Alabama State Senator for the 2nd District Bill Holtzclaw visited WellStone Behavioral Health on November 17, 2015 and made a generous donation to support our work. Senator Holtzclaw provided WellStone a grant of $10,000 that will be used to support case management services for veterans who are participants in the Madison County Mental Health Court. WellStone would […]
Walk for a Healthy Mind & Body
On Saturday October 3rd, WellStone Behavioral Health partnered with Recovery Services and the Huntsville Municipal Court to participate in the Walk for a Healthy Mind & Body. The walk took place at Indian Creek Greenway in Huntsville and was part of the Healthy Huntsville initiative and Mayor Battle’s 100 Miles in 100 Days Walking Challenge. Over […]
WellStone Website Recognized
October 1 marks one year since the Huntsville-Madison County Mental Health Board adopted the new “doing business as” name of WellStone Behavioral Health. With the new name came a new website, and the WellStone website was recently recognized for excellence by a leading marketing association. At the recent 19th annual International Web Award Competition presented by […]
Boeing Alabama Funds School-Based Services
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 […]
Alabama’s Shrinking Mental Health System
Probate Judge Sherri Friday holds commitment hearings every week inside a small group therapy room at UAB’s Center for Psychiatric Medicine. On a recent Thursday, one of the patients folded and unfolded a stack of papers and bounced her knee up and down. She had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, and had been responding to treatment. […]
School-Based Mental Health Services Expanding
WHNT Channel 19 in Huntsville recently visited the Nova Center for Youth & Family, the child and adolescent division of WellStone Behavioral Health, to report on the expansion of school-based mental heath services in area schools. With the beginning of a new semester next week, WellStone will have clinicians embedded in almost 40 schools throughout the Huntsville, Madison, […]
Nova Academy Celebrates Graduation
The Nova Academy, a therapeutic preschool for children ages 3-5, celebrated the end of summer and graduation with a program and luncheon on July 30, 2015. The Academy is a program of the Nova Center for Youth & Family, the child and adolescent division of WellStone Behavioral Health. With parents, grandparents, friends, and other family in the audience […]
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 […]
Help & Hope for Dementia Caregivers
Covenant Presbyterian Church at 301 Drake Avenue in Huntsville, is hosting a seminar on Saturday August 8, 2015 from 9 am to 12 pm entitled “Help & Hope for Dementia Caregivers”. The seminar will provide practical advice for caregivers of people with dementia and will dispel the sense of hopelessness that families may experience in […]