Citizen Advocates behavioral health clinic in Malone. Photo: Joe Riccio
Feb 19, 2021 Drug and alcohol addiction and untreated mental health issues have long devastated many pockets of the North Country. But there are long waitlists for treatment, and often long drives to clinics in Syracuse and Albany. A new clinic in Malone is trying to change that. We don’t see a person out in our communities who hasn’t been personally affected or had a loved one or a friend impacted by one of these issues, says James Button, CEO of Citizen Advocates, based in Malone. He says people have been falling through cracks in the treatment system due to a model that doesn t focus on the whole person .
Central Kansas Mental Health Center (CKMHC) is moving to accept $4 million in grant funding to implement a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic in Salina.
The funding, which comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, was announced by U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall last week. On Monday, the CKMHC board of directors voted to have executive director Kathryn Moser explore moving to the CCBHC model. (This) would be a clinic that would be adding enhanced services on top of our community mental health center, Moser said to the board members who attended in person and virtually.
Moser said this opportunity would be a welcome addition to CKMHC and the five counties it serves, Dickinson, Ottawa, Lincoln, Ellsworth and Saline, particularly when it comes to holistic approaches to treating mental health.
Alliance Health Services has been awarded a $4 million federal grant to increase access at its clinics and improve behavioral health services. Alliance Health Services.
WATERLOO – Social workers will ride with Waterloo police officers under a new partnership to address local mental health needs, officials announced Monday.
MASSENA â J.W. Leary Junior High School will be offering mental health counseling for students after the New York State Office of Mental Health approved services by Citizen Advocates.
âCitizen Advocates has successfully provided these services for the last two years at the high school and subsequently applied to expand their role to the junior high,â Massena Central School Superintendent Patrick Brady said.
Mr. Brady said services will begin the week of Feb. 22, on Tuesdays from 8 to 10 a.m. at the high school and 10 a.m. to noon and at the junior high, and Wednesdays from 8 to 10 a.m. at the junior high and 10 a.m. to noon at the high school.