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APPROVED IN 2023 FOR THE 2024 FUNDING YEAR

Make your selection between Continuation Grants and New Grants

Continuation Grants

Agape Unlimited  $124,573

AIMS (Agape Integrated Mental Health Services) – Grant funds will support the AIMS program, which is a partnership between Agape Unlimited and Peninsula Community Health Services that will provide co-occurring disorder services to 35 adults in one location, preventing barriers that prevent engagement into services or program failure.
Navigator – Grant funding for Navigator services for three hundred and forty (340) adults.

 

Poulsbo Fire Department  $375,000

Kitsap County Fire CARES Program - Grant funds will provide Kitsap Fire CARES mobile units throughout Kitsap.  The CARES Unit will respond to fire, police, school, and social service agency requests for service involving behavioral health issues including mental illness, substance use, overdose, and suicidality. Services will include non-clinical assessment, non-clinical evaluation, education, referrals, care planning and case management in areas served by the Poulsbo Fire Department, Central Kitsap Fire, South Kitsap Fire, North Kitsap Fire, and Bainbridge Island Fire Departments.

 

Bremerton Municipal Court  $100,000

Therapeutic court - designed to serve defendants charged with misdemeanor crimes who have co-occurring mental health conditions and/or substance use disorders receive wraparound services. These services include but are not limited to court diversions, counseling, medication, treatment, housing and rental assistance, skill building, employment coaching and education.

 

The Coffee Oasis  $289,000

Homeless Youth Intervention - Grant funds will provide crisis services to 1,200 at-risk and homeless youth ages 13-25 struggling with serious emotional disturbances and substance use disorders and connect them to services that will provide opportunities for restoration with their families and community.

 

Fishline  $95,000

This project will continue to provide a licensed mental health therapist through a subcontract with a licensed behavioral health provider, assessing 12 people per month for mental health treatment, ensuring all enrolled individuals see the therapist within 3 business days of initial request, and providing short-term therapeutic intervention to 15 additional people per month. 

 

Kitsap Community Resources  $557,800

Recovery Outreach and Stabilization Team (ROAST) – Grant funds will support ROAST and provide housing stabilization support to 283 adults with behavioral health needs.  Services will include outreach, rental assistance, eviction prevention, rapid rehousing, case management, housing stabilization, crisis intervention and mental health referrals for individuals and families who are struggling with substance abuse and mental health issues. 

 

Kitsap County District Court  $433,762

Behavioral Health Court – Grant funds will provide two (2) Behavioral Health Specialists and one (1) Compliance Specialist to provide behavioral health wrap around services to sixty (60) Behavioral Health Court (BHC) participants and a designated Public Defender.  The Behavioral Health Specialists are responsible for direct contact with the BHC participants, starting with an initial evaluation which is conducted before the team staffs the potential candidate for entry and coordinates the provision of services.  The Compliance Specialist manages a caseload of participants with whom they maintain constant contact, verify compliance with treatment and BHC program requirements and staff's participant progress weekly.

 

Kitsap Juvenile Court Services  $143,192

Enhancements for Juvenile Therapeutic Courts - Grant funds will improve the continuity of treatment services to participants in the Individualized Treatment Court by establishing a dedicated behavioral health specialist to serve all participants and establish a full-time Therapeutic Court Case Monitor. 

 

Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney's Office  $395,862

Therapeutic Courts Alternative to Prosecution - Grant funds will continue funding operations of the Therapeutic Court Unit within the Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney's Office to serve (100) individuals.  By diverting defendants from the traditional criminal prosecution process of jury trial or guilty plea and sentencing, instead offering them structure and intensive substance use disorder or mental health treatment services, successful defendants remove themselves from future involvement in the criminal justice system. If the underlying reason they become criminally involved in the system is a treatable disorder, providing the necessary treatment eradicates at the source the reason they became involved in the first place.

 

Kitsap County Sheriff's Office  $221,094

Reentry Coordinators - Grant funds will provide two Reentry Coordinators to help facilitate or complete risk and needs assessments in one face-to-face assessment interview.  The interview focuses on the underlying motivation for criminal behavior and prepares workers to best manage the supervision relationship; it builds rapport and is one of the defining aspects of the assessment process.  The risk and needs assessments will aid the Reentry Team in identifying the important issues to focus on for success at release.

 

Kitsap County Sheriff's Office  $22,500

Crisis Intervention and Triage for Law Enforcement - Grant funds will provide funding for training for commissioned law enforcement officers in Kitsap County in Crisis Intervention/Triage.  The training will also provide 40-hour Crisis Intervention Training and Enhanced Training for Crisis Intervention Officers (CIOs). 

 

Kitsap County Sheriff's Office  $350,000

Transition POD -Grant funds those preparing for release from jail. Priority is given to those enrolled in chemical dependency and/or mental health services, to prepare them by providing educational classes. Evidence-based practices that are supported by many treatment facilities are used such as, cognitive behavioral therapy, and motivational intervention. Research has shown these treatment approaches decrease recidivism rate of individuals who have chemical dependency and mental health. Included is a contingency management program for patients that are on the MAT program.

 

Kitsap County Sheriff's Office  $158,635

Crisis Intervention Officer – Grant funds an officer who will collaborate and consult with local service providers including Kitsap Mental Health, REAL Team, Kitsap Fire CARES, Kitsap County Housing and Homelessness Heart Coordinator, Adult Protective Services, Child Protective Services, and Veterans Services to help those with the greatest need obtain appropriate behavioral health services.  With these partnerships, behavioral health specialists will be able to provide referrals and services as part of a long-term solution to assist those in need, preventing unnecessary incarceration or hospitalization.  Prevention focused interventions have been shown to reduce the likelihood that problems evolve into diagnosable mental illness or substance use disorders.   

 

Kitsap County Superior Court  $636,409

Adult Drug Court Expansion - Grant funds will expand the capacity of the Adult Felony Drug Court from 100 participants to 150 participants.  Expansion also includes mental health screening, assessment and counseling, and behavioral compliance tools.

 

Kitsap County Superior Court  $85,775

Veterans Treatment Court - Grant funds will support the Veterans Court Treatment Track, designed to serve up to 25 veterans engaged in the criminal justice system due to co-occurring substance abuse and/or mental health issues.

 

Kitsap Homes of Compassion  $300,000

Mental Health Program – Grant funds will provide psychiatric assessments, treatment including medication management, mental health case management and counseling for 150 residents in their housing program.

 

Kitsap Mental Health  $200,000

Pendleton Place – Grant funds support overall funding plan for (5) Housing Support Specialists providing tenancy stabilization services, (5) Behavioral Health Technicians providing tenant engagement and de-escalation services, and (1) Peer Support Specialist promoting participation in mental health and/or substance use services, for 72 residents of Pendleton Place permanent supportive housing facility.

 

Kitsap Public Health District  $190,000

Improving Health and Resiliency of High Risk Mothers and their Children - Grant funds will support evidenced-based nurse home visiting program (Nurse Family Partnership) for first time, low-income moms and their babies and adds a bilingual Community Health Worker (CHW) to the Parent Child Health Team to provide outreach and case management to high risk, low-income pregnant women. 

 

Kitsap Rescue Mission  $260,694

Coordinated Care in Homeless Shelter- Grant funds will full-time Substance Use Disorder Professional and Licensed Mental Health Counselor to Kitsap Rescue Mission's emergency shelter guests, and also Kitsap Community Resources' Housing Solutions Center guests that are currently residing at the Quality Inn, serving 120-160 individuals.

 

Kitsap Recovery Center  $242,335

This project will collaborate with Kitsap County Housing and Homelessness division and work in conjunction with their Heart Outreach Team to provide in real time, immediate evaluations and offer connections to services same day. By conducting evaluations in the field, barriers of getting into treatment are substantially reduced/eliminated with Kitsap Recovery Centers ability to provide those services. The mobile outreach coordinator will be a trained navigator who can assist individuals with setting up Medicaid and connecting them to immediate inpatient, outpatient, and detox services, including transportation to the center.

 

Olympic Educational Service District 114  $600,000

School Based Behavioral Health Enhancement Project - Grant funds will provide school-based behavioral health services for both mental health and substance abuse in targeted high risk elementary, middle, and high schools.

 

One Heart Wild  $62,224

This project will provide sliding scale and scholarship funds for outdoor, nature-based, animal and/or equine assisted, and/or traditional behavioral, emotional, and therapeutic support services both in-person and through telehealth, case management and case coordination services including tele-academic coaching, coordinating with youths' doctors, education providers and school staff, and improving parent child communication strategies.

 

Scarlet Road  $100,000

Housing Support for Victims of Human Trafficking - Grant funds will provide flexible rental assistance program for adult victims of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation in Kitsap County.  This program will incorporate flexible rental assistance and intensive case management to empower survivors facing complex mental health substance abuse challenges to achieve stable housing.

 

West Sound Treatment Center  $387,741

New Start (Jail Transition Services) - Grant funds will provide Substance Use Disorder Assessments, Court-ordered Assessments, Treatment, Life-Skill Building and Re-entry services at the Kitsap County Jail as well as housing, case management and supportive services for 16 men and women through the New Start men and women's houses.  

New Grants

Bainbridge Youth Services   $105,000

This project will provide private and secure mental health therapy to youth and young adults residing in Kitsap. With appointments available through walk-in, phone, and telehealth, services support individuals year round and especially throughout the summer months.  This program will serve 300 unduplicated Youth and 30 Adults.

 

Kitsap Brain Injury  $14,387

This project will provide education, support, and recovery networks for survivors, family members, and caregivers of brain injuries.  This program will serve 300 individuals.


Eagles Wings  $300,000

This project will provide intensive case management and psychiatric nursing services for clients admitted to Eagles Wings Coordinated Care housing with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and/or Substance Use Disorders (SUD).


Flying Bagel  $200,000

This project will provide Attachment Biobehavioral Catch-Up (ABC) an evidence based, trauma informed, and culturally informed parent-child relationship focused intervention. To support the secure development and attachment of children and infants with their caregivers in high-risk home environments. This program will serve 56 unduplicated individuals.


Kitsap Homes of Compassion  $300,000

Mental Health Program – Grant funds will provide psychiatric assessments, treatment including medication management, mental health case management and counseling for 150 residents in their housing program.


West Sound Treatment Center  $250,000

Resource Liaisons – Grant funds two full-time liaisons to assist 1500 clients in obtaining housing, transportation, harm reduction, and behavioral health resources. Liaisons will specialize in specific areas of expertise to assist clients with solutions and resources during and for next steps in recovery. 


APPROVED IN 2022 FOR THE 2023 FUNDING YEAR

Continuation Grants

Agape Unlimited

AIMS (Agape Integrated Mental Health Services) – Grant funds will support the AIMS program, which is a partnership between Agape Unlimited and Peninsula Community Health Services that will provide co-occurring disorder services to 35 youth and adults in one location, preventing barriers that prevent engagement into services or program failure.

Agape Unlimited

Agape Treatment Navigator - Grant funds for a fulltime treatment Navigator to transport clients directly to sources to collect information and help clients with pre-screening paperwork, assist in vocational and employment assistance, application process for Medicaid and other resources as needed.

Catholic Community Services

Intensive Therapeutic Wraparound Services – Grant funds will expand access to WISe services to youth without Medicaid coverage.  WISe is intensive, in-home behavioral health and wraparound for youth, currently only available with Medicaid coverage.  This includes Peer Support, 24/7 in-person crisis response, skilled therapists, and care coordination.

The Coffee Oasis

Homeless Youth Intervention - Grant funds will support intervention and outreach to four hundred thirty (1419) homeless youth struggling with substance abuse and mental illness and connect them to services that will provide opportunities for restoration with their families and community.

Fishline Food Bank and Comprehensive Services

Fishline Counseling Services – Grant funds will add a licensed mental health therapist to the team to provide professional counseling services for clients and residents of the North Kitsap community.  The therapist will de-escalate crises, develop a comprehensive psychosocial assessment, and facilitate connections to other services as appropriate, and lead staff trainings on evidenced-based behavioral health topics.

Kitsap Community Resources

Recovery Outreach and Stabilization Team (ROAST) – Grant funds will establish ROAST and provide housing stabilization support to 240 adults with behavioral health needs.  Services will include outreach, rental assistance, eviction prevention, rapid rehousing, case management, housing stabilization, crisis intervention and mental health referrals for individuals and families who are struggling with substance abuse and mental health issues. 

Kitsap County District Court

Behavioral Health Court – Grant funds will provide two Behavioral Health Specialist, one Compliance Specialist and dedicated public defense to the growing number of participants in Behavioral Health Court.

Kitsap Juvenile Court Services

Enhancements for Juvenile Therapeutic Courts - Grant funds will improve the continuity of treatment services to participants in the Individualized Treatment Court by establishing a dedicated behavioral health specialist to serve all participants and establish a full-time Therapeutic Court Case Monitor. 

Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney's Office

Therapeutic Courts Alternative to Prosecution - Grant funds will support their rapidly increasing role in all five Therapeutic Courts.  Funds would provide 2 full-time Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys and one full-time Legal Assistant to support the growth of all five Therapeutic Courts.  

Kitsap County Sheriff's Office

Crisis Intervention Officer – Grant funds will provide a Crisis Intervention Coordinator to coordinate the patrol/field response to providing essential services to 400 members of the community who suffer from behavioral health issues.  The Coordinator will collaborate with local service providers to help those with the greatest need obtain behavioral health services.

Kitsap County Sheriff's Office

Reentry Officer and Coordinator - Grant funds will provide a Reentry Officer, Reentry Coordinator and a Therapeutic Court Officer to collaborate with the current services that are being provided in the jail, therapeutic court services and also add services that are currently not being provided.

Kitsap County Sheriff's Office

Crisis Intervention and Triage for Law Enforcement - Grant funds will provide funding for training for commissioned law enforcement officers in Kitsap County in Crisis Intervention/Triage.  The training will also provide 40-hour Crisis Intervention Training and Enhanced Training for Crisis Intervention Officers (CIOs). 

Kitsap County Superior Court

Adult Drug Court Expansion - Grant funds will expand the capacity of the Adult Felony Drug Court from 100 participants to 150 participants.  Expansion also includes mental health screening, assessment and counseling, and behavioral compliance tools.

Kitsap County Superior Court

Veterans Treatment Court - Grant funds will support the Veterans Court Treatment Track, designed to serve up to 25 veterans engaged in the criminal justice system due to co-occurring substance abuse and/or mental health issues.

Kitsap Mental Health Services

Pendleton Place Services – Grant funds will provide 5 Housing Support Specialists and a Peer Support Specialist at Pendleton Place, a 72-unit permanent supportive housing (PSH) apartment complex, serving single adults living with chronic/severe mental illness and/or substance use disorders and experiencing chronic homelessness.

Kitsap Public Health District

Improving Health and Resiliency of High Risk Mothers and their Children - Grant funds will support evidenced-based nurse home visiting program (Nurse Family Partnership) for first time, low-income moms and their babies and adds a bilingual Community Health Worker (CHW) to the Parent Child Health Team to provide outreach and case management to high risk, low-income pregnant women. 

Kitsap Rescue Mission

Coordinated Care in Homeless Shelter- Grant funds will provide on-site behavioral health services by a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Substance Use Disorder Professional at the shelter.  This Integrated care model blends the expertise of mental health, substance use, and primary care and creates a team-based approach to assist the patient with their overall health needs. 

City of Poulsbo      

Kitsap County Fire CARES Program - Grant funds will provide Kitsap Fire CARES mobile unit based at Poulsbo Fire Department.  The CARES Unit will be staffed by a crisis intervention officer and a behavioral health professional who will respond to situations involving behavioral health issues (including mental illness, substance use, overdose, and suicidality). 

Olympic Educational Service District 114

School Based Behavioral Health Enhancement Project - Grant funds will provide school-based behavioral health services for both mental health and substance abuse in targeted high risk elementary, middle and high schools.

One Heart Wild

Animal-Assisted Mental Health Counseling – Grant funds will provide low and no-cost animal and equine assisted therapy, self-development counseling, and trauma informed behavioral & emotional support services for children and families.  Counselors will conduct animal assisted behavioral, emotional, and therapeutic support services both in-person and through telehealth.

Scarlet Road

Housing Support for Victims of Human Trafficking - Grant funds will provide flexible rental assistance program for adult victims of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation in Kitsap County.  This program will incorporate flexible rental assistance and intensive case management to empower survivors facing complex mental health substance abuse challenges to achieve stable housing.

West Sound Treatment Center

New Start (Jail Transition Services) - Grant funds will provide Substance Use Disorder Assessments, Court-ordered Assessments, Treatment, Life-Skill Building and Re-entry services at the Kitsap County Jail as well as housing, case management and supportive services for 16 men and women through the New Start men and women's houses.  Mental Health Wrap-Around – Grant funds will provide co-occurring mental health care to all Substance Use Disorder patients in-house utilizing a needs and barrier assessment and matching the mental health care to the results of the assessment.  Patients who have more grave mental health issues will be referred to a licensed mental health therapist.

YWCA Kitsap Count

YWCA Survivor Therapy Program – Grant funds will add access to mental health counseling for the clients/survivors who would benefit from therapy to help as they navigate the trauma recovery process.  The YWCA will engage up to 4 certified mental health professionals who would each be available 5 hours per week to meeting with YWCA clients having mental health challenges.



New Grant

Peninsula Community Health Services Boots

Syringe exchange services data collection to assess what barriers need to be addressed for paitents to seek treatment. 

Bremerton Municipal Therapuetic Courts

Court will serve defendants charged with misdemeanor crimes who have a co-occuring mental health condition and/or substance use disorder. Working with community service providers to offer comprehensive, wraparound services including mental health counseling, medication, treatment, and counseling for substance use disorder, housing and rental assistance, skill-building classes, job training, employment coaching, and access to education. The court will reduce recidivism by helping participants address their various diagnoses and stopping the revolving door or incarceration. 

Central Kitsap Fire CARES

Central Kitsap in partnership with Poulsbo City will start a fire CARES program. CARES will provide field based assistance to individuals struggling with behavioral health issues and who call 911 for assistance. Funds will be used for a full-time mental health professional, a part-time program supervisor, and data collection, travel and training expenses. Services will be focused in Central Kitsap, but will extend into North Kitsap. 

Kitsap County Sheriff's Department

Opening a POD that will be designated as a transitional POD for incarcerated indiv

APPROVED IN 2021 FOR THE 2022 FUNDING YEAR

Continuation Grants

Agape Unlimited

AIMS (Agape Integrated Mental Health Services) – Grant funds will support the AIMS program, which is a partnership between Agape Unlimited and Peninsula Community Health Services that will provide co-occurring disorder services to 35 youth and adults in one location, preventing barriers that prevent engagement into services or program failure.

 

Aging and Long-Term Care

Partners in Memory Care – Grant funds will provide dementia-friendly supports, strategies and consultation for challenging behaviors in order to prevent and delay institutionalizations and preserve placements.

 

City of Bremerton

Behavioral Health Outreach - Grant funds will provide the Bremerton Police Department with an imbedded mental health specialist who will work to connect individuals with mental health and/or substance use disorders to needed services to reduce law enforcement and emergency services responses.  The Navigator will co-respond with officers and will provide outreach after police contact. 

 

City of Poulsbo      

Kitsap County Fire CARES Program - Grant funds will provide Kitsap Fire CARES mobile unit based at Poulsbo Fire Department.  The CARES Unit will be staffed by a crisis intervention officer and a behavioral health professional who will respond to situations involving behavioral health issues (including mental illness, substance use, overdose, and suicidality). 

 

The Coffee Oasis

Homeless Youth Intervention - Grant funds will support intervention and outreach to four hundred thirty (430) homeless youth struggling with substance abuse and mental illness and connect them to services that will provide opportunities for restoration with their families and community.

 

Kitsap Community Foundation

Kitsap Strong - Grant funds will provide intensive training (RISE Training) for 60 mentors led by Kitsap Strong and XParenting, followed by a 9-month Community of Practice (COP).  Three cohorts of up to 20 mentors will participate in an initial training and will be invited to continue meeting with cohort members in the COP sessions. 

 

Kitsap Community Resources

Recovery Outreach and Stabilization Team (ROAST) – Grant funds will establish ROAST and provide housing stabilization support to 240 adults with behavioral health needs.  Services will include outreach, rental assistance, eviction prevention, rapid rehousing, case management, housing stabilization, crisis intervention and mental health referrals for individuals and families who are struggling with substance abuse and mental health issues. 

 

Kitsap County District Court

Behavioral Health Court – Grant funds will provide two Behavioral Health Specialist, one Compliance Specialist and dedicated public defense to the growing number of participants in Behavioral Health Court.

 

Kitsap Juvenile Court Services

Enhancements for Juvenile Therapeutic Courts - Grant funds will improve the continuity of treatment services to participants in the Individualized Treatment Court by establishing a dedicated behavioral health specialist to serve all participants and establish a full-time Therapeutic Court Case Monitor. 

 

Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney's Office

Therapeutic Courts Alternative to Prosecution - Grant funds will support their rapidly increasing role in all five Therapeutic Courts.  Funds would provide 2 full-time Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys and one full-time Legal Assistant to support the growth of all five Therapeutic Courts.  

 

Kitsap County Sheriff's Office

Crisis Intervention Officer – Grant funds will provide a Crisis Intervention Coordinator to coordinate the patrol/field response to providing essential services to 400 members of the community who suffer from behavioral health issues.  The Coordinator will collaborate with local service providers to help those with the greatest need obtain behavioral health services.

 

Kitsap County Sheriff's Office

Reentry Officer and Coordinator - Grant funds will provide a Reentry Officer, Reentry Coordinator and a Therapeutic Court Officer to collaborate with the current services that are being provided in the jail, therapeutic court services and also add services that are currently not being provided.

 

Kitsap County Sheriff's Office

Crisis Intervention and Triage for Law Enforcement - Grant funds will provide funding for training for commissioned law enforcement officers in Kitsap County in Crisis Intervention/Triage.  The training will also provide 40-hour Crisis Intervention Training and Enhanced Training for Crisis Intervention Officers (CIOs). 

 

Kitsap County Superior Court

Adult Drug Court Expansion - Grant funds will expand the capacity of the Adult Felony Drug Court from 100 participants to 150 participants.  Expansion also includes mental health screening, assessment and counseling, and behavioral compliance tools.

 

Kitsap County Superior Court

Veterans Treatment Court - Grant funds will support the Veterans Court Treatment Track, designed to serve up to 25 veterans engaged in the criminal justice system due to co-occurring substance abuse and/or mental health issues.

 

Kitsap Homes of Compassion

Permanent Supportive Housing - Grant funds will provide mental health and substance abuse disorder services to Kitsap Homes of Compassion residents who are not currently receiving mental health services.  The project includes adding 4 case managers and 1 licensed Mental Health Professional.

 

Kitsap Rescue Mission

Coordinated Care in Homeless Shelter- Grant funds will provide on-site behavioral health services by a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Substance Use Disorder Professional at the shelter.  This Integrated care model blends the expertise of mental health, substance use, and primary care and creates a team-based approach to assist the patient with their overall health needs. 

 

Kitsap Public Health District

Improving Health and Resiliency of High Risk Mothers and their Children - Grant funds will support evidenced-based nurse home visiting program (Nurse Family Partnership) for first time, low-income moms and their babies and adds a bilingual Community Health Worker (CHW) to the Parent Child Health Team to provide outreach and case management to high risk, low-income pregnant women. 

 

Olympic Educational Service District 114

School Based Behavioral Health Enhancement Project - Grant funds will provide school-based behavioral health services for both mental health and substance abuse in targeted high risk elementary, middle and high schools.

 

Scarlet Road

Housing Support for Victims of Human Trafficking - Grant funds will provide flexible rental assistance program for adult victims of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation in Kitsap County.  This program will incorporate flexible rental assistance and intensive case management to empower survivors facing complex mental health substance abuse challenges to achieve stable housing.

 

West Sound Treatment Center

New Start (Jail Transition Services) - Grant funds will provide Substance Use Disorder Assessments, Court-ordered Assessments, Treatment, Life-Skill Building and Re-entry services at the Kitsap County Jail as well as housing, case management and supportive services for 16 men and women through the New Start men and women's houses.  


New Grant

Agape Unlimited

Agape Treatment Navigator - Grant funds will hire a fulltime treatment Navigator to transport clients directly to sources to collect information and help clients with pre-screening paperwork, assist in vocational and employment assistance, application process for Medicaid and other resources as needed.

 

Agape Unlimited

Agape SUD Services/Communications/Safety - Grant funds will purchase an updated phone system and add needed lines as well as a closed-circuit security system to keep staff, participants and treatment center safe and secure.

 

Catholic Community Services

Intensive Therapeutic Wraparound Services – Grant funds will expand access to WISe services to youth without Medicaid coverage.  WISe is intensive, in-home behavioral health and wraparound for youth, currently only available with Medicaid coverage.  This includes Peer Support, 24/7 in-person crisis response, skilled therapists, and care coordination.

 

Eagle's Wings Coordinated Care

Eagle's Wings Coordinated Care – Grant funds will hire two experienced Case Managers and a Psychiatric Nurse to implement an evidence-based Intensive Case Management model to work with those individuals in the community with Serious Mental Illness and/or Substance Use Disorders who require a higher level of care.

 

Fishline Food Bank and Comprehensive Services

Fishline Counseling Services – Grant funds will add a licensed mental health therapist to the team to provide professional counseling services for clients and residents of the North Kitsap community.  The therapist will de-escalate crises, develop a comprehensive psychosocial assessment, and facilitate connections to other services as appropriate, and lead staff trainings on evidenced-based behavioral health topics.

 

Kitsap Mental Health Services

Pendleton Place Services – Grant funds will provide 5 Housing Support Specialists and a Peer Support Specialist at Pendleton Place, a 72-unit permanent supportive housing (PSH) apartment complex, serving single adults living with chronic/severe mental illness and/or substance use disorders and experiencing chronic homelessness.

 

Kitsap Mental Health Services

Unfunded Behavioral Health Services – Grant funds will provide unfunded/Medicare-only adults to receive Crisis Triage Center (CTC) short term crisis stabilization services for up to five days and 30 unfunded/Medicare-only adults to receive Pacific Hope and Recovery Center (PHRC) residential substance use treatment services for up to 30 days.

 

One Heart Wild

Animal-Assisted Mental Health Counseling – Grant funds will provide low and no-cost animal and equine assisted therapy, self-development counseling, and trauma informed behavioral & emotional support services for children and families.  Counselors will conduct animal assisted behavioral, emotional, and therapeutic support services both in-person and through telehealth.

 

Peninsula Community Health Services

Too Cruel for School – Grant funds will hire additional behavioral health staff to work directly within the Central Kitsap school district stationed at Olympic and Central Kitsap High Schools. This will redistribute current staff throughout all the schools served and allow more coverage in Bremerton and South Kitsap as well to try to meet more identified youth needs in our entire region.

 

Suquamish Tribe

Community Outreach Specialist – Grant funds will add an additional Peer Support Specialist (PSS) to the Community Outreach Team. This Peer Support Specialist will focus on engaging with clients who are still ambivalent about making significant changes to their behavior, providing social support to individuals currently engaged in behavioral health services, and providing social support to families that have been adversely impacted by substance abuse and mental health.

 

West Sound Treatment Center

West Sound Mental Health Wrap-Around – Grant funds will provide co-occurring mental health care to all Substance Use Disorder patients in-house utilizing a needs and barrier assessment and matching the mental health care to the results of the assessment.  Patients who have more grave mental health issues will be referred to a licensed mental health therapist.

 

YWCA Kitsap Count

YWCA Survivor Therapy Program – Grant funds will add access to mental health counseling for the clients/survivors who would benefit from therapy to help as they navigate the trauma recovery process.  The YWCA will engage up to 4 certified mental health professionals who would each be available 5 hours per week to meeting with YWCA clients having mental health challenges.


APPROVED IN 2020 FOR THE 2021 FUNDING YEAR

Continuation Grants

Agape Unlimited

AIMS (Agape Integrated Mental Health Services) – Grant funds will establish the AIMS program, which is a partnership between Agape Unlimited and Peninsula Community Health Services that will provide co-occurring disorder services to sixty (60) youth and adults in one location, preventing barriers that prevent engagement into services or program failure.

 

Aging and Long-Term Care

Partners in Memory Care – Grant funds will provide dementia-friendly supports, strategies and consultation for challenging behaviors in order to prevent and delay institutionalizations and preserve placements.

 

The Coffee Oasis

Homeless Youth Intervention - Grant funds will support intervention and outreach to four hundred thirty (430) homeless youth struggling with substance abuse and mental illness and connect them to services that will provide opportunities for restoration with their families and community.

 

Kitsap Community Resources

Recovery Outreach and Stabilization Team (ROAST) – Grant funds will establish ROAST and provide housing stabilization support to three hundred thirty (330) adults with behavioral health needs.  Services will include outreach, rental assistance, eviction prevention, rapid rehousing, case management, housing stabilization, crisis intervention and mental health referrals for individuals and families who are struggling with substance abuse and mental health issues. 

 

Kitsap County District Court

Behavioral Health Court – Grant funds will provide two Behavioral Health Specialist, one Compliance Specialist and dedicated public defense to the growing number of participants in Behavioral Health Court.

 

Kitsap Juvenile Court Services

Enhancements for Juvenile Therapeutic Courts - Grant funds will improve the continuity of treatment services to participants in the Individualized Treatment Court by establishing a dedicated behavioral health specialist to serve all participants and establish a full-time Therapeutic Court Case Monitor. 

 

Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney's Office

Therapeutic Courts Alternative to Prosecution - Grant funds will support their rapidly increasing role in all five Therapeutic Courts.  Funds would provide 2 full-time Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys and one full-time Legal Assistant to support the growth of all five Therapeutic Courts.  

 

Kitsap County Sheriff's Office

Crisis Intervention Officer – Grant funds will establish a Crisis Intervention Coordinator to coordinate the patrol/field response to providing essential services to two hundred (200) members of the community who suffer from behavioral health issues.  The Coordinator will collaborate with local service providers to help those with the greatest need obtain behavioral health services.

 

Kitsap County Sheriff's Office

Reentry Officer and Coordinator - Grant funds will fund a Reentry Officer and Reentry Coordinator to collaborate with the current services that are being provided in the jail, and also add services that are currently not being provided.

 

Kitsap County Sheriff's Office

Crisis Intervention and Triage for Law Enforcement - Grant funds will provide funding for training for commissioned law enforcement officers in Kitsap County in Crisis Intervention/Triage.  The training will also provide 40-hour Crisis Intervention Training and Enhanced Training for Crisis Intervention Officers (CIOs). 

 

Kitsap County Superior Court

Adult Drug Court Expansion - Grant funds will expand the capacity of the Adult Felony Drug Court from 100 participants to 150 participants.  Expansion also includes mental health screening, assessment and counseling, and behavioral compliance tools.

 

Kitsap County Superior Court

Veterans Treatment Court - Grant funds will support the Veterans Court Treatment Track, designed to serve up to 25 veterans engaged in the criminal justice system due to co-occurring substance abuse and/or mental health issues.

 

Kitsap Public Health District

Improving Health and Resiliency of High Risk Mothers and their Children - Grant funds will support evidenced-based nurse home visiting program (Nurse Family Partnership) for first time, low-income moms and their babies and adds a bilingual Community Health Worker (CHW) to the Parent Child Health Team to provide outreach and case management to high risk, low-income pregnant women. 

 

Olympic Educational Service District 114

School Based Behavioral Health Enhancement Project - Grant funds will provide school-based behavioral health services for both mental health and substance abuse in targeted high risk elementary, middle and high schools.

 

West Sound Treatment Center

New Start (Jail Transition Services) - Grant funds will provide Substance Use Disorder Assessments, Court-ordered Assessments, Treatment, Life-Skill Building and Re-entry services at the Kitsap County Jail as well as housing, case management and supportive services for 16 men and women through the New Start men and women's houses. 


New Grant

Agape Unlimited

Substance Abuse Treatment Program - Grant funds will provide capital improvements for the Agape Unlimited Substance Use Disorder Program serving seven hundred and fifty (750) adults.  Capital improvements for the interior and exterior deterioration that will need to be repaired or replaced.

 

City of Bremerton

Behavioral Health Outreach - Grant funds will provide the Bremerton Police Department with an imbedded mental health specialist who will work to connect individuals with mental health and/or substance use disorders to needed services to reduce law enforcement and emergency services responses.  The Navigator will co-respond with officers and will provide outreach after police contact. 

 

City of Poulsbo      

Kitsap County Fire CARES Program - Grant funds will provide Kitsap Fire CARES mobile unit based at Poulsbo Fire Department.  The CARES Unit will be staffed by a crisis intervention officer and a behavioral health professional who will respond to situations involving behavioral health issues (including mental illness, substance use, overdose, and suicidality). 

 

Kitsap Homes of Compassion

Permanent Supportive Housing - Grant funds will provide mental health and substance abuse disorder services to Kitsap Homes of Compassion residents who are not currently receiving mental health services.  The project includes adding 2.5 FTEs for 2 case managers and 1 licensed Mental Health Professionals, employed and managed by the licensed mental health provider.

 

Kitsap Rescue Mission

Coordinated Care in Homeless Shelter- Grant funds will provide on-site behavioral health services by a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Substance Use Disorder Professional at the shelter.  This Integrated care model blends the expertise of mental health, substance use, and primary care and creates a team-based approach to assist the patient with their overall health needs. 

 

Kitsap Community Foundation

Kitsap Strong - Grant funds will provide intensive training (RISE Training) for 60 mentors led by Kitsap Strong and XParenting, followed by a 9-month Community of Practice (COP).  Three cohorts of up to 20 mentors will participate in an initial training and will be invited to continue meeting with cohort members in the COP sessions. 

 

Scarlet Road

Housing Support for Victims of Human Trafficking - Grant funds will provide flexible rental assistance program for adult victims of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation in Kitsap County.  This program will incorporate flexible rental assistance and intensive case management to empower survivors facing complex mental health substance abuse challenges to achieve stable housing.

 

Peninsula Community Health Services

Stand by Me – Grant funds will provide coordinated care to diverse patients who are experiencing homelessness, have co-morbid physical health conditions and are struggling with mental health issues and substance use and have trouble accessing traditional care and connecting to social services.


APPROVED IN 2019 FOR THE 2020 FUNDING YEAR

Make your selection between Continuation Grants and New Grants

Continuation Grants

Aging and Long-Term Care

Partners in Memory Care – Grant funds will provide dementia-friendly supports, strategies and consultation for challenging behaviors in order to prevent and delay institutionalizations and preserve placements.

Bremerton School District

Social and Emotional Learning – Grant funds will provide a comprehensive, evidence-based, social and emotional teaching and learning system within the Bremerton School District using Restorative Justice Practices that integrates Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Washington State social and emotional learning standards.

 

City of Poulsbo      

Behavioral Health Outreach - Grant funds will provide Behavioral Health Outreach Services staffed by three Behavioral Health (BH) Navigators to serve adults with a mental illness or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders who are charged with minor, non-violent crimes throughout Kitsap County or are identified as at-risk of arrest or crisis.

 

The Coffee Oasis

Homeless Youth Intervention - Grant funds will support intervention and outreach to homeless youth struggling with substance abuse and mental illness and connect them to services that will provide opportunities for restoration with their families and community.

 

Kitsap County District Court

Behavioral Health Court – Grant funds will provide two Behavioral Health Specialist, one Compliance Specialist and dedicated public defense to the growing number of participants in Behavioral Health Court.

 

Kitsap Juvenile Court Services

Enhancements for Juvenile Therapeutic Courts - Grant funds will improve the continuity of treatment services to participants in the Individualized Treatment Court by establishing a dedicated behavioral health specialist to serve all participants and establish a full-time Therapeutic Court Case Monitor. 

 

Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney's Office

Therapeutic Courts Alternative to Prosecution - Grant funds will support their rapidly increasing role in all five Therapeutic Courts.  Funds would provide 2 full-time Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys and one full-time Legal Assistant to support the growth of all five Therapeutic Courts.  

 

Kitsap County Sheriff's Office

Reentry Officer and Coordinator - Grant funds will fund a Reentry Officer and Reentry Coordinator to collaborate with the current services that are being provided in the jail, and also add services that are currently not being provided.

 

Kitsap County Sheriff's Office

Crisis Intervention and Triage for Law Enforcement - Grant funds will provide funding for training for commissioned law enforcement officers in Kitsap County in Crisis Intervention/Triage.  The training will also provide 40-hour Crisis Intervention Training and Enhanced Training for Crisis Intervention Officers (CIOs). 

 

Kitsap County Superior Court

Adult Drug Court Expansion - Grant funds will expand the capacity of the Adult Felony Drug Court from 100 participants to 150 participants.  Expansion also includes mental health screening, assessment and counseling; and behavioral compliance tools.

 

Kitsap County Superior Court

Veterans Treatment Court - Grant funds will support the Veterans Court Treatment Track, designed to serve up to 25 veterans engaged in the criminal justice system due to co-occurring substance abuse and/or mental health issues.

 

Kitsap Public Health District

Crisis Response and Coordinated Care Demonstration Project (Kitsap Connects) – Grant funds will support a multi-disciplinary, mobile outreach team to intervene with adults who are experiencing (or are at risk of) mental illness, chemical dependency, physical illnesses, and homelessness and includes intensive care coordination services.

 

Kitsap Public Health District

Improving Health and Resiliency of High Risk Mothers and their Children - Grant funds will support evidenced-based nurse home visiting program (Nurse Family Partnership) for first time, low-income moms and their babies and adds a bilingual Community Health Worker (CHW) to the Parent Child Health Team to provide outreach and case management to high risk, low-income pregnant women. 

 

Olympic Educational Service District 114

School Based Behavioral Health Enhancement Project - Grant funds will provide school-based behavioral health services for both mental health and substance abuse in targeted high risk elementary, middle and high schools.

 

West Sound Treatment Center

New Start (Jail Transition Services) - Grant funds will provide Substance Use Disorder Assessments, Court-ordered Assessments, Treatment, Life-Skill Building and Re-entry services at the Kitsap County Jail as well as housing, case management and supportive services for 16 men and women through the New Start men and women's houses. 


New Grant

Agape Unlimited

Koinonia Inn - Grant funds will provide capital improvements for the Koinonia Inn transitional housing for twenty-one (21) women and their children with substance use disorders, including replacement of siding and gutters, window replacement and flooring of their 100-year-old building in Port Orchard. 

 

Agape Unlimited

AIMS (Agape Integrated Mental Health Services) – Grant funds will establish the AIMS program, which is a partnership between Agape Unlimited and Peninsula Community Health Services that will provide co-occurring disorder services to one hundred eighty (180) youth and adults in one location, preventing barriers that prevent engagement into services or program failure.

 

Kitsap Community Resources

Recovery Outreach and Stabilization Team (ROAST) – Grant funds will establish ROAST and provide housing stabilization support to 480 adults with behavioral health needs.  Services will include outreach, rental assistance, eviction prevention, rapid rehousing, case management, housing stabilization, crisis intervention and mental health referrals for individuals and families who are struggling with substance abuse and mental health issues. 

 

Kitsap County Sheriff's Office

Crisis Intervention Officer – Grant funds will establish a Crisis Intervention Coordinator to coordinate the patrol/field response to providing essential services to two hundred (200) members of the community who suffer from behavioral health issues.  The Coordinator will collaborate with local service providers to help those with the greatest need obtain behavioral health services.

 

Kitsap Mental Health Services

Pendleton Place – Grant funds will support predevelopment, architecture, engineering and construction costs necessary to construct a 70-unit permanent supportive housing complex serving 70 individuals and couples experiencing chronic homelessness and living with mental illness and substance use disorders.

 

Kitsap Mental Health Services

Pacific Hope and Recovery Center – Grant funds will provide 476 bed days at $224 per night serving twenty-three (23) non-Medicaid individual stays at Pacific Hope and Recovery Center.  Services are provided in an inpatient setting and include assessment, individualized treatment planning, evidence based individual and group therapies.

 

Peninsula Community Health Services

Fired Up for Health – Grant funds will create a mobile behavioral health unit that responds to non-emergent, behavioral health-related situations reaching 100 individuals who are high utilizers of 911.  The purpose is to deliver high-intensity mental health and substance use care to individuals in Bremerton who call 911 largely due to the behavioral health concerns. 


 APPROVED IN 2018 FOR THE 2019 FUNDING YEAR

 Continuation Grants

Aging and Long-Term Care
Partners in Memory Care – Grant funds will provide dementia-friendly supports, strategies and consultation for challenging behaviors in order to prevent and delay institutionalizations and preserve placements.

Bremerton School District
Social and Emotional Learning – Grant funds will provide a comprehensive, evidence-based, social and emotional teaching and learning system within the Bremerton School District that integrates Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Washington State social and emotional learning standards.
      

City of Poulsbo
Behavioral Health Outreach - Grant funds will provide Behavioral Health Outreach Services staffed by three Behavioral Health (BH) Navigators to serve adults with a mental illness or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders who are charged with minor, non-violent crimes throughout Kitsap County or are identified as at-risk of arrest or crisis.

 

The Coffee Oasis
Homeless Youth Intervention - Grant funds will support intervention and outreach to homeless youth struggling with substance abuse and mental illness and connect them to services that will provide opportunities for restoration with their families and community.

 

Kitsap Community Resources
Housing Stability Support – Grant funds will provide a Family Development Specialist and a Behavioral Health Support Specialist who work collaboratively to provide long-term housing stability and support for individuals with behavioral health problems.

 

Kitsap County District Court

Behavioral Health Court – Grant funds will provide two Behavioral Health Specialist and dedicated public defense to the growing number of participants in Behavioral Health Court.


Kitsap Juvenile Court Services
Enhancements for Juvenile Therapeutic Courts - Grant funds will improve the continuity of treatment services to participants in the Individualized Treatment Court by establishing a dedicated behavioral health specialist to serve all participants and establish a full-time Therapeutic Court Case Monitor. 

 

Kitsap County Sheriff's Office
Crisis Intervention and Triage for Law Enforcement - Grant funds will provide funding for training for commissioned law enforcement officers in Kitsap County in Crisis Intervention/Triage.  The training will also provide 40-hour Crisis Intervention Training and Enhanced Training for Crisis Intervention Officers (CIOs). 

 

Kitsap County Superior Court
Adult Drug Court Expansion - Grant funds will expand the capacity of the Adult Felony Drug Court from 100 participants to 150 participants.  Expansion also includes mental health screening, assessment and counseling; and behavioral compliance tools.

 

Kitsap County Superior Court
Veterans Treatment Court - Grant funds will support the Veterans Court Treatment Track, designed to serve up to 25 veterans engaged in the criminal justice system due to co-occurring substance abuse and/or mental health issues.

 

Kitsap Public Health District
Crisis Response and Coordinated Care Demonstration Project (Kitsap Connects) – Grant funds will support a multi-disciplinary, mobile outreach team to intervene with adults who are experiencing (or are at risk of) mental illness, chemical dependency, physical illnesses, and homelessness and includes intensive care coordination services.

 

Kitsap Public Health District
Improving Health and Resiliency of High Risk Mothers and their Children - Grant funds will support evidenced-based nurse home visiting program (Nurse Family Partnership) for first time, low-income moms and their babies and adds a bilingual Community Health Worker (CHW) to the Parent Child Health Team to provide outreach and case management to high risk, low-income pregnant women. 


Olympic Educational Service District 114
School Based Behavioral Health Enhancement Project - Grant funds will provide school-based behavioral health services for both mental health and substance abuse in targeted high risk elementary and high schools.


West Sound Treatment Center
New Start (Jail Transition Services) - Grant funds will provide Substance Use Disorder Assessments, Court-ordered Assessments, Treatment, Life-Skill Building and Re-entry services at the Kitsap County Jail as well as housing, case management and supportive services for 16 men and women through the New Start men and women's houses. 

 

 New Grant

Kitsap County Prevention and Youth Services
Substance Abuse Prevention Program - Grant funds will increase youth substance abuse efforts to all of Kitsap County through the application of Research Proven Prevention Strategies

Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney's Office
Therapeutic Courts Alternative to Prosecution - Grant funds will support their rapidly increasing role in all five Therapeutic Courts.  Funds would provide 2 full-time Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys and one full-time Legal Assistant to support the growth of all five Therapeutic Courts.  

 

Kitsap County Sheriff's Office
Reentry Officer and Coordinator - Grant funds will fund a Reentry Officer and Reentry Coordinator to collaborate with the current services that are being provided in the jail, and also add services that are currently not being provided.

 

Kitsap Mental Health Services
Permanent Supportive Housing Pre-Development - Grant funds will fund the predevelopment costs necessary to construct a 70-unit permanent supportive housing complex serving individuals and couples experiencing chronic homelessness and living with mental health and/or substance abuse issues.

 

Peninsula Community Health Services
Wellness on Wheels - Grant funds will provide optimal access to high quality, integrated behavioral health care services by mobilizing our team into the community to serve the needs of people who, complicated by their mental health and/or substance abuse issues, struggle to access care in traditional ways.

 


 APPROVED IN 2017 FOR THE 2018 FUNDING YEAR 

  Continuation Grants

City of Bremerton
Crisis Intervention and Triage for Law Enforcement - Grant funds will provide funding for training for commissioned law enforcement officers in Kitsap County in Crisis Intervention/Triage. The training will also provide Crisis Intervention Training for Crisis Intervention Officers (CIOs).

City of Poulsbo
Behavioral Health Outreach - Grant funds will provide Behavioral Health Outreach Services staffed by three Behavioral Health (BH) Specialists to serve adults with a mental illness or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders who are charged with minor, non-violent crimes throughout Kitsap County or are identified as at-risk of arrest or crisis.

Kitsap Juvenile Court Services
Enhancements for Juvenile Therapeutic Courts - Grant funds improve the continuity of treatment services to participants in the Individualized Treatment Court by establishing a dedicated behavioral health specialist to serve all participants and establish a full-time Therapeutic Court Case Monitor.

Kitsap County Superior Court
Adult Drug Court Expansion - Grant funds expand the capacity of the Adult Felony Drug Court from 100 participants to 150 participants. Expansion also includes mental health screening, assessment and counseling; and behavioral compliance tools.

Kitsap County Superior Court
Veterans Court - Grant funds provide funding to assist Veterans residing in Kitsap County with a goal of assisting veterans with substance abuse and or mental health disorders in order to stop recidivism and connect them with the treatment they need in the community.

Olympic Educational Service District 114
School Based Behavioral Health Enhancement Project - Grant funds provide school-based behavioral health services for both mental health and substance abuse in ten targeted high risk elementary schools and seven high risk high schools.

Kitsap Public Health District
Improving Health and Resiliency of High Risk Mothers and their Children - Grant funds support evidenced-based nurse home visiting program (Nurse Family Partnership) for first time, low-income moms and their babies and adds a bilingual Community Health Worker (CHW) to the Parent Child Health Team to provide outreach and case management to high risk, low-income pregnant women.

Kitsap Public Health District
Crisis Response and Coordinated Care Demonstration Project - Grant funds support a multi-disciplinary, mobile outreach team to intervene with adults who are experiencing (or are at risk of) mental illness, chemical dependency, physical illnesses, and homelessness and includes intensive care coordination services.

The Coffee Oasis
Homeless Youth Intervention - Grant funds support intervention and outreach to homeless youth struggling with substance abuse and mental illness and connect them to services that will provide opportunities for restoration with their families and community.

Kitsap Recovery Center
KCR Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Program - Grant funds support outpatient evidenced-based substance abuse treatment services for adults by a certified Chemical Dependency Professional. Treatment will be group based, non-residential, intensive, and will include structured interventions consisting primarily of counseling and education about substance use disorders.

West Sound Treatment Center
New Start (Jail Transition Services) - Grant funds provide Substance Use Disorder Assessments, Court-ordered Assessments, Treatment, Life-Skill Building and Re-entry services at the Kitsap County Jail as well as housing, case management and supportive services for 16 men and women through the New Start men and women's houses. 

 New Grants 

Agape Unlimited
Youth Treatment Services and Kitsap Juvenile Therapeutic Courts - Grant funds will preserve the Kitsap County Juvenile Therapeutic Courts Treatment program which aids in reducing recidivism, improves the health status and wellbeing of Kitsap County Youth and reduces the number of youth who use costly interventions including hospitals, emergency rooms and crisis services related to their suffering from addiction.

Bremerton School District
Grant funds support Behavioral Health Prevention along with Early Intervention and Training. Implementation of a comprehensive, evidenced based, social and emotional teaching and learning system that integrates ACES, Washington State social and emotional learning standards for identifying behavioral problems early and teach and support the social and emotional development / skills of all children, birth to 21.

Kitsap Community Resources
Housing and Stability Support Services for Individuals with Behavioral Health Barriers - Grant funds support a team devised of a Behavioral Health Support Specialist and a Family Development Specialist who conduct ongoing housing stability supportive services for recently housed individuals whose challenges include Persistent Serious Mental Health Illness and/or Substance Use Disorders. Individuals served are recently discharged Kitsap Connect participants who will work in collaboration with the team of specialist to provide long-term housing stability and supportive services for these households.

Kitsap Recovery Center
Trauma-Informed Care Services - Grant funds provide mental health services, chemical dependency treatment and case management for the Human Trafficking Diversion Program in conjunction with the Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney's office.

Kitsap County Sherriff's Office
RideAlong Application - Grant funds the purchase and implementation of RideAlong a software tool designed to integrate with the 911 dispatch system to provide key information to officers while providing readily accessible mental health information to field officers, this includes information that may assist in diverting individuals from jails and connect them with long term health care case managers. With goals to increase the efficiency and accessibility of vital mental health information related to high level users of the system.

Kitsap County Division of Aging & Long Term Care
Partners in Memory Care: Coffee, Tea, and Tools - Grant funds resources to residents and their caregivers to address challenging behaviors associated with dementia. With goals of increasing support to caregivers, thereby maintaining placement and delaying institutionalization, reducing hospitalization and inpatient hospital stays.

Kitsap Community Resources
Housing First Supportive Housing Feasibility and Design Evaluation - Grant funds support affordable housing accompanied by supportive services project proposal assessment evaluation, on the feasibility of constructing  or renovating 40-60 units of affordable supportive housing for individuals and families with Substance Use Disorders and/or Persistent Serious Mental Illness. If the feasibility assessment is favorable, these funds will further pay for an architectural design evaluation of the proposed site.

Kitsap County District Court
Behavioral Health Court - Grant funds support facilitation and resources to individuals with the goal of reducing crisis intervention. Utilizing an intercept model and delivering essential services to aid in successful and sustainable treatment.

Kitsap County Sherriff's Office
Behavioral Health Units - Grant funds support planning and implementation of behavioral health units within the jail facility.  

 

  APPROVED IN 2016 FOR THE 2017 FUNDING YEAR 

 Continuation Grants

City of Bremerton
Crisis Intervention and Triage for Law Enforcement - Grant funds will provide funding for training for commissioned law enforcement officers in Kitsap County in Crisis Intervention/Triage. The training will also provide two sessions of 40 hour Crisis Intervention Training for Crisis Intervention Officers (CIOs).

City of Poulsbo
Behavioral Health Outreach - Grant funds will provide Behavioral Health Outreach Services staffed by three Behavioral Health (BH) Specialists to serve adults with a mental illness or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders who are charged with minor, non-violent crimes throughout Kitsap County or are identified as at-risk of arrest or crisis.

Kitsap Juvenile Court Services
Kitsap Adolescent Recovery Services - Grant funds support the operation of Kitsap Adolescent Recovery Services and provide evaluation and treatment services to youth on probation, including youth involved in the Juvenile Drug Court and Individualized Treatment Court.

Kitsap Juvenile Court Services
Enhancements for Juvenile Therapeutic Courts - Grant funds improve the continuity of treatment services to participants in the Individualized Treatment Court by establishing a dedicated behavioral health specialist to serve all participants and establish a full-time Therapeutic Court Case Monitor.

Kitsap County Superior Court
Adult Drug Court Expansion - Grant funds expand the capacity of the Adult Felony Drug Court from 100 participants to 150 participants. Expansion also includes mental health screening, assessment and counseling; and behavioral compliance tools.

Olympic Educational Service District 114
School Based Behavioral Health Enhancement Project - Grant funds provide school-based behavioral health services for both mental health and substance abuse in ten targeted high risk elementary schools and seven high risk high schools.

Washington State University
Strengthening Families Program - Grant funds provide long-term supervision and sustainability of the Strengthening Families Program in Kitsap County by hiring a part-time Coordinator and reinstate the program in Central Kitsap School District.

West Sound Treatment Center
New Start (Jail Transition Services) - Grant funds provide Substance Use Disorder Assessments, Court-ordered Assessments, Treatment, Life-Skill Building and Re-entry services at the Kitsap County Jail as well as housing, case management and supportive services for 16 men and women through the New Start men and women's houses.

 New Grants

Bainbridge Youth Services
Bainbridge Healthy Youth Alliance - Grant funds support the agency to serve as the Backbone agency for the Bainbridge Healthy Youth Alliance Collective Impact Project to reduce the impact of Adverse Childhood Experience (ACEs) and improving protective factors for mental, emotional and behavioral disorders using positive youth development strategies.

Kitsap County Superior Court
Veterans Treatment Court - Grant funds support the Veterans Court Treatment Track, designed to serve up to 25 veterans engaged in the criminal justice system due to co-occurring substance abuse and/or mental health issues.

Kitsap Mental Health Services
Crisis Triage and Withdrawal Management Center - Grant funds support the operations of a 16 bed Crisis Triage facility to provide short-term mental health crisis services and a 16 bed Withdrawal Management facility to provide withdrawal/detoxification services.

Kitsap Public Health District
Crisis Response and Coordinated Care Demonstration Project - Grant funds support a multi-disciplinary, mobile outreach team to intervene with adults who are experiencing (or are at risk of) mental illness, chemical dependency, physical illnesses, and homelessness and includes intensive care coordination services.

Kitsap Public Health District
Improving Health and Resiliency of High Risk Mothers and their Children - Grant funds support evidenced-based nurse home visiting program (Nurse Family Partnership) for first time, low-income moms and their babies and adds a bilingual Community Health Worker (CHW) to the Parent Child Health Team to provide outreach and case management to high risk, low-income pregnant women.

Kitsap Recovery Center
Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Program - Grant funds support outpatient evidenced-based substance abuse treatment services for adults by a certified Chemical Dependency Professional. Treatment will be group based, non-residential, intensive, and will include structured interventions consisting primarily of counseling and education about substance use disorders.

The Coffee Oasis
Homeless Youth Intervention - Grant funds support intervention and outreach to homeless youth struggling with substance abuse and mental illness and connect them to services that will provide opportunities for restoration with their families and community.

 

 APPROVED IN 2015 FOR THE 2016 FUNDING YEAR 

 Continuation Grants

West Sound Treatment Center
New Start (Jail Transition Services) - Grant funds provide Substance Use Disorder Assessments, Court-Ordered Assessments, Treatment, Life-Skill Building and Re-Entry Services at the Kitsap County Jail as well as Continuing Care Services at West Sound Treatment Center.

Olympic Educational Service District
School Based Behavioral Health Enhancement Project - Grant funds provide School-Based Behavioral Health Services for both mental health and substance abuse in ten targeted high risk elementary schools and seven high risk high schools.

Kitsap Juvenile Court Services
Kitsap Adolescent Recovery Services - Grant funds support the operation of Kitsap Adolescent Recovery Services and provide Evaluation and Treatment Services to youth on probation, including youth involved in the Juvenile Drug Court and Individualized Treatment Court.

Kitsap Juvenile Court Services
Enhancements for Juvenile Therapeutic Courts - Grant funds improve the continuity of treatment services to participants in the Individualized Treatment Court by establishing a dedicated Behavioral Health Specialist to serve all participants and establish a full-time Therapeutic Court Case Monitor.

Healthy Start Kitsap
Nurse Family Partnership - Grant funds would be used to fund a .5 FTE Nurse Home Visitor to provide services for 12 families.  The Nurse Family Partnership program is an evidence-based Home Visiting Program.

Martha and Mary Health Services
Older Adult Behavioral Health Program - Grant funds support the second year Mandt training for 80 Martha and Mary employees to maintain certification.  It also funds capitol improvements to ensure that the facility is able to admit and fully serve the needs of the older adults with behavioral health issues who are eligible for the program.

Kitsap County Superior Court
Adult Drug Court Expansion - Grant funds expand the capacity of the Adult Felony Drug Court from 100 to 150 participants.  Expansion also includes Mental Health Screening, Assessment and Counseling; and Behavioral Compliance tools.

 New Grants

Kitsap County Superior Court
Veterans Treatment Court - Grant funds support the Veterans Court Treatment Track, designed to serve up to 25 veterans engaged in the criminal justice system due to co-occurring substance abuse and/or mental health issues.

City of Poulsbo
Behavioral Health Outreach - Grant funds create a pilot Behavioral Health Outreach Program to serve adults with a mental illness or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders who are involved with the criminal justice system through the Poulsbo and Port Orchard Municipal Courts.

Washington State University
Strengthening Families Program - Grant funds provide long-term supervision and sustainability of the Strengthening Families Program in Kitsap County by hiring a part-time Coordinator and reinstate the program in the Central Kitsap School District.

 

  APPROVED IN 2014 FOR THE 2015 FUNDING YEAR 

 First Year

Bremerton Police Department
Law Enforcement Crisis Intervention Training

Healthy Start Kitsap
Nurse Family Partnership

Kitsap Juvenile Court Services
Enhancements for Juvenile Therapeutic Courts

Kitsap Juvenile Court Services
Reinstatement of Adolescent Recovery Services Program (KARS)

Kitsap Mental Health Services
Kitsap Crisis Triage Stabilization Center

Kitsap Superior Court
Adult Drug Court Expansion Grant

Martha and Mary Health Services
GeroPsych Success

Olympic Educational Service District #114
School Based Behavioral Health Enhancement Project

Peninsula Community Health Services
Integrated Drug Awareness Program in Primary Care

West Sound Treatment Center
New Start (Jail Transition Services)