NEWS & NOTES

Friends of the Bert Nash Center, On December 1, millions of people will come together to help non-profit organizations through financial contributions and social awareness. Will you join us? The Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center will be participating in GivingTuesday 2020, and we need YOUR help! Here’s how you can get ready to help: 1. Mark your calendar. GivingTuesday is December 1, 2020. Keep an eye on your inbox for more details as the day gets closer! Make sure

Bert Nash Center CEO Patrick Schmitz announced that Amalia Mendez will be the organization’s new Human Resources director. She will start her new duties Nov. 23. “Amalia will be a great addition,” Patrick said. “We are excited for her to join the Bert Nash Center team.” Amalia lives in Lawrence. She began her career in HR in 2009, with the Kansas Organization of State Employees in Topeka. Since 2017, she has been area human resources manager with Securitas Security Services i

Michelle, a master’s student in geology at the University of Kansas, figured she could handle things by herself. “I’m very stubborn,” she said. “For a long time, I thought I could do it on my own. That I could deal with the struggles I was going through.” Until she couldn’t. “I had a mental health crisis, and I finally accepted that,” Michelle said. “I needed help immediately. But I didn’t know how to get help.” That’s when she reached out to the Bert Nash Community Mental He

A virtual ribbon-cutting ceremony for Transitions, hosted by the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center and Douglas County, will take place on Friday, November 20, 2020. The event will be livestreamed on the Bert Nash Center Facebook page at facebook.com/ bertnashcenter. Transitions is part of the Treatment and Recovery Campus of Douglas County. The campus will provide services and housing for individuals with serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and addiction c

Nicole Stafford can’t wait to get started in her new role as director of Child and Family Services at the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center. For Stephen O’Neill, Bert Nash Center Chief Operations Officer, the feeling is mutual. “I am particularly excited about bringing Nicole into our organization because of her extensive experience in the Kansas Community Mental Health Center system. She has done nearly every job within a Child and Family department and will bring a t