News & Notes

Prices for goods and services have been on the rise, but so are wages for Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center staff. Starting with...

Note: July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Mary Kirkendoll is all about initiating meaningful conversations. That’s how she...

As the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center undergoes some major cultural shifts with becoming a Certified Behavioral Health Clinic...

Becoming a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) is a big deal. Doing it without the benefit of funding through the...

As if dealing with all the challenges and obstacles created by a worldwide pandemic wasn’t enough, the Bert Nash Center has been going...

Shelly Reinke isn’t the same person who came to the Bert Nash Community Mental Health for the first time about a year ago. “You guys made...

Mental Health Month is all about creating awareness, not only during the month of May, but every day. Emily Rhamy “That’s what the...

Coming into peer support work validated so many things for me. I once heard a peer say, “peer support work made me see that my pain and...

Dr. Anthony Strickland wears many hats. He’s the chief medical officer for a hospital in Excelsior Springs, Mo. He is the medical...

When Alyson Wingert started the MAP (Manufacturing and Production) program two years ago, she was looking for community partners. One of...

In the early 1990s, Beverly Smith Billings and Judy Wright ended up serving together on the board of the local AAUW (American Association...

Principal Jayci Roberson is proud of her Woodlawn Elementary team. That team includes WRAP specialist Cam Cameron. “Cam is an exceptional...