TRANSITIONAL COMMUNITY TREATMENT
We Meet Youth Where They Are.
HOW WE CAN HELP
Transitional Community Treatment (TCT) is for unhoused youth and young adults to make a successful transition into stable living while receiving the care they need for substance use or mental health challenges with the assistance of Ryther partnerships.
Through exceptional staff, we successfully connect youth to the services they need, significantly increasing their potential to improve their outcomes. You can find Ryther clinician's at encampments, in homes, under bridges, and where they are needed the most.
ABOUT OUR SERVICES
Ryther’s Transitional Community Treatment (TCT) program provides support to unhoused youth and young adults experiencing substance use disorders, mental health challenges, or involved in the juvenile court system by partnering with peer organizations such as Kaiser Permanente, YouthCare, and the King County Detention Center.
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Our team provides services in over a dozen locations, including drop-in centers and residential facilities. In addition, Ryther provides mobile clinicians who are tasked with serving clients throughout King County. This includes hospitals, homes, community centers, drop-in centers, or any other space where we encounter youth in need.
Utilizing a strength-based approach to engage youth, Ryther staff provide prevention services and psycho-education, connecting these young adults to the services they need and, when appropriate, enrolling them in long-term services.
JUVENILE DETENTION MENTAL HEALTH TEAM
Ryther clinician's, working within the King County juvenile detention center, provide a variety of services to youth who are currently held in the detention center. Bringing a lens of trauma recovery and equity, the Staff will provide assessments, crisis intervention, individual/group therapy, family support, community reintegration planning, consulting with health clinic staff, and training for juvenile detention staff.
JUVENILE JUSTICE ASSESSMENT TEAM
Ryther's Juvenile Justice Assessment Team (JJAT) works with the King County Juvenile Detention Center to provide behavioral health to the youth that are in detention awaiting disposition of their case.
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MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) helps youth and young adults overcome their substance use disorder. This work is in partnership with other agencies that provide housing support, education support, and primary medical care while we provide psychiatry, SUD counseling, and case management.
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NEW JOURNEYS
The New Journeys program is focused on providing critically needed comprehensive treatment to individuals who are experiencing their first episode of psychosis. Treatment services are provided through a team of mental health staff focused on assisting clients with identifying their personal goals and needs for recovery that will allow them to return to functioning well at their job, school, home, and other areas of life.
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STEPPING STONES
Stepping Stones supports youth and young adults experiencing houselessness and/or unstably housed and have also been diagnosed with Intellectual or Development Disabilities. Participants will collaborate with our staff, focusing on working towards a pathway to stability. Goals may include, but are not limited to, getting into stable housing, connecting with healthcare providers or a peer partner, or linking with long-term benefits.
TRANSITIONAL YOUTH SERVICES
Transitional Youth Services (TYS) brings mental health services to vulnerable and at-risk youth and young adults experiencing houselessness by placing Ryther clinicians on-site at drop-in and transitional housing centers.
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YOUTH SUPPORT SERVICES
Youth Support Services (YSS) provides substance abuse specialists to local agencies through partnerships to meet the needs of at-risk teens and young adults.
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