State grants will help sustain behavioral health providers in Kitsap County

Two critical behavioral health providers in Kitsap County say they will be able to remain open after receiving an injection of state funds last week.

The Washington Department of Commerce announced Tuesday that an outpatient facility in Bremerton run by Agape Unlimited and the Kitsap Recovery Center in Port Orchard were both being awarded grants to address urgent capital improvements and stave off the possibility of closure within the next few years.

In total, five facilities across Kitsap, Yakima and King counties will benefit from a combined $7.3 million investment from the state’s Closure Prevention grant program. Award recipients had to demonstrate that – without a state investment – they were likely to close within the next two years.

“Many of our community behavioral health providers are operating on a razor-thin margin,” Commerce Director Mike Fong said in a press release. “Without this critical funding, they would likely be closing their doors in the near future.”

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/07/09/state-grants-will-help-sustain-behavioral-health-providers-in-kitsap-county/