Local providers announce youth camps and a new 14-bed Stevens County stabilization facility

Providers shared brief community updates at the end of the Spokane Regional Scribe Collaborative meeting.

Drew Camino of Excelsior said the agency recently completed a spring camp and will open summer registrations in the coming month. He described the camps as free to eligible youth and staffed with mental health clinicians and nationally certified recreation therapists on a 40-acre site that offers a challenge course and pool. “We do have mental health clinicians on-site during the time working with them,” Camino said.

Tara (last name not specified), representing Stevens County, said the county will proceed with development of a licensed crisis stabilization facility after the court case tied to the project was completed. When asked about capacity, Tara said the planned facility will be a 14-bed stabilization unit and that the county will pursue certification and building steps.

Meeting organizers asked attendees to share contact information in the chat and said they will circulate presentation slides and schedule the next meeting, which will be co-hosted with a regional crisis continuum of care forum in June.