symptoms of mental health challenges, how to talk with someone experiencing a challenge and how to connect them to professional resources. Training is provided to the public, including partnerships with many organizations, with the focus on inclusion for all regardless of geographic location, race, or nationality. In 2024, 2,317 individuals participated in a mhfa training and 225 mhfa trainings were held; 69 of those were on youth mental health and 155 were on adult mental health, 41 were taught in spanish. In response to covid-19, mhfa trainings were held virtually with direction and tools from the national council of behavioral health.assisted outpatient services program: the assisted outpatient services program (aosp) was created by king county in order to reduce or prevent decompensation, re-hospitalization, and other emergency behavioral health responses for clients who have been discharged from community hospitals and evaluation and treatment (e&t) facilities on a less restrictive order (lro), less restrictive alternative (lra), or conditional release (cr). The goal of aosp is to successfully transition clients from a higher level of care to outpatient behavioral health services as well as ensure that clients maintain a high level of engagement in outpatient services for the duration of their lro, lra or cr. King county provides an incentive payment when valley cities engages an aosp enrolled client in at least 12 contacts per month. Clients are enrolled in aosp for the duration of their lro, lra or cr, which is typically 3 months but can be 6 months or 12 months. In 2024, a total of 73 clients were enrolled in aosp. An average of 23 clients were served each month.hub and spokes services also known as match (medication-assisted treatment & community health): in 2017, valley cities behavioral health entered a contract with samhsa and the health care authority to begin providing low-barrier, rapid access to medications for opiate use disorder (moud) and related support services in response to the opioid epidemic. The primary focus of the match program is to induct and stabilize individuals with moud, who meet diagnostic criteria for an opioid use disorder, with the option of on-site administration of an opioid agonist (buprenorphine) or an opioid antagonist (naltrexone, primarily in the form of extended-release injectable). An additional focus of match is reducing barriers to increase the ease of access to moud, treatment and care navigation. Match services can be accessed in the community at one of valley cities' outpatient facilities throughout king county or at one of the two inpatient programs, recovery place seattle (rps) and recovery place kent (rpk). In response to the onset of fentanyl and the subsequent spike in overdose, overdose death and accidental poisoning, the match program is working assertively to ensure consistent access to naloxone and fentanyl test strips. These lifesaving items are distributed at all valley cities locations. The match program works closely with its community partners to provide individualized, equitable services. Valley cities care navigators, peer support specialist, data coordinator and nurse care manager all work directly with the client to connect them with the services they are seeking to include (but not limited to), primary care, dental, behavioral health, housing, employment, and recovery support services. To provide evidence-based, trauma-informed care, the match program regularly attends continuing education opportunities and engages with other moud providers as a cohort, to better understand the community valley cities is serving and to stay up to date on the most effective treatment strategies. In that spirit, match provides quantitative and qualitative data to the washington state healthcare authority, dbhr and samhsa to further the mutual goal of helping those who continue to struggle with opiate use disorder. Medical services: medical services includes both staff psychiatrists and nurse practitioners. They provide psychiatric evaluations and medication management services to any client who needs psychiatric care. In addition, the medical staff provides psychiatric consultation to a range of community health centers throughout king county, advising the primary care staff with diagnostic information and recommendations on psychotropic medications that can be prescribed in the primary care setting. All expenses related to these staff are captured in this program.clinical support services: clinical support services includes information systems, access services including all telephone screening and initial intake services, after-hours crises team, front desk support, medical records, call center and quality management services. These programs directly support all clinical programs by providing either client assistance and/or data collection and reporting in order to manage client care.