CHAS Health opened a fourth school-based clinic at Ferris High School in Spokane Public Schools in October, expanding access to medical care directly within school buildings. The clinic at Ferris is the fourth in the district, following the opening of the first clinic at Rogers High School in 2020 and subsequent clinics at North Central and Shadle Park high schools.
The Ferris clinic, retrofitted into a former staff lounge, operates weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. with an outside entrance for nonschool hours. Students can receive sports physicals, same-day prescriptions, mental health treatment, pain medication, and dermatological care without leaving school. The clinic accepts Medicaid and all insurance, with uninsured students able to register for the state health care plan through a community health worker. Most students have no out-of-pocket costs when accessing the clinic. Since October, the Ferris clinic has served 87 patients in 132 separate visits.
The clinic includes a “Chazzy’s Closet” stocked with hygiene supplies, winter accessories, and other essentials students can access. Pediatrician Yvette Rosser, who works at the Ferris clinic, noted that same-day care “just makes it really easy and hopefully minimizes disruptions, particularly for school learning.” Primary care visits take about 20 minutes, less than a high school class period.
Usage patterns show increasing utilization over time. Rogers High School’s clinic, open since 2020, served 3,270 patients in 13,191 visits during 2025. Newer clinics at Shadle Park and North Central, opened in 2024, served 974 and 937 patients respectively in 2025. The health center was funded in part by $200,000 of Spokane’s one-time federal COVID relief dollars, with the school district matching those funds. CHAS Health pays employees and leases space from the school.
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