(Dixon, IL) February is American Heart Month, which highlights the prevalence of heart disease and other heart related issues. There are three significant factors for heart disease including high blood pressure, high LDL cholesterol, and smoking. Unfortunately, almost half (49%) of Americans have at least one of these risk factors.
Studies have ...
(Dixon, IL) Funding levels for treatment of mental illness, addiction, and substance use, and other behavioral healthcare services are at historically low levels. Now, with a new governor in Springfield who has indicated cuts are on the horizon, the future is more uncertain than ever for human services agencies like Sinnissippi ...
(Dixon, IL) Sinnissippi Centers has been awarded a grant in the amount of $50,000.00 by the Dr. Louis and Violet Rubin Fund of the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois. The grant will fund an expansion of Sinnissippi’s Ways to Wellness and Recovery program into Ogle County.
“We are very pleased to receive ...
(Dixon, IL) Sinnissippi Centers, Inc. welcomes Lorri Mostad as the agency’s new Advanced Practice Nurse (APN). As an APN in a behavioral healthcare setting, she will provide assessments and medication management to patients. In addition, as an APN, her focus will be on holistic care for patients and helping them achieve ...
(Oregon, IL) Sinnissippi Centers’ newest office in Oregon will be open and ready to serve Ogle County residents a few days before July 17th, which is the day a ribbon cutting and open house will be held. The new facility has 6,400 square foot of new office space to serve ...
(Dixon, IL) Sinnissippi Centers is one of eight agencies nationwide selected by the National Council for Behavioral Health (National Council) who will receive a $5,000 grant to train rural law enforcement personnel in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA).
(Oregon, IL) Imagine you are at work and a co-worker is having shortness of breath and chest pains that rapidly worsen. You are trained in first aid and CPR and you quickly determine it’s a heart attack. You call 911 and perform CPR during the short time it takes for ...
(Dixon, IL) 2014 is a milestone year for both the Sinnissippi Foundation and The Next Picture Show in Dixon. Both are celebrating anniversaries: 2014 is the 10th year for the Expressions Art Sale, and the 10th year for The Next Picture Show.
(Oregon, IL) It has been impossible in the past few months to watch a television news segment or pick up a newspaper without being bombarded by news of the Affordable Care Act (or ObamaCare as it is often called). As of January 1, 2014, coverage began for the first time ...
(Oregon, IL) A Construction crew broke ground Tuesday December 4th on Sinnissippi Centers’ new Oregon office. When complete, the site will have a 6,400 square foot office to serve residents of Ogle County. “Oregon is the last of our new office buildings to be built,” says Patrick Phelan, Sinnissippi Centers’ ...
