For the Reporter
Valley Cities Counseling (Valley Cities) was awarded $25,000 from The Seattle Foundation.
The funding helps support Valley Cities’ primary health care integration initiative, assuring coordinated health care for community members experiencing mental health problems and barriers in accessing quality primary health care.
Collaborating with Valley Cities on this initiative are HealthPoint and QoLmeds. HealthPoint provides medical and dental care, as well as complementary and alternative medical services. QoL meds places full-service pharmacies inside of Community Mental Health Centers and Federally Qualified Health Centers across the country.
Valley Cities’ CEO, Ken Taylor, views integrated health care services as a national trend gaining momentum.
“Valley Cities is the first Community Mental Health Center to provide comprehensive medical and behavioral health care in South King County,” Taylor said. “This exciting system change will bring better, more holistic health care to our community members needing mental and medical health care. We have worked with primary health care providers for many years and believe deeply in the integration of medical and mental health care.”
To find out more about primary health care integration, please contact Director of Program Development, Dan McDougall-Treacy at 253-632-0470 or e-mail at dmcdougalltreacy@valleycities.org.
Valley Cities Counseling contributes to strengthening communities through the delivery of holistic, integrated behavioral health services that promote hope, recovery and improved quality of life. Visit Valley Cities on the Web at www.valleycities.org.
