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Impact of Recovery Home One Year Later

(Dixon, IL) It was May 30, 2018, that Sinnissippi Centers’ Recovery Home opened, accepting its first resident. The individuals come from the four-county area Sinnissippi Centers serves, Carroll, Lee, Ogle, and Whiteside Counties. Sinnissippi Centers’ Recovery Home provides 10 beds for adult men facing a substance use disorder who need extended ...read more

April Fundraiser Benefits Recovery

(Dixon, IL) There is something for everyone at an April fundraiser that benefits the Sinnissippi Foundation and Sinnissippi Centers’ Recovery Home. The 15th Annual Expressions Art Sale and Reception will take place from Tuesday April 16, 2019 through Friday April 26, 2019, at The Next Picture Show, 113 West First ...read more

Sinnissippi Centers Provides More School Based Services

(Dixon, IL) According to the National Alliance no Mental Illness (NAMI) one in five youth live with a mental health condition, but less than half of these individuals receive needed services. Undiagnosed, untreated or inadequately treated mental health conditions can affect a student’s ability to learn, socialize, and experience success in school ...read more

Sinnissippi Celebrates 40 Years of Providing Substance Use Treatment

(Dixon, IL) In 2016, Sinnissippi Centers celebrated 50 years of service to Carroll, Lee, Ogle, & Whiteside Counties. The agency is marking another significant milestone this year. Sinnissippi Centers has now been providing substance use treatment services for 40 years.  Beginning services in the fall of 1978, Sinnissippi was among the ...read more

Teletherapy Provides Support to Those In Need

(Dixon, IL) Through a grant with the Department of Human Services and through collaborative efforts with KSB and CGH hospital systems, Sinnissippi is able to offer Teletherapy services at select primary care clinics at KSB and CGH outpatient sites. Teletherapy sessions are very similar to in-office mental health therapy with one exception: ...read more

Sinnissippi Centers to Open the First Recovery Home in the Area

(Dixon, IL) February-March will be an exciting time for Sinnissippi Centers and the local area. "We will open our first Recovery Home during that time period," says Sinnissippi Centers' President/CEO Patrick Phelan. “We have been in the planning stages for the past year, and now we are going to realize our ...read more

Sinnissippi Centers is a Trauma Informed Agency

(Dixon, IL) When a person comes in for treatment to an agency like Sinnissippi Centers, they bring their own unique life events, circumstances, diagnoses, and other characteristics that all have to be considered in their treatment and recovery. It’s a philosophy of seeing the whole person and everything about them as ...read more

Crisis Services Are Vital to Individuals and Their Communities

Crisis response is a vital continuum of services that are provided to individuals experiencing a psychiatric emergency. The primary goal of crisis services is to stabilize and improve symptoms of distress and to get individuals to appropriate inpatient or outpatient treatment service to address the problem that led to the ...read more

Sinnissippi Seeks to Be a Trauma Informed Agency

The experience of traumatic events throughout one’s life is one of the most significant predictors of major mental illness, substance abuse, learning disabilities, and the experience of later trauma in the family. That trauma can be re-experienced in any given situation or setting, which can even include a caring treatment ...read more

Sinnissippi Celebrates 50 Years With Gala

On Thursday, October 13, 2016, Sinnissippi Centers will celebrate its 50th Anniversary with a gala at Sauk Valley Community College (173 Illinois Route 2, Dixon) in the East Mall area. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Join Sinnissippi Centers, Inc. as we commemorate 50 years of providing behavioral healthcare services to ...read more

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