Valley Cities Counseling and Consultation

“The finance committee reviews a draft copy of the form 990 for accuracy and presents to the full board of directors for approval before filing.”

“Written conflict of interest policy in place that each board member and officer is required to sign and disclose their interests annually.”

“Human resources performs a salary comparison with like agencies for the position. The ceo has an "at will" contract reviewed and approved by the board annually, and can be terminated at anytime.”

“Human resources performs a salary comparison with like agencies for the position. Salary is reviewed and approved by the ceo, cfo, cmo, coo, and the executive committee of the board of directors.”

“The governing documents are provided to funders, auditors, and the state of washington. All documents are made available upon request.”

“Most volunteers worked in the resource room and with the family support program. The resource room provides the opportunity for clients to obtain information about what community resources might benefit them and provides computer access. The family support program provides computer access and training, homework assistance, home-skills training and other support to low-income families. Additionally, all board members are unpaid volunteers who assist in oversight of the organization through monthly meetings discussing financial results, policies, the mission, and other governance issues.”

“Outpatient: valley cities counseling and consultation (valley cities), a not-for-profit community behavioral health center, has been the local source for quality behavioral health counseling and chemical dependency since 1965 in washington state with clinics in auburn, federal way, kent, renton, meridian at northgate, rainier beach, enumclaw, midway, pike place, lake city, st. Vincent de paul in aurora, and the cohen veterans network in lakewood. It has been a united way agency since 1967 and has been accredited by the joint commission. Valley cities provides licensed mental health and chemical dependency treatment for youth and adults; supported employment and education services; outreach services and housing programs for the homeless; family support programs offering youth and family activities; and specialized veterans services that deliver counseling and family support services to veterans and their families. Valley cities continues to integrate trained and certified peer support specialists into all programs, allowing their own recovery, and motivating others to find hope and growth in their recovery process. Valley cities clinics offer a unique model of care, care coordination. All clients are assigned to a care coordinator who then assists them in connecting to resources in the agency and in the community. Clinicians are trained in evidenced based treatment modalities including cbt+ (trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children) and love and logic parenting skills. Through care coordination, valley cities still treats children, adults and older adults, but as a team approach so each individual gets the focus that they need. Services are provided to meet the needs of children, youth and their families with mental illnesses or emotional disturbances; children, youth and families who are in crises; and children and youth who are victims of trauma or family violence. These services include individual and family counseling; in home family support and advocacy; school-based counseling; crises intervention; case management; psychiatric assessment; case coordination with other service providers; medication management; support groups and skills for training parents; outreach clinical teams for homeless families; community consultation and education; and specialized treatment for those with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Services are also provided to assist adults and their families with mental health and chemical dependency treatment services. Services are designed with an emphasis on recovery and hope. Valley cities provides employment and educational services so that clients can be supported to return to work or school. The chemical dependency services include intensive outpatient and specialized relapse prevention services and are integrated with the mental health services for those clients that have co-occurring mental health and chemical dependency problems. Valley cities is committed to quality mental health care delivered from a recovery orientation, meaning that its treatments and interventions extend beyond symptom improvement to a more holistic approach to care that helps its clients live, work, learn, and fully participate in their communities. Various public and private funding sources and individual client fees are used to fund services. A sliding fee scale is available to help individuals gain access to services. Valley cities' outpatient programs consist of: care coordination at each outpatient clinic a care coordinator will be the main point of contact at valley cities. They will help walk the client through how to get services at valley cities, ask them about what difficulties they are having and try to find ways to help. They will connect the client with the appropriate level of care that is needed, which can include counseling, medications, peer support, or groups. They can also help connect them to services in the community, like a primary care physician or a dentist. The”

“Inpatient clininc: 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. Recovery place seattle (rps) recovery place seattle (rps) is a residential treatment facility and houses a licensed medically monitored 33 bed detoxification unit which provides medical detoxification inpatient services for people who need support to safely withdraw from drug or alcohol use. This 33-bed unit provides services for a 3-5 day typical stay. Rps also houses a 42 bed 28-day intensive inpatient program for individuals living with substance use disorder and mental health concerns. This program offers structured, holistic, and evidence-based practices, including relapse prevention, coping mechanisms (both abstinence-based and harm reduction), and re- connection to community and resources. Clients participate in counseling and support groups. The average census for detox and residential for 2019 was 19 and 16, respectfully. Recovery place kent (rpk) the recovery place kent (rpk) evaluation and treatment program opened in december 2019 and houses 16 beds and provides inpatient crisis stabilization services to individuals who have been detained under the involuntary treatment act (ita) for danger to self, danger to others, or grave disability related to a psychiatric illness. The interdisciplinary treatment team provides psychiatric evaluation, medication management, individual mental health and substance use disorder counseling, group activities, peer support, coordination with king county ita court, and discharge planning to re-connect clients to community supports. The secure withdrawal management program has 16 beds and opened the end of february 2020.”

“Homeless/housing specialty service: valley cities operates both permanent and transitional supported 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, stable housing. This includes valley cities landing, valley cities place and phoenix rising permanent supportive housing projects dedicated to serving individuals with mental illness and history of homelessness. Twelve units at valley cities landing are dedicated for homeless "veterans". Residents engage in on-site and community-based services that help them live with stability, autonomy and dignity. Standard supportive housing standard supportive housing provides housing and outpatient care for clients who may require regular staff contact and the availability of staff 24-hours-a -day, seven-days-a-week, but who do not need the physical safety and structure of a residential facility. The program offers the benefits included in all outpatient treatment services, in addition to support services that assist program participants to develop a daily structure and meaningful activities in their lives, make connections to community social, employment, educational, leisure and spiritual activities and support, acquire the skills and means to meet basic nutritional needs and means to move to a less intensive service level within two years. Valley cities serves an average of 24 individuals a year who are served by king county and meet the access to care standards. Priority is given to clients from western state hospital or from another local psychiatric hospital. Second priority are clients who need an extended period of time for stabilization, are a frequent or high utilizer of psychiatric hospitals or jails, are at risk of hospitalization, or who are chronically homeless. Employment services valley cities is the largest supported employment program in king county. Valley cities does much more than look for jobs for those in the program. Valley cities helps clients with diagnosed disabilities learn the necessary job search skills to make them successful in their job search, such as how to write resumes, apply for a job, and interview. A huge focus of the program is to make good job matches that benefit not only the new employee, but also the employer. Valley cities works closely with these individuals to plan for potential challenges on the job and outside of work that could make long-term employment difficult. Valley cities supports the individual with job coaching, assistance with training and works with their integrated treatment team to ensure there are natural supports in place so that they can be successful in their employment for the long term. Valley cities works closely with employers in the community to ensure valley cities knows the details necessary to provide a good fitting candidate. Once valley cities matches a client with an employer, valley cities works in coordination with the department of vocational rehabilitation to support both the client and the employer to resolve situations before they become problems to job success. Research shows that people who have a mental illness who go to work have increased income, improved self-esteem, improved ability to manage symptoms, and increased quality of life. 73% of valley cities mental health clients are unemployed. Employment services are available to all of those clients. 376 clients requested services from our program in 2019, with 142 clients being served and enrolled in the 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.”