(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’ ...
(Dixon, IL) On October 31, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed the Community Mental Health Act into law that provided federal funds to help support community mental health centers devoted to the treatment of mental illness. It was the last legislation President Kennedy signed into law.
“The 50th anniversary of the ...
(Dixon, IL) On Wednesday, October 16, 2013, Sinnissippi Centers broke ground on an expansion project at the agency’s Dixon office.
The 3,000 square foot addition is being built to more adequately serve the needs of individuals with a mental illness, substance use disorder or other behavioral healthcare needs. It will add ...
(Rochelle, IL) The Community That CARES Project (CTC), in partnership with the Rochelle Elementary School District and the Hub Afterschool Project, will offer a series of Parent Cafés in September, October and November at the New Lincoln Elementary School in Rochelle, 1450 20th Street.
“Parent Cafés offer parents an exciting, empowering, ...
(Dixon, IL) Sinnissippi Centers, Inc. has named Gloria Martin as that agency’s Director of Child and Adolescent Services.
Martin joined the agency in 1972 and most recently served as Associate Director of Family Systems starting in 1988.
Martin holds a Masters of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling from the Illinois Institute of Technology ...
(Dixon, IL) Almost 7.8 million children in America are living in homes where grandparents or other relatives are the head of the household; with more than 5.8 million children living in grandparents’ homes and nearly 2 million children living in other relatives’ homes. That compares to 4.5 million living in ...
