Helen Farabee Centers

HFC's Lauren Hargrove, Director of Adult Mental Health Services, spoke with KAUZ News Channel 6 about PTSD. June is PTSD Awareness Month.

https://www.newschannel6now.com/2024/06/20/june-observed-ptsd-awareness-month/

HFC is having a garage sale! ***Items have not yet been priced, please follow for updates***

We will be located at 1604 Arlington Street in Wichita Falls from 8am-12pm on Saturday, June 29th. We have several furniture and artwork items available! Hope to see you there!

Please help us welcome our June new hires! 🥳 Keri, Charlotte, Brittany, Sara, Garrett, and Cathy, welcome to the team!! We're glad you've chosen HFC on your career path! 💚

Hope you have a great start to your week!💚

Be sure to check out our open positions at https://www.helenfarabee.org/join-our-team/ #/ !

Decatur has a diverse economy that offers a wide range of career opportunities. Today, we spotlight several opportunities in our business community. Biggar Hat Store City of Decatur, TX - City Hall Decatur Medical Lodge Helen Farabee Centers Chenevert's Plumbing Repair LLC Outlaw Equine Hospital and Rehab Center

We would like to take a moment to acknowledge and thank our many volunteers. To our Board of Trustees members, our Planning, Network, and Advisory Committee members, our Veteran Services volunteers, and our many, many student volunteers, we thank you for dedicating your time to our Centers and helping us in providing the best services we can to our communities. 💚

The month is over, not the awareness. Self-care includes mental care. 💚

HFC's Associate Executive Director, Andy Martin, sat down with KAUZ's News Channel 6, Ernest Strawther, to discuss HFC's role in the anticipated "mobile mental health unit".

https://www.newschannel6now.com/2024/05/29/mobile-mental-health-unit-works-area/

We want to thank Superior Managed Care Organization for the grant provided! We recently purchased sets of kimochi feelings plush dolls for our Child & Adolescent Services department. The grant funds are being used to help create better connections with the children and families we serve. We are also utilizing a portion for our staff to create a safe and comfortable working environment overall according to our Trauma Informed Care principles.

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We will be closed on Monday, May 27th, in honor of Memorial Day. We will resume our normal business hours of Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm, on Tuesday, May 28th. As always, our Crisis Hotline is available 24/7 by calling 1-800-621-8504.

We wish you all a happy and healthy holiday weekend! 💚❤️🤍💙

Please help us welcome our May new hires!

We're glad to have you join our team, Cameron, Anna-Louisa, Michele, Samantha, Skyler, Kristen, and Sara! 🥳

May TIC Tip: Mental Health Awareness, provided by Amanda Cantu, Director of HFC's Child and Adolescent Services

Every spring in anticipation of mental health awareness month, Texas System of Care, along with HHSC, kicks off a creative arts contest that includes visual art, writing, and photography. The event started as a children’s contest and has grown to include an adult bracket in recent years. Winners are announced and submissions posted online in May. There is a different theme each year, but the overarching purpose is to reduce stigma and allow those touched by mental illness to express their thoughts and feelings on the matter. You can view the gallery here:

https://gallery.txsystemofcare.org/

The words and the images here are powerful. It is easy as behavioral health professionals to get stuck in a routine and say we know about stigma. We have talked to 100 people who have trauma. We know how to support those who struggle with their mental health. However, these contest submissions never fail to show me new perspectives and provide new understanding of how someone may be feeling. Here are some takeaways from this year’s submissions:

• Hope and encouragement are vital. Be the cheerleader. Be the voice that contradicts the negative self-talk.
• Seek to understand. People need to feel seen and heard.
• Be there to listen, even if the person is not ready to talk.
• Be persistent in offering support. Don’t give up if it is not accepted. Keep offering.

We understand if you're busy 💚

Thank you to Emery Cline and Samantha Lippard for representing HFC at this event! We love getting to talk about mental health with our youth! 💚

We have both degreed and non-degreed positions available throughout our service area, including Wichita, Young, Wise, Wilbarger, Montague, and Headstream Counties. Head to https://www.helenfarabee.org/careers/ #/ and apply today!

"Mental Health Awareness Month

For Mental Health Awareness Month 2024, consider this: In 2021, 22.8% of adults in the US (or 57.8 million people) experienced a mental illness. Over 57 million people. And that’s just the adults. There are 170 countries in the world that have LESS than 57 million people, total. Canada has just shy of 41 million people. Australia, 26.8 million. Greece has 10.4 million people. Imagine a country where every single person has a mental illness!

In the US we have a good-sized country’s worth of people who have experienced a mental illness. I don’t care that it’s “only” 22% percent of us. I wouldn’t care if it was 10%, or 5% percent. I think a society, and indeed an individual, may be measured by how they treat and care for those most in need, not most in number. The public needs Mental Health Awareness..."

- Andy Martin, Associate Executive Director

Samantha Lippard, HFC's Substance Abuse clerk, was presented her Peer Recovery Support Specialist Core and Initial 46 Hour Training Completion Certificate by Jack Lopez, Peer Specialist/Trainer of North Texas State Hospital. Samantha is working on completion of her Peer Recovery Specialist Certification. Way to go, Samantha! 💚

Nicole Clark and Nichole Smith with HFC's Early Childhood Intervention Program, attended Help Me Grow’s "Baby Days". For more information on Help Me Grow, please visit https://helpmegrownorthtexas.org/

Thanks for having us Decatur High School!

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We had a great time at tonight's "Business After Hours" hosted by Guarantee Title!