Sparrow House and Clinical Services: TRANSITIONING CLIENTS BACK TO THE COMMUNITY

Most new clients have just left an inpatient hospitalization or treatment situation with nowhere to go.  Some are homeless or teetering on the brink of homelessness.  Our service-enriched housing options fill a huge void in Snohomish County.

 

Bridgeways has successfully transitioned patients from Western State Hospital and others from the community into services utilizing one of our Sparrow House and Clinical Services units along with intensive staff support. Sparrow House and Clinical Services can sleep up to eight individuals, and has bathroom, shower and laundry facilities.

Our approach is to provide housing coupled with intensive mental health services designed to move people from crisis to safety and stability.

 

An average stay is about thirty days. While clients are living at Sparrow House and Clinical Services, we work to help them secure affordable, safe, and stable permanent housing in the community, as well as Medicaid benefits.   At the same time we’re working with them on recovery-based treatment goals, providing intensive supports to help them recover and maintain skills to live as independently as possible in the community.

Transitional housing at Sparrow House and Clinical Services is part of a proactive solution to the 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness in Snohomish County by creating and sustaining a full continuum of services promoting real community reintegration.

                

Photos from March open house celebrating the dedication of Sparrow House and Clinical Services