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The Roaring ’20s came back into swing for a good cause Friday night, fedoras, sequins, pinstripes and all.
Edgewater, an organization that provides behavioral health services in Northwest Indiana, celebrated its 40th year with a Chicago speak-easy themed gala, which had about 250 attendees.
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Gary, IN— CN announced that that it has approved a $100,000 donation to the Edgewater Behavioral Health Services in Gary, IN to support its newly opened Edgewater Rapid Access Center (RAC). The donation will be dispersed in three installments over three years (2016-2018), with the first installmend scheduled for dispursement January 2016.
GARY | To reduce the burden on local hospital emergency rooms and jails, a local mental-health agency this week opened a new facility to provide “rapid access” to adults with mental illnesses.
Edgewater Behavioral Health Services unveiled its Rapid Access Center on Tuesday in Gary. The new facility, which opens Wednesday, is comparable to what an urgent-care center is to the medical field, providing crisis-stabilization services for people with mental-health or substance-abuse problems.
“We want to keep people out of jail if it’s unnecessary, or out of the emergency room if it’s unnecessary, because those services are very costly,” said Dr. Danita Johnson Hughes, president and CEO of Gary-based Edgewater Behavioral Health Services. Click Here for the Full Article.
This year’s incredible recipients were: Dunes Learning Center, Edgewater Behavioral Health Services, The Salvation Army, and Franciscan Alliance’s St. Monica Home. Click Here for the Full Article.
STAFF REPORTS | Posted: Friday, October 17, 2014 9:17 pm
TheNewsDispatch.com, Michigan City, IN
The Northwest Indiana Workforce Board has announced its 2014-15 board members, representing Jasper, Lake, La Porte, Newton, Porter, Pulaski and Starke counties.
Filling Mental Health Service Gaps is Necessary by Dr. Danita Johnson-Hughes
“It appears that on a regular basis we now hear news accounts of individuals, in the midst of a psychiatric crisis, who severely wound or kill others, often before taking their own lives.
These types of incidents have served to put a spotlight on the nation’s mental health system. Yes, people who commit these atrocities are most likely mentally ill. How else could they do what they do?
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