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Stakeholder Meetings Offered Around the State Montgomery, Ala. – No one is immune from the impact of untreated behavioral health needs. Each year, 20-25% of the population meets the criteria for a mental health diagnosis. Behavioral health crisis services have

Alabama Stakeholder Meetings Flyer Join us for a meeting on a priority initiative to develop an effective mental health crisis continuum of care in Alabama. We will be hosting eight regional assessment meetings in two phases. Click the flyer to

Montgomery, Ala. – The Alabama Department of Public Health and the Alabama Department of Mental Health launch a statewide campaign, Stop Judging. Start Healing., aimed at assisting friends, family, physicians, mental health care clinicians, substance abuse prevention and treatment providers

Montgomery Ala.– For the sixteenth year in a row, members of the Heart of Dixie Harley Owners Group-Pelham Chapter (HOG) gear up to brighten the holidays for teens and children committed to the Alabama Department of Mental Health’s (ADMH) Psychiatric Adolescent

Montgomery, Ala. – Alabama is honored to be part of the ZERO TO THREE Policy Center’s continuation of the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Financing Policy Project (IECMH-FPP) Learning Collaborative, with an award in the form of specific support

Waiver LAH Amendment November 22, 2019 The Alabama Medicaid Agency is seeking public comment on its proposal to amend the Alabama Home and Community-Based Living at Home Waiver for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (LAH Waiver). The waiver supports Alabama citizens

Montgomery, Ala. – Each year, millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental health condition. However, mental illness affects everyone directly or indirectly through family, friends or coworkers. That is why each year, during the first week

Montgomery, Ala. – Each September, tens of thousands of prevention, treatment, and recovery programs and facilities around the country celebrate Recovery Month. They speak about the gains made by those in recovery and share their success stories with their neighbors,

Montgomery Ala.– In August and September, the Alabama Department of Mental Health joins with the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) to celebrate and help promote Attendance Awareness  to bring awareness to chronic absenteeism and the impact it has on

Montgomery, Ala. – The Alabama Department of Mental Health (ADMH) is expanding Stepping Up Alabama, which establishes effective partnerships with law enforcement, local governmental entities, elected officials, mental health and healthcare providers, social service providers, courts and other partners, to