Click here for driving direction Family Service & Community Mental Health Center in McHenry closing June 30 Download this news release as a PDF ROCKFORD – Rosecrance will begin offering outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment in McHenry County the week of July 2 in order to assure continuity of care to clients … Continued
Students celebrate the end of school and three students accept certificates Download this news release as a PDF ROCKFORD – Rosecrance had the perfect day for a picnic and a graduation celebration on June 6, as patients and staff came together to commemorate the end of the school year and to recognize education milestones. A … Continued
Inspired by the writing of a former substance abuse patient, Rosecrance created a video showcasing the transformation of the Rosecrance Healing Garden at the Griffin Williamson Campus. Each year, it takes about six weeks for the garden to transition from winter to spring – the same length of time as the average inpatient treatment stay … Continued
The June edition of the Rosecrance electronic newsletter has published. This month, we’re highlighting the story of Patrick Garcia, an alum of Rosecrance’s Homeless Veterans Program who found stability and success in recovery. Read his story here. The newsletter also includes Rosecrance Chaplain William Lenters’ Michael Q. Ford Journalism Award, the launching of youth recovery … Continued
Note: This article appears in the Spring/Summer 2012 edition of Reach, which publishes later this week. Download a PDF version of this article (1.1 mb). At a recent conference, a long-time colleague in the addiction treatment field asked to have dinner with me, and his opening question took me aback: “Where are you going with … Continued
Note: This article appears in the Spring/Summer 2012 edition of Reach, which publishes later this week. Download a PDF version of this article (0.9 mb). Patrick Garcia issues orders into a walkie talkie. A worker he supervises at the Millennium Center in Rockford applied the wrong kind of spackle to repair a hole in the … Continued
Tablets purchased on the Internet contain wrong active ingredients Read this new release on The Food and Drug Administration’s website. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers and health care professionals about a counterfeit version of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries’ Adderall 30 milligram tablets that is being purchased on the Internet. Adderall, which is … Continued
The Rev. Dr. William “Bill” Lenters honored at NAATP event in Phoenix Download this news release as a PDF ROCKFORD – The National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) awarded the Michael Q. Ford Journalism Award to Rosecrance Chaplain William “Bill” Lenters at the organization’s annual conference, held May 19-22 in Phoenix, AZ. The award … Continued
In response to a rise of heroin use in the Chicago suburbs, Rosecrance recently participated in a student seminar at Hinsdale South High School in Darien to help students understand the consequences of drug abuse. The event was featured in an article published by Sandy Illian Bosch in the Chicago Sun-Times publication The Doings Weekly. … Continued
John Griffin, Chairman of the Rosecrance Board of Directors, thanked the community for their generous support in a letter to editor in the May 12, 2012, edition of the Rockford Register Star. Griffin wrote: On behalf of The Rosecrance Foundation board of directors, I wish to express appreciation to everyone who helped make our annual … Continued