Highland Rivers Foundation

Join us with Highland Rivers Behavioral Health at 6133 Love St Austell, GA for out MMAC BBQ!

Free food, free activities!

Come join the inaugural Workforce Connect Summit to learn more about Recovery Friendly Workplaces and how you can get involved!

🌟 Join us for our inaugural Workforce Connect Summit in Haralson & Polk counties! 🌟

We're excited to bring you a day dedicated to learning about Recovery Friendly Workplaces and their positive impact on the workforce. This event is a fantastic opportunity for employers, community leaders, and individuals to come together and explore how supporting recovery can enhance workplace culture and productivity.

📅 Date: September 12, 2024

📍 Venue: MOSAIC Place, 321 West Ave, Cedartown, GA 30125

⏰ Time: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

🍽️ Lunch: Provided

💲 Cost: Free to attend (RSVP: https://bit.ly/4clLxXO)

Haralson, Polk, and surrounding counties are all invited to participate in this insightful and transformative event. Don’t miss out on this chance to be a part of a growing movement towards recovery-friendly workplaces.

Let’s make a difference together! 💪✨

☀️Join the Impact today!☀️ This campaign benefits individuals served by Highland Rivers Behavioral Health's residential programming who often don't have many possessions of their own.
Let's give individuals in recovery the essentials they need for a fresh start!
Our goal is $12,600, you can become a Sponsor Hero for $100, gift a Bed in a Bag for $50 or a Towel Set/ Hygiene Kit for $25 each.

https://secure.everyaction.com/aZ76qioxokWVT3uZ8S8lFQ2

HALF WAY THERE!☀️ Join the Impact today! ☀️ We have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of those served by Highland Rivers Behavioral Health. Our goal is to raise $12,600. You can be a Sponsor Hero with a $100 donation, gift a Bed in a Bag for $50, or a Towel Set/Hygiene Kit for $25 each.

https://secure.everyaction.com/aZ76qioxokWVT3uZ8S8lFQ2

☀️ Join the Impact today! ☀️ We have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of those served by Highland Rivers Behavioral Health. Our goal is to raise $12,600. You can be a Sponsor Hero with a $100 donation, gift a Bed in a Bag for $50, or a Towel Set/Hygiene Kit for $25 each.
https://secure.everyaction.com/aZ76qioxokWVT3uZ8S8lFQ2

As we approach the one-year anniversary of the launch of the 988 mental health crisis line in Georgia and the U.S., calls from rural Georgia continue to increase. In her new byline article, Highland Rivers Behavioral Health CEO Melanie Dallas looks at how access to behavioral healthcare might impact calls to 988 in Georgia.

988 one of many important mental health numbers for Georgia This opinion column is by Melanie Dallas, LPC, CEO of Highland Rivers Behavioral Health

Thank you to Pickens Family Connection for its recent gift to the Highland Rivers Foundation. The donation will be used to purchase gym memberships for men working toward recovery at the Highland Recovery Center men's residential treatment program in Pickens County. In this photo, Pickens Family Connection coordinator Jacqueline Elwarner (left) presents a check to Kimberly Vallejos, addiction counselor at Highland Recovery Center, and Mike Mullet, community relations director at Highland Rivers Behavioral Health.

Moving from awareness to acceptance

If there was one benefit from the pandemic, it's that people became much more aware of mental health and how it can be impacted be events outside of our control. In her new byline article, Highland Rivers Behavioral Health CEO Melanie Dallas says it's time to move beyond awareness - to acceptance (with credit to the National Federation of Families for its excellent perspective on this topic).

Moving from awareness to acceptance This article about children's mental health is by Melanie Dallas, LPC, CEO of Highland Rivers Behavioral Health

April is Alcohol Awareness Month

Even as news headlines may be dominated by the opioid crisis, alcohol continues to be one of the most widely used drugs in the U.S. In her new byline article, Highland Rivers Behavioral Health CEO Melanie Dallas shares some important facts about alcohol and its impact on individuals, families and communities.

April is Alcohol Awareness Month Melanie Dallas, LPC, CEO of Highland Rivers Behavioral Health highlights Alcohol Awareness Month

Hope Begins Here. See our new website at

Home - Highland Rivers Foundation From therapy to medication management, our expert team provides compassionate equitable care for individuals of all ages and backgrounds.

As we celebrate Black History Month in February, Highland Rivers wants to recognize Lois Curtis, a Black woman from our state of Georgia who made history as a disability rights pioneer. Read the new byline article from Highland Rivers Behavioral Health CEO Melanie Dallas to learn about Lois and the impact she had across the nation.

Recognizing Georgia disability rights pioneer Lois Curtis Melanie Dallas, LPC, CEO of Highland Rivers Behavioral Health, writes about Lois Curtis, who won a landmark disability rights case

We support recovery!

Addiction Recovery Awareness Day is Tuesday 24 January. Join Highland Rivers Behavioral Health at 9 AM at the Georgia Freight Depot then we will all go into our State Capitol for a 12:30 PM rally (you must have ID to enter the Capitol). ARAD 2023 is FREE - it’s the largest addiction recovery event in Georgia and everyone is invited.

Highland Rivers wishes you a Happy New Year! If you are someone who has made New Year's resolutions, the new byline article from Highland Rivers CEO Melanie Dallas offer some encouragement and reminds us all never to lose hope!

Wishing you hope in the New Year This guest commentary is by Melanie Dallas, LPC, the CEO of Highland Rivers Behavioral Health, serving a 13-county region of northwest Georgia

Highland Rivers Behavioral Health is becoming a CCBHC - a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic. Learn what that means and why it's important in the new byline articles from Highland Rivers CEO Melanie Dallas.

Highland Rivers to implement CCBHC model Melanie Dallas, LPC, CEO of Highland Rivers Behavioral Health writes about CCBHC, or Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic.

While we continue to mourn the passing of Georgia House Speaker David Ralston - whose district included Fannin and Gilmer counties, two of the counties also served by Highland Rivers Behavioral Health - Highland Rivers CEO Melanie Dallas offers this touching tribute to a great man who always cared.

David Ralston cared, and Georgia is the better for it This guest column about the late David Ralston is by Melanie Dallas, the CEO of Highland Rivers Behavioral Health

Highland Rivers' new FY22 annual report is much more than a review of the past year - it is also a look into the future of the agency and the communities we serve. You can read more about it in the new byline article from Highland Rivers CEO Melanie Dallas, which contains a link to our website where you can view and download the report.

Highland Rivers Behavioral Health's FY22 annual report highlights innovation, looks ahead This guest article about the organization's annual report is by Melanie Dallas LPC, the CEO of Highland Rivers Behavioral Health

Congratulations to Highland Rivers Behavioral Health on receiving a $500,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission to support recovery-to-work programs in northwest Georgia.

https://cobbcountycourier.com/2022/09/highland-rivers-behavioral-health-receives-500000-grant-for-job-re-entry-program-in-appalachian-counties/

Highland Rivers Behavioral Health receives $500,000 grant for job re-entry program in Appalachian counties Highland Rivers Behavioral Health was awarded a $500,000 grant for a workplace re-entry program in Appalachian counties the agency serves.

You probably know the Highland Rivers Foundation supports Highland Rivers Behavioral Health, one of Georgia's 22 Community Service Boards. But if you're not quite sure what a Community Service Board is or does, the new byline article from Highland Rivers CEO Melanie Dallas explains the critical importance of Georgia's Community Service Boards - and by extension, why your support of the Highland Rivers Foundation is so meaningful to the communities and citizens of the 13 counties the agency serves.

https://cobbcountycourier.com/2022/08/community-service-boards-vitally-important-to-georgia/

Community Service Boards vitally important to Georgia You may know by now that Highland Rivers Behavioral Health (HRBH) was formed through the consolidation of three organizations

If July is usually regarded as a slow summer month, this July is different - with Georgia's new mental health parity law taking effect, the nationwide roll-out of the 9-8-8 mental health crisis line, and the completion of the consolidation of Cobb County Community Services Board into Highland Rivers Behavioral Health. Read about all three in the new byline from Highland Rivers CEO Melanie Dallas.

https://cobbcountycourier.com/2022/07/july-brings-good-news-for-georgias-mental-health-system/

July brings good news for Georgia’s mental health system This guest opinion article about Georgia's Mental Health Parity Act is by Melanie Dallas LPC, CEO of Highland Rivers Behavioral Health

Highland Rivers Behavioral Health staff give their all, every day! The Highland Rivers Foundation is proud to support such as outstanding organization with such outstanding employees!

Great employees make a great team This guest opinion about the award ceremonies is by Melanie Dallas LPC, the CEO of Highland Rivers Behavioral Health

It's the beginning of a new day for Georgia veterans! Yesterday, we kicked off our inaugural fundraiser, "Reveille for Hope," to raise funds for the creation of The Green Zone Veterans Community Center in Cherokee County. Thank you to all who attended!

On behalf of the Highland Rivers Foundation, thank you to all of our participants, including our sponsors: Northside Hospital Cherokee, Optum Serve, Teva, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, The Georgia Collaborative A*O, iTHINK Financial and Copper Coin Coffee.

It was a great event and certainly just the start of bigger things to come! If you were unable to attend, but would like to donate to this effort, please visit https://secure.everyaction.com/JXhPMjPKd0-g_opkVRsN6A2

We are ready for our first annual Reveille for Hope breakfast to benefit the Green Zone Veteran Community Center. We thank all of our sponsors and our many volunteers who came out to help us set up tonight.

Mental Health Month Rocks! If you're visiting us in Gordon County, be sure you decorate a rock we can display in our front flower beds to provide messages of hope for all who enter.

The Highland Rivers Foundation supports the work of Highland Rivers Behavioral Health across its 13-county service area. We love the new logo!

We are excited for our new name and logo to start being visible in the communities we serve. The former Haralson Behavioral Health Services agency consolidated with Highland Rivers Behavioral Health earlier this year, and a new sign was recently put in place at the clinic on Temple Road in Bremen. The clinic still provides outpatient mental health services for children, adults and families who are uninsured, underinsured or have Medicaid or Medicare, and a sliding fee scale is available to those who qualify. With the consolidation of both Haralson and Cobb counties, Highland Rivers Behavioral Health is the largest community service board in Georgia.

April is National Alcohol Awareness Month As we recognize April as National Alcohol Awareness Month, it is important to understand the behaviors that characterize alcohol use disorder

Hooray for social workers! We want to extend a heartfelt Thank You to the dozens of professional social workers who work as behavioral health clinicians at Highland Rivers Behavioral Health - and to social workers everywhere for the important work you do every day.

March is National Social Work Month Sponsored by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the theme of National Social Work Month is The Time is Right for Social Work

Join us for a free training March 24 to learn how to administer life-saving Narcan.

Narcan can save the life of someone experiencing an opioid overdose. But do you know how to administer Narcan? Highland Rivers Behavioral Health, in partnership with Morehouse School of Medicine and Gilmer County Family Connection, invites you to a free Narcan training March 24 in Cherry Log to learn all you need to know about the life-saving treatment. Participants will receive one Narcan kit as well as a Deterra drug deactivation pouch. Space is limited so sign up now using the link below.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D45A9AB23A3FEC43-narcan