It’s nearly impossible to imagine what our impact would look like without the essential partnerships we’ve developed over the last 50-plus years. Together with local first responders, hospitals, schools, jails, and other essential groups, we’ve created remarkable synergies throughout our region. By serving on task forces, innovating new solutions for diverse community members, and collaborating […]
Meet Nohely Velazquez, administrative services director Walk into a Comprehensive Healthcare location, and the first people you see – our front desk staff – are led by Nohely Velazquez, administrative services director. Nohely has spent her three years with the agency bringing our support staff under one umbrella, implementing consistent processes, and training and coaching […]
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National Prevention Week is an annual observance dedicated to raising awareness about substance use prevention and promoting positive mental health. It’s a time to celebrate the efforts of communities and organizations across the country that are working tirelessly to prevent substance abuse and promote mental well-being. This week serves as a reminder of the power […]
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Our region is at the cusp of significant change in behavioral healthcare as Comprehensive Healthcare is putting millions of dollars in federal and state funding to work for our community. Our goal is to meet our clients where they are by offering behavioral health and substance use treatment for mental health and wellbeing through accessible, […]
Hub and Spoke is a gateway to connect clients to necessary healthcare within the Central Washington region and throughout our local communities. It utilizes key partnerships to expand access to medications to treat opioid use disorder (MOUD) for individuals struggling with opioid use disorder (OUD). This innovative approach places Comprehensive Healthcare at the center– or […]
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Our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Frank Garner, sits on the Central Washington Fentanyl Task Force along with Comprehensive Healthcare board members Megan Tweedy, an activist preventing death by fentanyl overdose; Yakima County Sheriff Robert Udell, and State Rep. Gina Mosbrucker. In May 2023,U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse launched the task force to address the spectrum of […]
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An increasing number of students everywhere are experiencing depression, anxiety, behavioral problems, not showing up for school, or are suicidal. If this sounds like a young person you know, Comprehensive Healthcare is working to help. Through partnerships with schools from Kittitas to Benton-Franklin Counties, we embed therapists on-site so that they can work directly with […]
Comprehensive Healthcare partners with the Yakima County Department of Corrections and the Benton County Jail by collaborating closely with custody staff to ensure adequate care for inmates who have mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) symptoms. Correctional and behavioral health team members have built close working relationships as trusted experts – which helps drive […]
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Our partnership with Camp Hope, a low-barrier emergency homeless encampment in Yakima, illustrates our mission to meet people where they are, as we provide a first-of-its-kind solution in our region. Comprehensive Healthcare is building an on-site behavioral health center to treat clients who live at Camp Hope and experience complex behavioral health and substance abuse […]