SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — Spokane County took a large step today in helping the area’s behavioral health and substance use issues.
County officials broke ground on the new Prevention, Assessment, Treatment, and Healing Crisis Relief and Sober Center (P.A.T.H.).
The new facility is located on Cedar Street and Boone Avenue. It will provide 23-hour crisis relief care as well as sobering services.
It’s an expansion to the existing Stabilization Center and Alternative to Incarceration programs. That facility has already provided services to nearly 7,000 people since 2021, according to the county.
This new building will consolidate Spokane County’s care to one operation and streamline services as the Spokane County P.A.T.H. Diversion and Recovery Center.
“When an individual is in crisis, they often get lost in a complex system — either in the criminal legal system or they find themselves in an overburdened ER,” said Spokane County Community Services Department Director Justin Johnson.
P.A.T.H. is funded through federal, state, and local sources including opioid settlement funds and local sales tax.
The facility is expected to open in spring of 2027.
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