Passages Family Support A Nonprofit Corporation

Programs: Passages provides outpatient mental health services to medicaid eligible enrollees living in spokane county. Services include one-on-one counseling, therapy, case management, crisis outreach, supported employment, supported housing, peer support and wraparound with intensive services (wise). Psychoeducational, therapeutic, and socialization groups are offered and designed to meet the needs of the various ages and demographic we serve. During this contract cycle, we provided over 13,000 services to 500 unduplicated clients. Highlights for this period include adding supported employment and supported housing services.

wraparound with intensive services (wise) program provides comprehensive behavioral healthcare services and support to medicaid-eligible individuals age 21 or younger and their families. Wise is dedicated to keeping youth with complex needs in their homes and communities, and to avoid or reduce costly and disruptive out-of-home placements.

peer bridger's are our certified peer counselors who work closely with the eastern state hospital (esh) to identify individuals in the care of esh, who with support and skill development can live successfully in the community. Peer bridgers start working with individuals prior to discharge from esh and stay connected to those individuals post-discharge to help ensure a successful transition from the in-patient setting to community living.

other program services include northeast family youth system partner roundtable (ne fysprt), the youth 'n action (yna), and training volunteers in the skills necessary to work with transitioning adult mental health consumers from long-term institutional settings to community living. The ne fysprt continued to grow and bring together on a monthly basis diverse system partners including families and youth in public systems. The brochure, website, agency poster, and facebook page were updated this year. The ne fysprt tri-leads continued to participate in the washington state division of behavioral health & recovery (dbhr) state family youth system partner roundtable. The ne fysprt serves as an advisory group to the spokane county regional support network wraparound with intensive services (wise) program and also functions as part of the feedback loop to the dbhr state fysprt and dbhr executive leadership team. Yna funding provides opportunities for at-risk youth to gather in a pro-social environment to practice self-determination, community organizing, and individual/community advocacy skills. The yna program is designed and led by the youth involved. Spokane youth 'n action participated in numerous events this year that were focused around leadership, advocacy, volunteering, community involvement, public speaking, increasing mental and physical wellness, building social skills, building life skills, increasing confidence, and having fun.