Blog
April 1st, 2019
(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
January 25th, 2019
(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
May 21st, 2018
(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
February 21st, 2018
(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
January 26th, 2018
(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
November 10th, 2017
(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
October 30th, 2017
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
January 23rd, 2017
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
September 9th, 2016
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
September 6th, 2016
(Dixon, IL) Sinnissippi Centers will replace lost capacity of the agency’s available psychiatric services, allowing an increase in the number of clients who will be able to access their medications at each of our five office sites.
In May of 2016, due to a combination of the loss of a Peggy Harris, ...read more