A Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity to Reinvent Behavioral Health Care for our Region

Thanks to generous support from the Governor and State Legislature, in 2024 we will complete the construction of the new Center for Behavioral Health and Learning on the UW Medical Center – Northwest campus.

With your philanthropic support, we can fund expert teams, innovative programs and healing amenities that will ensure this new center will meet the greatest challenges in mental health and addiction care in our state and inspire the next generation of health care professionals.

Ready to explore how you could make a transformative difference in our state's mental health care?

Please contact David Chow, director for philanthropy, at chowd@uw.edu or 207.956.1806.

Where your visionary support
can make all the difference

The new Center for Behavioral Health and Learning isn’t just a modern, light-filled, inviting 184,000-square-foot facility. It’s a first-of-its-kind concept in our state for patient and family-centered mental health care and training.

In addition to significantly increasing our region’s capacity to help individuals and families with serious and persistent mental health challenges, we plan to launch innovative programs that improve family and caregiver involvement, provide new, safe and effective treatments for devastating mental illnesses, and help inspire and prepare the next generation of health care professionals for our region.

We need your help to accomplish these ambitious goals. Here’s how:

ENSURE STRONG FACULTY AND PROGRAM LEADERS

With your help, we can recruit leading experts in their fields who will help us develop innovative new treatments for mental health and substance use problems, make connections and build awareness among historically underserved communities. With experts who have the passion, drive, expertise and dedicated time, we can grow our programs, decrease stigma and be powerful advocates for our loved ones living with mental health and addiction problems.

INVEST IN INNOVATIVE CLINICAL AND TRAINING PROGRAMS

Your support of innovative programming can enhance recovery, reduce hospital readmissions, build hope, and motivate new professionals to pursue training in mental health. With targeted programming, we can help people reintegrate into their communities after a hospital stay, increase the role of family and friends in a person’s recovery, strengthen peer support programs and advance research and care solutions.

CREATE A WELCOMING AND HEALING ENVIRONMENT

You can help us create a welcoming, comfortable and nurturing atmosphere for patients and their families. Your support of capital needs, such as inviting furniture, calming artwork, educational technology, and state-of-the-art therapeutic equipment will improve our patients’ and our learners’ experiences and accelerate their recoveries.

Recognition Opportunities

In recognition of your transformative investment in the behavioral health of our region, naming and recognition opportunities are available at each level in accordance with the University of Washington’s and UW Medicine’s policies.

First Floor

A rendering of the main lobby in the Center for Behavioral Health and Learning.

Main Lobby (1,200 sf)
Gift amount: $5,000,000

A rendering of a family resource area in the Center for Behavioral Health and Learning.

Family Resource Area (270 sf)
Gift amount: $250,000

A rendering of a dining area in the Center for Behavioral Health and Learning.

Dining Area (4,250 sf)
Gift amount: $3,000,000

Second Floor

A rendering of a terrace meeting room in the Center for Behavioral Health and Learning.

Conference Room (530 sf)
Gift amount: $500,000

A rendering of the reflection room in the Center for Behavioral Health and Learning.

Reflection Room (160 sf)
Gift amount: $250,000

Third Floor

A rendering of a garden terrace in the Center for Behavioral Health and Learning.

Outdoor Garden Terrace (6,000+ sf)
A designated outdoor clinical healing space for patients and clinical staff.
Gift amount: $3,000,000