What is the CATT?
The Center for Addictions Triage and Treatment (CATT) is a project to increase addictions treatment capacity in Washington County. Upon its completion it will add 86 new treatment beds, a peer drop-in center and many other features. Our plan is to create a comprehensive center for substance use treatment that is accessible and responsive to our diverse community.
Get help now
The CATT is not open yet, but help is available now for problem substance use in Washington County. Please visit our addictions page to learn how to connect to services. If you are in crisis call the Washington County Crisis Line at 503-291-9111. If you or a loved one are facing a life-threatening emergency, call 9-1-1.
We've broken ground!
On June 7, 2024, we officially broke ground on the CATT! Washington County plans to begin offering services in both locations by late 2025. The opening will occur in stages with some services starting before others. Related news articles about the groundbreaking ceremony are on our "News and Publications" page. Scroll to the bottom of this page to see more photos from the ceremony.
Board Chair Kathryn Harrington, CATT Project Manager Kristin Burke, Behavioral Health Division Manager Nick Ocon, and Commissioners Nafisa Fai, Roy Rogers, and Pam Treece celebrate after breaking ground on the CATT site in Beaverton, Oregon, on June 7, 2024.
Throughout the project's stages, we've prided ourselves in the fact that the CATT is being developed by our community, for our community. It will provide rapid access to multiple types of substance use treatment, including:
- Assessment and triage
- Sobering
- Withdrawal management (detox)
- Residential and outpatient treatment
- Transition services
- Health services
- Peer drop-in center
- Crisis services
- Co-located supports
Project development
Construction is underway at both the Hillsboro and Beaverton sites. You can find more information, including the services that will be provided at each site, by visiting the "More Information" page.
Washington County's exciting new project will add substance use disorder care for adults in our community. The Center for Addictions Triage and Treatment (CATT) will be a place where adults struggling with problem substance use can get services and supports.
From the beginning, this project has been community-driven. Over two hundred people, from a variety of cultural backgrounds, have provided input to ensure the CATT will work for our community.
Holst Architecture completed the building design and in May 2024 the CATT project officially moved into the construction phase. R&H Construction is leading the renovation and construction of the buildings that will house the CATT. R&H, in a unique partnership with Advanced Tribal LLC, will continue its commitment to equity, inclusion and celebrating diversity, which aligns perfectly with the foundational values of the CATT project.
Call to artists!
Throughout the design process, we’ve been inspired by those with lived experience of struggling with substance use. Their individual stories of recovery and hope were foundational to the project and shaped many elements of the center.
We want to celebrate all of those in recovery who helped make the CATT possible. To do this, we will be displaying works of art throughout the center created by people in recovery. In collaboration with Studio Art Direct, we have issued a Call to Artists, seeking works of art that celebrate personal journeys of recovery. To learn more, visit Studio Art Direct’s website.
The deadline for submissions is September 30, 2024.
CATT provider agencies
When the CATT is open, CODA, Inc. will be the provider for intensive services at our Beaverton Recovery Center site. LifeWorks NW will continue to deliver crisis services and Solutions Group NW has signed on as the outpatient provider for services at our Hillsboro Recovery Center site. In November 2023, the Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon (MHAAO) was selected to develop and operate a peer drop-in center at the CATT. We recently welcomed Project Homeless Connect to the list of provider agencies. Project Homeless Connect will provide an access point for housing, for folks served by the CATT, and act as a liaison and consultant for the other CATT providers. You can read more about the locations and services we plan to offer on the "More Information" page.
Stay informed
Visit the CATT News and Publications page regularly to see what's new and subscribe to receive the CATT e-newsletter.
Provide feedback
Your feedback about the CATT project is important to us. If you have comments or questions, please complete our feedback form.
Messages of hope from community members
Watch this video to hear community members provide messages of hope about being in recovery from problem substance use.
Photos from the CATT groundbreaking on June 7, 2024
