• MHALC Accomplishments FY 2010-2011
  •  2300 High school students participated in discussions about the realities of living with mental illnesses. Their feedback documents the value of the experiential learning format and client involvement.  Gretchen and consumers
  • 1084 persons received our newsletter The Beacon
  • 500 people received The Wings of Recovery book which is a collaboration of individual’s recovery story.  This was done in collaboration with Community Support Program1000 attended presentations on Recovery and mental health, MHA. Living Your Life Well, depression and the elderly, Feel Good Bingo, Realities of mental illnesses
  • 150 persons borrowed materials from our video and book library or got pamphlets on mental health and illness topics
  • 657 persons attended anger workshops, classes or presentations and evaluations are overwhelmingly positive. There are quarterly workshops and follow-up series, in addition to many other presentations to various community groups.
  • 681 individuals learned about managing stress, Good Mental Health Habits, MHA, vulnerability, poverty and mental illness, relaxation, the realities of the criminal justice system, Mental Health First Aid, and/or The Importance of Humor
  • 96  persons attended our annual meeting and heard users of our services talk about ways in which MHA is Making Life Better. Topics included anger classes, high schools discussions about the Realities of Living with Mental Illnesses, support groups and Julie talking in the hospital mental health units about her story and recovering from mental illnesses
  • 117 persons attended our annual Legislative Breakfast with the following speakers and topics: James Laughman, CEO Lancaster County MH/MR/EI on the Governor’s budget: Adrienne Ellis, Director of Maryland Parity Project at the MHA of Maryland, the lead for Health and Human Services Region 3 to Mental Health America’s Regional Policy Council – speaking on mental health parity: and Sarah Steverman, Director of State Policy, Mental Health America, National Center – speaking on Health Care Refor
  • 4417 families received parenting information through Your Child@ newsletters, provided by MHALC and funded by United Way Success by Six program 
  • 434  individuals served through MHA Holiday Gift Project, for many of which this gift was their only one
  • 70 persons participated in Alpha Clubs in Lancaster, Ephrata and Columbia  
  • 325  persons received advocacy services and  92% were satisfied with those services
  • 5500 phone calls were handled resulting in lots of information given and/or mailed
  • 6550 attended health fairs at which MHA was represented – including 2 Donegal Elementary schools, Brightside, Wenger Feeds, Wernersville State Hospital,  Manheim Seniors Expo, Thaddeus Stevens College, HACC, Rotary Business Expo, and Millersville University to name a few -  Gretchen you can add 400 from the Businesses that Care Expo
  • 430 individuals attended one of the support groups – some once or twice, many twice a month
  • 168 friends and volunteers are in one-on-one or calling matches, giving 4979 volunteer hours for Compeer – Compeer staff
  • 500 people attended the Celebration of Recovery Picnic – a collaborative effort by MHA and the Community Support Program
  • 225  were screened for depression at Thaddeus Stevens College, Senior Centers, and during National Depression Screening Day
  • 68  took the 6 hour Recovery training
  • 67 women attended one or more of the 6 session series Mary and Gretchen lead in the Lancaster County Prison
  • 1891  were educated, encouraged and/or connected  to services through our Peer Educator, Julie Armold, hired through a special grant. Through client groups in hospitals and support groups, individual contacts, Lancaster General School of Nursing, Millersville University, HACC, Elizabethtown College and presentations in the high schools. - Julie

Total served 27230
Groups for whom we made presentations include service clubs, residents of homeless shelters, in workplaces,  New Choices classes at the YWCA, Bridge of Hope, a mentoring program for single mothers, Bethany Christian Services, school social workers, legislators and other public officials, in school classes, churches, support groups, banks, Career Link class, monthly for residents of The Transitional Living Center, school personnel, senior centers, at the Therapeutic Recreation  conference, college classes at Elizabethtown, Harrisburg Area Community College, Thaddeus Stevens College, and Penn State Extension for Personal Care home staff and administrators, for Hospice, MH/MR/EI systems orientations, groups of women in Lancaster County Prison, Congregation Shaarai Shomayin, Mennonite Central Committee, Franklin & Marshall College class, security guards from state college campuses, senior centers, and in elderly housing complexes

Collaboration is something we do routinely, including, but not limited to Mental Health/Mental Retardation/Early Intervention, Millersville University, Lancaster General Hospital, Franklin and Marshall College, Transitional Living Center, Community Services Group, Philhaven, YWCA, Consumer Satisfaction Team, Community Support Program, Office of Aging, United Way Success by Six, School District of Lancaster, IU#13, Interagency Council for the Homeless, Recovery Task Force, Children & Youth Agency, Compass Mark, Lancaster Regional Medical Center, Nuestra Clinica, NAMI, state Mental Health Association and Mental Health America,

 


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