Our Mission is to provide leadership and support for hope, recovery, and mental wellness for all.
What We Do:
- Information and referral
- 1-to-1 Peer Support (limited staffing, call for appointment)
- 5 weekly support groups including Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Chronic Pain & Depression, General Support, and Hearing Voices Network group
- W.R.A.P. (Wellness Recovery Action Plan) – run Certified WRAP Facilitators
- Guest presenter for local organizations, churches, and colleges
- Social/Education time (life skills, etc.)
- Laughter Yoga
- Re-Entry Support
- Symposium (professional education)
- Advocacy – helping people with their rights or help them stand up for themselves, state level too
- Youth Mental Health First Aid and (adult) Mental Health First Aid Courses
- Annual mental health symposium
- Education opportunities for Continuing Education Units
Community Connections:
- Basic Needs Network (service agencies keeping connected)
- Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (state directed)
- Human Trafficking Coalition
- Abilene/Taylor County Hunger Coalition
- Re-Entry Coalition
- Mental Health Task Force
- Epi Workgroup (City/County working to help lower drug use among youth)
- Via Hope Peer Run Organization Project (PROP) (Work group that learns and advocates together)
- Suicide Prevention Coalition (MHAA is currently forming it)
- Outreach at information fairs
SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
- Abilene Christian University – School of Social Work
- Abilene Recovery Council
- Betty Hardwick Center
- Community Foundation of Abilene
- Connecting Caring Communities
- Disability in Action
- Hendrick Health System
- Military Veteran Peer Network (MVPN)
- NAMI Abilene (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
- Oceans Behavioral Health Hospital
- Phoenix Mental Health Clubhouse
- Regional Victim Crisis Center
- Texas Tech University – Health Sciences Center
- Texas Tech University – School of Public Health
- AND MANY MORE!
Who Does It?
- 2 full time employees – Executive Director and a Recovery Support Specialist
- 3 part time employees
- Some project specific volunteers, committee members and board members
- Board – 13 community members and professionals
- Consumer board – Consumer Operated Service Program Advisory Council
- MHAA is currently a consumer-operated service provider
- All staff of MHAA are consumers of mental health services
A Touch of History:
Mental Health America of Abilene, is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization. Formerly known as, Mental Health Association in Abilene that has been in existence since 1948.