Frontier Behavioral Health

Frontier Behavioral Health will soon have a second home on the East Sprague corridor. Driven by a sharp increase in demand as a result of Medicaid expansion, the community mental health organization plans to complete construction on a new facility at 2128 E Sprague by the end of 2017.

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Wed., Dec. 7, 2016

In front of a mural in the center's cafe, Laurel White talks about her mental illness and her recovery at the Evergreen Club on East Sprague Avenue, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. The Evergreen Club is a gathering place for members who have been through treatment by Frontier Behavioral Health, a mental illness clinic, which broke ground Tuesday on a new center next door. White said she was diagnosed with a mental illness in 1990 and Evergreen is part of her recovery.

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Dr. Tad Patterson, left, and Jeff Thomas, right, talk inside the cafe at the Evergreen Club on East Sprague Avenue, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. The Evergreen Club is a gathering place for members who have been through treatment by Frontier Behavioral Health, a mental illness clinic, which broke ground Tuesday on a new center next door. Patterson is a psychiatrist at Frontier and chairman of the organization's board.

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Dr. Tad Patterson, left, Bill Bouton and Jeff Thomas take part in the groundbreaking for a Frontier Behavioral Health mental health on East Sprague Avenue, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. Patterson is a psychiatrist and chair of the Frontier board, Bouton is the construction contractor and Jeff Thomas, Frontier CEO. Frontier provides treatment for mentally ill patients. The new building will sit next to the Evergreen Club, a center where FBH clients learn skills, work in a cafe, a thrift store and take classes and socialize.

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Christine Barada, left, director of Community Services, Housing and Community Development for Spokane, and Jeff Thomas, CEO of Frontier Behavioral Health, speak before the groundbreaking for a new Frontier Behavioral Health mental health on East Sprague Avenue, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. Barada oversees some of the funds for treating the mentally ill, services which FBH provides.

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