The Employees Community Fund (ECF) of Boeing Alabama recently awarded $20,000 to the Nova Center for Youth & Family for the expansion of school-based mental health services. The ECF is administered by a volunteer Site Advisory Board comprised of local Boeing employees and the committee has partnered with Nova over the last several years to […]
Facts About Alabama’s Public Mental Health System
In preparation for the upcoming Special Session of the 2015 Alabama Legislature, consider the following when thinking through funding for community mental health services: In 1970, there were approximately 8,000 persons confined to state mental hospitals and another 5,000 individuals resided at Partlow State School for the intellectually disabled. Through the advent of modern medicines, […]
Huntsville Group Wants Mental Health Funding Restored
By Jim Little | jlittle@al.com The Huntsville Times on July 24, 2015 at 2:39 PM, updated July 24, 2015 at 5:30 PM With the Legislature set to return to Montgomery on Aug. 3 to solve Alabama’s $300 million budget gap, one Huntsville group is organizing to make sure mental health issues are not overlooked. The Huntsville […]
Nova Center Receives 2015-2016 CHI Grant
The Nova Center for Youth & Family, the child and adolescent division of WellStone Behavioral Health, was announced today as a 2015-2016 recipient of a Community Health Initiative grant through the Huntsville Hospital Foundation. The most recent CHI award is for $85,000 and will enable the Nova Center to provide school-based mental health services to an […]
Mental Health Awareness Campaign Encourages Being Vocal
A new national mental health awareness campaign was introduced this week and is championed by Demi Lovato, a singer, songwriter, and mental health advocate living with bipolar disorder. Entitled “Be Vocal”, the campaign states that “together we can use our voices in an effort to live well and advance mental health in America”. The campaign […]
Local Rally Brings Mental Health Awareness
Over 200 people gathered at the Huntsville Public Library on May 11, 2015 to recognize May as Mental Health Awareness month and to highlight the impact on local service availability should the currently proposed FY 16 state budget for the Alabama Department of Mental Health become a reality. Several local providers spoke about the reduction […]
State Budget Cuts Threaten WellStone Services
Alabama legislative budget hearings have begun in Montgomery for the FY 2016 state budget. Governor Robert Bentley proposed a $541 million tax increase proposal to address the budget shortfall, but the Alabama Department of Mental Health issued an impact statement should the tax proposal not be passed and no other new revenues are identified. The $35 million reduction […]
WellStone Partners with Glenwood, Inc.
Wellstone Behavioral Health, through our child and adolescent division called the Nova Center for Youth & Family, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Glenwood Autism and Behavioral Health Center. Glenwood is a private, non-profit organization based in Birmingham, Alabama that specializes in diagnostic services for children with autism spectrum disorders and related neurobiological (or behavioral ) disorders. Glenwood now has a […]
1st Annual Beacon Of Hope Celebration
The 1st Annual Beacon of Hope Celebration, a fundraiser to benefit WellStone Behavioral Health, was a resounding success raising a total of $100,355 in donations and pledges! The inaugural event took place on Wednesday, November 5 from noon until 1:00 p.m. at the Early Works Grand Hall and had an attendance of 102 community members. Through presentations from CEO Brian Davis and […]
Mental Health Center of Madison County Rebranding
The Mental Health Center of Madison County is proud to announce that we will be changing our doing business name to WellStone Behavioral Health, effective October 1, 2014. Our new name is the culmination of a strategic planning process that gathered input from a wide variety of stakeholders in an effort to develop a more […]