Clark County Behavioral Health and Treatment Center
Known as the Brockmann Campus, the Clark County Behavioral Health and Treatment Center located in the Mt. Vista neighborhood of Vancouver will serve up to 48 patients at a time in three 16-bed facilities located on the same campus. Our commitment is to create safe and secure therapeutic treatment facilities where patients can get the treatment they need, and to be the best neighbors we can in the community.
Brockmann Campus - informational flyer
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The construction began in June 2023 and is now completed. The original timeline was to open the first of three 16-bed units in the fall of 2025, with the other units following in the next few months. However, plans for opening the facility are paused since operational funding was not included in the 2025-27 state budget. The state budget did provide funding for a “warm closure” of the facility to maintain the facility, property, and assets. A few DSHS employees will be on site during the day Monday through Friday to maintain the campus and the buildings. A construction fence will remain around the campus. Each of the buildings has an alarm system that will trigger if doors are opened and movement is detected in the building.
View a time lapse video of construction of the Brockmann Campus.
Our patients
Our mission is to treat people in need of inpatient psychiatric care. There are currently no patients at the Brockmann campus. Once the Brockmann campus opens, our patients will be those civilly committed for 90 to 180 days, and orders can be extended by the court. Our deeply held value is to provide person-centered care, recognizing humanity in all of our patients; and we will use this approach in all aspects of patient care.
Our program
Brockmann Campus patients will remain in a secure setting and will live in one of the three buildings on campus and within secured, fenced yards for the entirety of their care. DSHS will run all three 16-bed facilities on campus, which will provide similar types of programming and treatment to all 48 patients.
We will provide services and activities that are respectful to people across all cultures and backgrounds. The services include:
- initial intake and evaluation,
- medical screening, psychiatric screening, risk screening,
- psychological/biological/social evaluation, and
- treatment.
The goal is to stabilize the illness and improve the person’s mental status and behavior. We want them to recover and be able to return to their home or another, less-restrictive living arrangement with appropriate integration into aftercare services.
All patients will receive thorough discharge plans that are individualized with the supports needed to meet their needs in the community. These include wraparound supports like medication management, case management and medical care. Discharged patients will be given a well-coordinated hand off to their next locations.
Our goal is for the Brockmann campus facilities to become a part of the community as a resource, a partner, and a good neighbor.
Security
Entrances and exits will be controlled by staff. The outdoors spaces for the residents will be enclosed by fencing and the buildings. Staff will be trained in de-escalation strategies and emergency management processes to minimize calls to law enforcement and the fire department. The facilities also will have agreements with local law enforcement to provide assistance as needed.
No services will be provided for people who are not living at the facilities. For example, no public restrooms or shelter services will be available. This is a controlled environment with a specific population. Visitors will be limited to friends and family and will be scheduled.
Any trips off-campus by patients will be carefully planned and will include staff members as escorts; patients will not get passes to go off campus without escorts. Offsite trips might include trips to a local hospital, medical appointments, or housing appointments.
FAQs
Q. What is the timeline for this project?
A. We began construction in June 2023. Construction was completed in the summer of 2025.
Q. When will the campus begin accepting patients?
A. This is unclear. The state legislature must designate operational funding to hire staff for the campus. Without that funding, we cannot move forward with opening the campus as scheduled. The next opportunity to provide operational funding will be the legislative session in 2026.
Q: What happens to the patients who would have come to Brockmann Campus?
A: These patients will continue to receive treatment at one of the other Behavioral Health and Habilitation Administration facilities – Western State Hospital, Eastern State Hospital, Maple Lane Campus, or Olympic Heritage Behavioral Health.
Q. How many patients will the Brockmann campus serve when it opens?
A. The three 16-bed facilities located on the Brockmann campus will serve up to 48 patients at a time.
Q. What happens when patients are discharged?
A. All patients will participate in developing thorough discharge plans that are individualized with the supports required to meet their needs in the community; in fact, discharge planning starts at the time patients are first admitted. Discharge plans include supports like medication management, case management, therapy, housing supports and medical care. Discharged patients will be given well-coordinated handoffs to their next locations and will not be simply discharged into the surrounding neighborhood. Many patients will discharge to pre-arranged housing locations, typically close to their original county residences.
Q. Why did DSHS decide this was an appropriate location for behavioral health facilities?
A. The property at 16015 NE 50th Ave. provides DSHS the opportunity to give patients with a mental illness the opportunity to recover in a peaceful and comfortable environment. The property supports recovery by providing views to open spaces, a connection to nature, and facilities that maximize an environment designed to support best clinical practices and provide safe settings for treatment to occur. Like our neighbors, we were drawn to the beauty of the surroundings and the peek-a-boo view of Mount Hood in the distance.