In the coming weeks and months, the Compass Health community will hear a deafening alarm: Washington state’s community behavioral health system is in crisis.
A confluence of issues – decades of underfunding, steadily growing need for behavioral health care among our most vulnerable populations, and record vacancies among mental health professionals – are threatening the very sustainability of the vital services that Compass Health and our peers provide across the state.
In response, Compass Health has joined forces with three other large community behavioral health providers across the state to raise awareness and advocate for systemic changes to create a sustainable future for our community behavioral health system. Our leadership and advocacy collective, called Fourfront Contributor, includes Compass Health, Comprehensive Healthcare in Central Washington, Frontier Behavioral Health in Spokane, and Sound in King County.
