Therapeutic Health Services is launching the Lane Staley Mobile Health Center to provide medication-assisted treatment to residents of the Seattle hamlet.
SEATTLE — A new initiative to combat Seattle’s opioid crisis is on the way. therapeutic health services This month saw the launch of the Layne Staley Mobile Medical Centre, a clinic on wheels named in honor of the late Alice in Chains frontman.
The mobile unit will deliver addiction treatment directly to The Villages, a low-income housing institute designed to reach those who would otherwise not have access to care.
“People will see this man holding a microphone and singing to the world,” said Staley’s mother, Nancy McCallum. “And wishing everyone else the best.”
McCallum said her son is with her every day. “He is in my heart every day, every moment. I know other parents of addicts feel that way.”
Staley, a musical icon of Seattle’s 1980s and 1990s grunge scene, died of an accidental overdose in 2002. “I’m so excited to see how Ryan’s honesty has spread around the world, and mobile is one of those places,” McCallum said.
Therapeutic Health Services has supported Staley and thousands of other patients over the years and developed the mobile clinic with some funding from the Lane Staley Memorial Fund. The department will provide methadone and other addiction treatment services to up to 250 people per day Monday through Saturday, with plans to serve at least three locations per day.
“Hope starts here. Hope is here,” THS CEO Patricia Edmond-Quinn said.
Our goal is to break down barriers by meeting people where they are.
“They don’t have to stand up and try to figure out the closest place I can go,” Edmond Quinn said. “If you can, take the bus or walk to get the services they need.”
Services are scheduled to begin June 15 at the Interbay Tiny Home Village.
For McCallum, the mobile installation is a powerful extension of her son’s legacy.
“I hope he knows love and how his work will help others,” she said. “I would say this to young people. Who you are and what you do matters.”
