“All you have to do is make one small decision, one positive act, one act of strength to change the course of your river for good again.”

The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, one of three bands of the S’Klallam People on the Olympic Peninsula, recognized that the opioid crisis was reaching their community and decided to build the response their citizens needed. In 2017, the Tribe began planning a healing clinic founded on a grandfather story passed down through generations: that one small act, like pulling a single rock from a river, can change the course of the whole river. 

Today, the Jamestown Family Health Clinic offers wraparound services for opioid use disorder, including behavioral health, substance use counseling, primary care, dental, child care, and transportation, all in one place. The clinic serves Jamestown citizens, Tribal members across the region, and non-Tribal neighbors alike, because, as Tribal leadership puts it, this is one community. This story features Jamestown leadership and family members Josh and Hannah, whose recovery through the clinic’s medication assisted treatment program is now part of the larger story their family carries.

This story discusses substance use and addiction. Please take care while watching.