Washington County unveils new Hillsboro Recovery Center

Hillsboro, OR – Today, Washington County officials, service providers and other community partners celebrated the completion of the Hillsboro Recovery Center (HRC) at 5250 NE Elam Young Parkway. This facility houses a variety of community services to support people with substance use disorders and other behavioral health conditions. It is one of two locations for the County’s Center for Addictions Triage and Treatment (CATT). The other site, the Beaverton Recovery Center (BRC), is still under construction. It is located at 17911 NW Evergreen Place and will offer intensive inpatient services. The County expects to open the BRC in late fall.

Beginning June 2, the HRC will open with services from the Hawthorn Walk-In Center and Washington County Behavioral Health. In July, Solutions Group NW, Project Homeless Connect, and the Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon will begin providing services on-site, marking the broader opening of the community services portion of the CATT. Virginia Garcia will join the center in the fall. Services at the HRC will include the following:

• The Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon will operate the peer drop-in center, a space for individuals in recovery and their friends, family and other supports to come together. Drop-in centers provide opportunities for connection, mutual support, and the development of peer networks and resources, all of which are critical to recovery.
• Solutions Group NW will provide outpatient services largely in Spanish, focusing on the Latinx community. These services include evidence-based interventions, peer support, medication management and counseling.
• The Hawthorn Walk-in Center and affiliated crisis services, both operated by Lifeworks NW, are moving from their current location across the parking lot to the HRC. These programs offer urgent behavioral health crisis intervention, assessment and stabilization services for both mental health and substance use concerns.
• Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center will provide on-site health-related supports for people receiving services from other providers at the CATT. Individuals who have problem substance use often have health care needs as well.
• Project Homeless Connect is on-site to support individuals who are referred to them by other providers at the HRC.
• Washington County Behavioral Health will also relocate across the parking lot to the new facility.

“Having these community supports all in one place will make it much easier for people to get holistic care for their mental health and substance use concerns,” said Project Manager Kristin Burke with Washington County Behavioral Health. “We are excited to take this innovative approach, bringing together multiple organizations to do what they do best in a coordinated manner under one roof.”

Holst Architecture designed the remodeled building, while R&H Construction led the renovation and construction of the HRC. Advanced Tribal LLC also contributed to the project’s completion. The HRC cost $29 million and was funded through a variety of sources including opioid settlement funds, health care grants and Measure 110 funding.

More information about the CATT is on Washington County’s website at wcor.us/catt.