Life After Homelessness
When she needed it most, Lena benefited from our medicated-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders. At the same time, our REACH team helped her gain access to housing. For Lena...
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Guest blog: What can I do about addiction and homelessness?
It’s hard not to look and feel heartless as you traverse the city of Seattle on your way to and from work and see the many people struggling with...
Forging trust and fostering change in Seattle neighborhoods
“The number one need is housing. It could also be things like getting a replacement ID, or getting assistance with food, or medical help... things like that. Everyone’s need is...
Celebrating the Grays Harbor Clinic
Evergreen Treatment Services is regretfully closing our Grays Harbor County facility in May 2019. Our patients are in the process of transitioning to a new clinic, Grays Harbor Treatment...
We’re taking our life-saving treatment on the road!
We're excited to launch Treatment in Transit! Our life-saving treatment will be traveling to our patients in the University District, Belltown, and North Seattle. The program is expected to start...
Preventing the Spread of Hepatitis C
Many people start down the road to addiction with a prescription from their doctors to manage pain – from getting a tooth pulled to major surgery to deal with chronic...
What’s Working in Seattle
By Chloe Gale, REACH Co-Director and Sean Soth, Director of Clinical Services— If you haven’t seen the recent KOMO special “Seattle is Dying,” watch it with a skeptical eye....
The Heart Reaches The Heart
Candis Dover is ETS’s first peer engagement counselor, supporting patients in their earliest days of recovery. She knows exactly where many of these patients are coming from; Candis has had...
Don’t Hang on to Meds!
King County campaign helps residents properly dispose of old and unwanted medications safely and easily. It’s something many people don’t often think about. The near-empty orange cylinder of hydrocodone from...
Honoring Molly Carney, ETS Executive Director
Please join us in honoring Molly Carney's service as our executive director. She has been a tireless patient and staff advocate and will be missed. Give to ETS in honor...
“I was such a different person. I had no hope.”
Ben started using at a young age while living with his mom in his hometown of Spokane. It started with abusing medication to treat his anxiety. He soon moved on...
REACH goes above and beyond
“Where are you from?” is a common question asked when people meet for the first time in Seattle, the assumption being that so few people are actually from the city....
Brandon’s story
“Every day of your life is already scripted for you. You wake up and you’re sick and you have to find dope,” says Brandon, a former patient at Evergreen Treatment...
April’s Story
“I was tired of living, had nothing, lost everything, just tired of it,” says April. April is a Flex Care patient at Evergreen Treatment Services. “I truly feel if...
WATCH: Rotary Club of Seattle Panel Discussion on the Opioid Epidemic
ETS Executive Director Molly Carney joins the Rotary Club of Seattle's panel discussion on opioid use disorders in Washington State. Molly, along with activist and former KIRO News anchor Penny...
When defining recovery, let the patient decide.
“Recovery looks different for everyone,” says Michael, a counselor at Evergreen Treatment Services South King County Clinic in Renton. “I’m not here to tell people how they should recover; I...
Why you should attend Evergreen Treatment Services’ 45th Anniversary Luncheon
On May 24th, ETS will hold our first-ever fundraising luncheon at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Seattle. If you’re on the fence, we hope these four reasons to attend...
Employees Community Fund of Boeing makes getting into treatment easier – literally!
Daily treatment at Evergreen Treatment Services takes dedication. Our patients come to the clinic six days a week to receive the medication and counseling that help them recover from opioid...
Compassion and Collaboration: Keys to Ending the Opioid Crisis
The University of Washington’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute (ADAI) conducted a survey at 25 syringe exchange program (SEP) sites around the state. Informed by data and compassion, the sites...
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Myths vs. Facts
The National Council addresses the myths of medication-assisted treatment and opioid use disorder. Myth #1: Medication-assisted treatment just substitutes one drug for another. Download this quick reference to see why this...
“Our patients aren’t perfect, but neither am I, and neither are you. We all deserve the opportunity to live our best lives.”
An interview with Bill Benham, director of clinical services Bill Benham oversees the new patient program as well as Evergreen Treatment Services' counseling services. Along with the medical directors, he...
Joseph’s Story
We recently sat down with Joseph Conniff, a treatment provider for people with substance use disorder at Therapeutic Health Services (THS) in Seattle. Joseph struggled with substance use for much...
Five Things You Should Know from an Addiction Medicine PA
Just like any other disease: congestive heart failure, hypertension, or diabetes, Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) should be treated with approved medication. The idea that OUD is some sort of shortcoming...
Why you should read our latest impact report
We want you to read our newly published impact report for three reasons: In the midst of a crushing opioid epidemic and homelessness crisis, this report provides hope. Last...
Ride on to Recovery
One morning while doing outreach in downtown Seattle, one of our REACH care managers, Garrett, met a woman who was packing up a bedroll into her Harley Davidson three-wheeled motorcycle....
From Recluse to Reconnection
When Becky, a REACH care manager, met Cody*, he was living in a trailer in South King County. It was desolate; he had no water or waste hook ups and...
In Conversation with Michelle Peavy
While pursuing her undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of Washington in 1999, Michelle Peavy was introduced to Molly Carney, who was conducting research at the UW’s Alcohol and...
Unleashing Potential
News headlines serve as a bleak reminder of the toll the opioid epidemic has had on our cities and nation. But, groups like Evergreen Treatment Services are addressing these...
Recovery is Possible
Six days a week for 52 weeks a year, nearly 3,000 people come from all over Western Washington to Evergreen Treatment Services to get the support they need to recover...
ETS Executive Director Molly Carney in the Puget Sound Business Journal
“Molly Carney and her team hope every day that their hard work is saving people’s lives. Carney is executive director of Evergreen Treatment Services, a nonprofit that offers medication-assisted treatment...
A Positive Influence
Stolch is 35 years old, and describes himself as an American Indian or Alaska native. He was training to be director at the Nisqually tribe, but opioids stood in the...
Shatterproof: Stronger than Addiction
The evidence is clear. Opioid use disorder is a disease, and medication-assisted treatment (MAT) which includes counseling and other wraparound services – the ETS model – is the surest path...
Flex Care: Check out our new video!
Flex Care is a medication assisted treatment program that provides patients the option to be prescribed buprenorphine from a medical prescriber. Through this program, we pair the medical prescriber with...
A Helping Hand Leads to Housing
REACH case managers are steadfast in their support of clients. They meet them where they are, and forge partnerships with the community to achieve the best possible outcomes. Jerry and...
Murals Bring Hope and Inspiration to Patients in Seattle
Entering into recovery from opioid use disorders is about more than clinical treatment. The people and places we surround ourselves with have a tremendous impact on our sense of well-being....
Medication-Assisted Treatment: Essential in Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
We are in the midst of a wide-spread opioid epidemic. Seventy-eight people die every day in the US from an opioid-related overdose, and yet only 20 percent of people with...
National Council for Behavioral Health Honors Excellence in Behavioral Health Advocacy, Innovation, Leadership
National Council for Behavioral Health Honors Excellence in Behavioral Health Advocacy, Innovation, Leadership Awards of Excellence winners honored at NatCon17 gala include the First Lady of New York City...
Seattle Times: Opioid treatment available but limited by funding, stigma
Originally published on SeattleTimes.com, June 7, 2016. Opioid-use disorders need to be recognized for what they are: a chronic, relapsing medical condition. It is a brain disease, not a...
Seattle Times: A lifesaving drug for opioid users, but it’s not easy to get
Originally published on SeattleTimes.com, May 17, 2016. Naloxone can mean the difference between life and death, but it’s not easy to get. By Molly Carney and Michelle Peavy, Special...
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When she needed it most, Lena benefited from our medicated-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders. At the same time, our… Read more…Guest blog: What can I do about addiction and homelessness? →
It’s hard not to look and feel heartless as you traverse the city of Seattle on your way to… Read more…Forging trust and fostering change in Seattle neighborhoods →
“The number one need is housing. It could also be things like getting a replacement ID, or getting assistance with… Read more…Celebrating the Grays Harbor Clinic →
Evergreen Treatment Services is regretfully closing our Grays Harbor County facility in May 2019. Our patients are in the… Read more…We’re taking our life-saving treatment on the road! →
We're excited to launch Treatment in Transit! Our life-saving treatment will be traveling to our patients in the University District,… Read more…