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We appreciate your decision to support KMHS with your gift. Thank you for helping us offer hope and recovery for people of all ages.
Our Mission: Offering Hope and Opportunity through comprehensive recovery-oriented behavioral healthcare.
As of 12/31/2023
At Kitsap Mental Health Services, hope is our guiding light. It’s part of our mission statement and we proudly proclaim “Hope Lives Here” on colorful parking lot banners at our Almira and Bentley locations.
In 2023, we became a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). At its heart, the designation is about spreading hope to some of the most vulnerable members of our community.
It means KMHS has met a federal standard for the quality of care we provide to more than 5,600 clients a year who are primarily Medicaid-eligible, underinsured or uninsured. In addition, we’ve committed to expanding access to that care and being more responsive to our community’s needs.
If hope is lighting our path, it’s community connections that will help us get where we need to go. Because we are a CCBHC, we are committed to collaborating more closely with our community partners and doing a better job of coordinating care.
We’re also taking our services where the community needs are greatest. For example, to support individuals living unhoused in downtown Bremerton, we partnered with the Salvation Army to begin offering KMHS services at their 6th Street location.
Becoming a CCBHC is not something we attain, check off a box, pat ourselves on the back, and then move on to the next challenge. It represents a shift in how we think about our hope-filled mission, and a focus on continually measuring, improving and reporting our progress.
In that spirit, we’re issuing our first Community Impact Report. I’m excited to share some of the ways we’re bringing hope to our community, and shine a spotlight on representative front-line staff members who make recovery possible for those living with moderate to severe mental illness and/or substance use disorders.
Highlights include:
Thank you for taking a few minutes to read this report and learn more about how KMHS is evolving to meet the needs of our clients, build stronger community connections and, most important, offer hope.
Sincerely,
Monica Bernhard