Kitsap Mental Health Services

03/10/2026

Today marks Kitsap Community Foundation's 13th annual Kitsap Great Give! Donations received through this campaign go further thanks to sponsor matching funds.

Give the gift of hope and encourage friends and family to do the same by sharing about the Great Give!

03/01/2026

Early giving is here! Starting today you can donate to KMHS through the Kitsap Great Give. Gifts to KMHS during the Great Give go further thanks to sponsor matching funds.

Last year alone, we provided 118,398 services to 5,847 clients. Thanks to the generous support of our community, we are able to continue providing quality compassionate behavioral health care to the many people in our community who are affected by mental illness.

Give the gift of hope and encourage friends and family to do the same by sharing about the Great Give!

https://www.kitsapgreatgive.org/organization/kitsap-mental-health-services

Kitsap Community Foundation

02/20/2026

To wrap up our cash donation drive, CEO Monica Bernhard delivered the final check to Fishline's Executive Director Charlie Thompson. Thanks to the generosity of our employees and a dollar-for-dollar matching donation from our agency, we were able to donate a total of $1,022 to support Fishline's essential services.

Together Kitsap Mental Health Services and our employees donated a total of $6,274 for food banks in our community!

02/06/2026

This week we were honored to attend the Washington Council for Behavioral Health conference in Olympia. The event brings together behavioral health care leaders from around the state, giving us the opportunity to learn from one another, have important conversations, and collaborate. While there, we were also able to meet with Senators Deborah Krishnadasan and Drew Hansen and Representatives Greg Nance, Michelle Valdez, and Adison Richards. We are grateful for the time and knowledge everyone so generously shared this week.

02/04/2026

CEO Monica Bernhard delivered another check from the cash donation drive our employees participated in! The drive supported several local food banks and our agency matched employee donations dollar-for-dollar, resulting in a combined $1,788 donation to South Kitsap Helpline.

Mental health and physical health are inextricably linked and we are proud to support the important work our local food banks are doing to help community members access essential food and other support services.

01/31/2026

Our employees generously participated in a cash donation drive, raising funds that the agency matched dollar-for-dollar to support several local foodbanks. CEO Monica Bernhard recently met with Bremerton Foodline's Development Coordinator Morgan H. to present the donation. As an agency, we raised a combined $3,464 for Bremerton Foodline !

01/24/2026

Thank you Kitsap Bank and Kitsap Bank employees! We genuinely appreciate your commitment to those living with mental illness in our community. Thanks to the support of generous community members like you, we are able to continue offering hope and opportunity to over 5,000 community members each year by providing compassionate, recovery-centered behavioral health care.

01/20/2026

Congratulations to Madison Tuttle for being honored in this year's Leadership Kitsap 20 under 40! Madison's compassion and commitment to offering hope and opportunity throughout the community shine bright. We are proud to have her on our team.

🏆 Meet the Honorees!

Madison Tuttle works for Kitsap Mental Health Services.

“Community leaders focus on the greater good of the community as well as the needs and challenges of individuals often powerless to advocate for themselves. Good leaders make decisions with input from their stake holders, keeping in mind that individuals will not save the world alone, but rather solving issues and driving change is most effectively achieved by a flow of caring and dedicated individuals coming together.” – Madison Tuttle

We can't wait to support our rising stars THIS THURSDAY at the annual 20 Under 40 Awards!

📸 Big thanks to Scandia Studio for photography!

01/09/2026

We are proud to welcome Dr. Jana Spasovski as our new Medical Director of Outpatient and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Services. Dr. Spasovski has been working in community-based healthcare since 2021 and is double board-certified in general psychiatry and in child and adolescent psychiatry.

At KMHS, she will manage psychiatric care for Adult Outpatient Services, direct the Neil S. Hirsch TMS Clinic, and oversee Medication Assisted Treatment services for opioid and alcohol addiction.

Being able to offer TMS for medication-resistant depression in a community mental health setting was one of the things that attracted Dr. Spasovski to this role. "TMS is such a non-invasive and very effective treatment," she said.

Dr. Spasovski is passionate about serving underserved populations and appreciates the collaborative nature of community mental health. "It's difficult to see myself working in any environment other than serving the underserved," she said.

Welcome to KMHS Dr. Spasovski!

12/02/2025

In 2024 we served 5,847 clients, provided 118,398 clinical services, and prepared 54,750 meals for people receiving 24/7 care. Your generous support makes it possible for us to continue this work, providing hope and opportunity through compassionate, recovery-centered behavioral health care.

Give the gift of hope this season when you choose to donate to KMHS through the One Call for All campaign. 100% of One Call for All donations go directly to your selected non-profit.
https://onecallforall.org/kitsap-mental-health-services/

Today is a chance to make a meaningful difference for the people and places we care about most. When you give through One Call for All, your generosity supports 130+ local nonprofits who nourish, protect, teach, and uplift our community every day. ❤️

Your gift helps a neighbor.
Your gift strengthens our island.
Your gift truly matters.

If you’re able, we invite you to give from the heart this Giving Tuesday.
Support our community at donations.onecallforall.org.

10/21/2025

Thank you Representative Tarra Simmons for taking the time to learn about the Reentry Community Services Program (RCSP) we administer and the work the Department of Corrections Community Corrections officers are doing here in Kitsap! RCSP can provide continued support services for up to five years, helping program participants get on their feet, grow their strengths, and foster increased independence. We are grateful for the incredible staff that make this project possible and are proud to help bring this service to our community.

This week, I joined Community Corrections Officers from the Washington State Department of Corrections for a ride-along to see the incredible work they do supporting people as they return to our communities.

These officers use the ICOACH model — a new approach that focuses on coaching, accountability, and humanity. Rather than relying only on punishment, this model builds relationships and helps people develop the tools they need to rebuild their lives and stay on the right path.

We also visited with counselors at Kitsap Mental Health Services who work in the Reentry Community Services (RCS) program. Together, DOC officers and KMHS staff are providing mental health and substance use treatment, stability, and hope for people coming home from incarceration.

It was inspiring to see how partnership, compassion, and evidence-based practices can create safer, healthier communities for all of us.

10/10/2025

Like physical health, your mental health is constantly changing. Mental health describes your mind, thoughts, feelings and actions. Anyone can experience mental health challenges at any time. In fact, 1 in 5 U.S. adults and 1 in 6 U.S. youth ages 6-17 experience a mental health disorder each year.

Check on your loved ones. Pause and see how you're really feeling. Make time for self care, utilize your support system, and reach out for appropriate professional help as you need it. If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge, you can call or text 988 any time for support.

This what's one thing you're doing to take care of your mental health?