Blog
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
May 4th, 2016
(Chicago, IL) Pay Now Illinois, a coalition of 64 Illinois-based human and social service agencies and companies (including Sinnissippi Centers, Inc.), today sued Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner and the directors of six statewide agencies seeking immediate payment in full of more than $100 million owed for work performed under contracts that date back to ...read more
March 29th, 2016
(Dixon, IL) The state budget crisis is affecting real people in real ways. For example, as a direct result of the loss of state funding to support psychiatric services, Sinnissippi Centers will no longer be able to provide mental health medications to a significant portion of those in need, perhaps as ...read more
March 23rd, 2016
(Dixon, IL) There is something for everyone at an April art fundraiser that benefits the Sinnissippi Foundation. Which is a good thing, as this year, more than any other year, the funds are urgently needed. The 12th Annual Expressions Art Sale and Reception will take place from Tuesday April 5, ...read more
January 11th, 2016
(Dixon, IL) While there never has been a time that Sinnissippi Centers hasn’t looked for innovative solutions to providing behavioral healthcare, the road to the future for community behavioral healthcare seems to be in seeking a high level of innovation in every corner of the organization and on a continual basis.
“For ...read more