Friday, May 9, 2025
5/9/2025
Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending - Construction - Washington County, Oregon is developing a comprehensive substance use treatment center, adding critical new infrastructure to the local system of care. Currently, the county lacks intensive treatment services with no sobering beds, few residential treatment beds and no publicly-funded withdrawal management beds. Residents of Washington County often have to leave their home community to receive substance use treatment. The planned Center for Addictions Triage and Treatment will address this issue. Services will be provided at two sites, one located in Hillsboro, Oregon, the other in Beaverton, Oregon. Grant funding will be applied to construction of the Beaverton location which will offer sobering, withdrawal management, residential treatment and transitional services across 86 beds. The other site will offer outpatient services including crisis intervention, peer services, outpatient treatment and homeless services. The County has secured two existing buildings for the program. The building in Hillsboro is 42,000 square feet. The Beaverton building is currently 21,000 square feet and will be expanded significantly with an attached addition. Once completed, the Beaverton building will consist of approximately 37,000 square feet. Both buildings will require substantial renovation to ensure the built environment supports trauma-informed substance use treatment services. Holst Architecture has been working with the County to design the buildings. The County has also hired R&H Construction as the Construction Manager/General Contractor to complete the renovations. The project is well underway with design completed, sub-contractors hired and permits in place. Construction is expected to begin on the Beaverton site in June 2024 with substantial completion targeted for September 2025. Renovations have already begun on the Hillsboro building with completion scheduled for May 2025. The goal is to provide most services by the end of 2025. Overall, the capital construction cost for the project is estimated to be $59.3 million across both buildings. Of this amount, $31.8 million is attributed to the construction of the Beaverton site, to which HRSA funds will apply. The overall project is funded through a blend of reserves, grants and Opioid Settlement funding.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).