Tacoma youth facility closing after $3 million in losses, laying off 92 employees
Sep 22, 2026, 2:00 PM
Three students with brown hair sit outside a building. (Photo: garetsworkshop via Envato)
(Photo: garetsworkshop via Envato)
A youth residential facility in Tacoma will close later this year and lay off 92 employees after recording $3 million in operational losses since 2020.
Comprehensive Life Resources (CLR) will close Pearl Youth Residences at 1201 S Proctor Street, with layoffs expected to occur on Nov. 21, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing.
Employees have been encouraged to pursue other positions within CLR, but the filing noted the layoffs are permanent.
Of the 92 employees laid off, a vast majority worked as behavioral health technicians (52), with 10 others working as registered nurses, and also included a variety of other job titles such as managers, assistants, directors, and supervisors.
The facility first opened in 2020, providing long-term inpatient treatment for youth ages 12 to 17.
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CLR submitted site-development plans in 2019, which would move its inpatient program from its Pearl Street facility to another building on Proctor Street, according to The Tacoma News Tribune. With the move, the Proctor Street location grew to 27 inpatient beds.
CLR chief communications and community affairs officer Chris Gleason highlighted several issues that led to the facility’s closure, and noted the nonprofit is entertaining other options for future plans for the site.
“One of the major factors in our decision to close PYR was to enable us to focus more on serving our own community,” she said via email to The Tacoma News Tribune. “Just 2% of PYR clients over the past two years came from Pierce County, and just over 30% came from Pierce, King, and Kitsap combined. The two largest Children’s Long-Term Inpatient facilities are just 11 miles apart (the other is CSTC at Western State), which is a disservice to kids from other parts of the state.
“The bottom line is $3 million in operational losses since 2020 and not achieving the optimal outcomes for youth that they deserve, along with the amount of time and effort it takes to try and keep the program running, undermines our primary mission of serving the Pierce County community,” Gleason added.
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