By John Donovan

On August 29, Trillium Family Services broke ground at the Children’s Farm Home campus on a new secure adolescent inpatient program facility. The new facility will replace an older building and provide state-of-the-art treatment and care offerings to Trillium’s clients.

“Since 2001, when the state asked Trillium to step up to provide the services, we have improved outcomes, reduced average length of stay and saved the state $190 million over what they would’ve had to pay for those services,” said Kim Scott, CEO of Trillium.

The new facility will begin construction this fall and open next fall. The overall budget is $6.2 million, and the state of Oregon has committed $3 million to support the project. This is the second of three secure inpatient facilities planned for construction on Trillium campuses. The first building, the Sequoia Unit, opened for service in 2015 on the Corvallis campus. The third facility is scheduled to be built at the Portland campus in 2021. Each facility will house up to 13 clients and will serve hundreds of youth each year.

“This facility will support the increasingly challenging population we serve. The new building will help keep both children and professional staff safe and allow us to retire an older building that has been serving that role,” shared Jamie Vandergon, President of Trillium Family Services.

To contribute toward the completion of the facility, please contact John Donovan at 503-813-7724 or jdonovan@trilliumfamily.org.