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Hope and Healing Clinic describes low‑barrier opioid treatment, mobile unit and expanded services in Tumwater
Summary
At the Oct. 21 Tumwater City Council meeting, Hannah Klimak of the Chehalis Tribes Hope and Healing Clinic outlined the clinic’s services in Tumwater, its mobile unit in downtown Olympia, expanded behavioral‑health staffing and transportation offerings. The presentation emphasized low‑barrier access, Medicaid billing and harm‑reduction services.
Hannah Klimak, outreach coordinator for the Chehalis Tribes Hope and Healing Clinic, told the Tumwater City Council on Oct. 21 that the clinic at 9474 Lathrop Industrial Drive in Tumwater provides low‑barrier opioid treatment, harm‑reduction services and expanding behavioral‑health care.
The clinic, which Klimak said has been open “just about 18 months,” is “predominantly an opioid treatment program” but is broadening services to people with other substance use disorders, she said. Klimak described medication options — methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone (including Vivitrol) — as well as counseling, peer navigation,…
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