Navos Programs
Navos has locations in West Seattle, Burien and Auburn. Our services include outpatient care for adults and children, an inpatient psychiatric hospital, employment services, care for people with chemical dependency and mental illness, domestic violence treatment for offenders and services for victims, services for older adults with mental illness, and supportive housing. Navos’ innovative programs include:
- The Early Childhood Mental Health Program provides very young children, birth to age five, and their parents or caregivers with the tools they need to form healthy attachments and to break cycles of abuse and neglect. The program includes in-home child-parent therapy, parent education, and case management.
- Through Employment Services, Navos helps people with serious mental illness to secure and maintain meaningful work that fits their skills and interests. Mental health treatment is integrated with employment services. With employment, clients can increase their income, become more independent, and connect with their community.
- Navos is working to provide all our clients with a healthcare home where they can receive primary health care, mental health treatment, and health education. With primary medical care offered at our West Seattle campus and a primary care clinic under construction at our new Mental Health and Wellness Center in Burien, Navos will be a national leader in integrating physical and behavioral health services.
Recent Successes and Current Challenges
Many years of mental illness, combined with drug and alcohol addiction, had left Lori destitute and homeless. She had been treated by several providers in the past but had had many relapses. After referral to Navos, she found the support she needed to become stable. Working with our therapists, case managers and employment specialists, Lori was able to reach her goals. Her mental illness and her addiction were successfully treated, and she was reunited with her family. She graduated from Navos’ Peer Employment Program. Lori now has housing and a part-time job as a Certified Peer Support Specialist at another agency, and she volunteers in the community. She is happy, proud and full of hope for the future.
Navos is forced to relocate our services for South King County residents because of the expansion of Sea-Tac Airport. While disruptive, this caused us to examine how and where we can best serve our community. Construction of a new, larger campus in Burien began in 2009 and will be completed in fall 2012. It will bring together supportive housing, a community center for employment services and our client-run café and catering kitchen, an outpatient mental health center, and a primary care clinic. With integrated mental health care, primary care, and support services, children and adults with mental illness will have the best opportunity for recovery and will live better, healthier lives. Navos is raising funds to complete the Burien campus and expand innovative programs.
When you give a gift of $300 or more you can "Leave a Legacy" - Become a permanent part of Navos' new Mental Health and Wellness Center by donating a gift of $300 or more and be eligible* to personalize a brick for our Recovery Plaza. Record your family name, dedicate to a loved one or leave a message of hope for our clients. Contact Alice Braverman @ (206) 933-7032 for more information about a personalized brick and the project it supports or visit our Campaign for Navos page @ navos.org.
*personalized brick eligible through July, 2012.