About Us

Since 1976, Transitional Resources has provided a pathway to recovery for low-income people living with mental illness.

Who We Are

Transitional Resources is a licensed behavioral health center and assisted living facility located in the West Seattle neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. We have been in operation and have been serving King County since 1976.

We serve low-income adults in King County who are living with serious mental illness, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder. We offer a full spectrum of optimistic and respectful mental health services and supportive housing services to our clients.

With your support, our clients prove again and again that people with mental illness can succeed in their communities.

Why we need places like TR

Transitional Resources is one of the smallest licensed behavioral health centers in King County, offering a continuum of behavioral health treatment, housing, and vocational services to those who are most in need. We believe that everybody deserves to live a life with safety and dignity. With appropriate treatment, people with mental illness can recover and lead better lives. Treatment in the community is not only more humane, it is also significantly more cost effective than treating mental illness in jails, emergency rooms, or state hospitals.

Our Impact

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of our clients remain in safe and stable housing each year.

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of our outpatient clients avoid hospitalization and incarceration each year, despite long prior histories of institutionalization.

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of the clients we serve are BIPOC, who are disproportionately more likely to find themselves houseless.

Mental Illness, How Does It Affect Me?

 

Mental illness is an equal opportunity disease, affecting people regardless of their background, ethnic identity, or economic status. Over the course of a lifetime, 1 in 5 Americans will experience a mental illness. Of those affected, 25% will be classified as having a serious mental illness. Nationwide, less than 40% of people with serious and persistent mental illness receive adequate care in a given year. Unfortunately, Washington State ranks among the lowest in per capita spending on mental health in the country. Consequently, the need for funding from individual and community donors is great.

 

How Does TR Help The Community?

 

We prioritize keeping the caseload size at TR and significantly lower than the industry standard. This allows our case managers to serve people the most serious and persistent forms of mental illness with personalized treatment. Because of this, TR to produces some of the best outcomes in King County.

 

 

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Our Leadership

Key staff

 

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Darcell Slovek-Walker, MA, LMHC
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CHIEF OF CLINICAL SERVICES
Julie Watkins
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DIRECTOR OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
Skip Waters
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DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Emily McGrath
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Board of Directors

 

Transitional Resources is governed by a Board of Directors, comprised of the following members:

2024 OFFICERS & BOARD MEMBERS

PRESIDENT
Miriam Chilton, MPA

VICE PRESIDENT
Stephen Mitchell, MNPL, BSN

SECRETARY
Ken Bailey

TREASURER
Rachel Mokry, MA

DIRECTORS
Ann Davison, JD
Cathlyn Fraguela Rios, LICSW
Carey Lefkowitz
Per-Olaf Swanson, MPA
Rachel S. Fenimore, MSN, ARNP
Robert Leversee
Sara Mathews
Steve Dresang, MD