SPOKANE, Wash. — Construction is underway on a new downtown Spokane clinic designed to deliver primary healthcare, addiction treatment and mental health services to low-income people who don’t have insurance or a regular doctor.
it will be built on East Sprague Avenue and Cowley. Frontier Behavioral Health and CHAS Health have partnered together for the clinic. The two organizations plan to create a single location where patients can address multiple health needs in one place.
CHAS Health CEO Aaron Wilson said the site was chosen with purpose.
“This location matters … we’re close to major healthcare partners and near shelters and low-barrier housing, where many of our neighbors are working every day to stabilize their lives,” Wilson said.
U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., attended the groundbreaking and helped secure a portion of funding for the project. She said patients will not face out-of-pocket costs for their care.
“It’s integrated with our federal system … and will be able to help provide primary care and have that primary care covered,” Cantwell said.
The total estimated cost of the clinic is $9.2 million. Roughly a third of that will be funded federally and by the state — including $2 million in congressionally directed spending and $1.5 million in state capital funding. Frontier Behavioral Health will finance the remainder.
For people like Shanna Hulett, who is experiencing homelessness, the clinic’s accessibility could make a significant difference. Hulett said she plans to use the clinic and described the difficulty of navigating the current healthcare system.
“To find the time and energy to get over to another service provider to help us apply for healthcare is a whole other job,” Hulett said. “It takes time to get that stuff taken care of, and sometimes we just kind of let that stuff go.”
Hulett said the proximity of the new clinic would benefit the surrounding community.
“Just knowing that it’s in the neighborhood and close by… would be great, I think, for the community,” she said.
The clinic is expected to open by early fall in 2027.
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