After serving two years in prison, Ronald needed help getting back on his feet and finding direction. Through the Behavioral Health for Justice-Involved Individuals (BH-JI) program, he found support in his Care Navigator Carla. Watch the video to learn how Ronald says the program helped him save himself, his future, and his family.
In recognition of Disability Pride month, we share Patrick's story as told by his mother Katy. Patrick lives in a BHN group home and thrives with support from his family and BHN staff.
Bring your passion for helping others to live their best lives by joining our team in the Developmental Services program at BHN! Positions available at locations throughout western MA for all career levels. Enjoy a rewarding career with great benefits and professional growth opportunities! Sign-on bonus available!
Call BHN if you’re facing a mental health or substance use crisis, or just don’t know where to go for help.
After serving two years in prison, Ronald needed help getting back on his feet and finding direction. Through the Behavioral Health for Justice-Involved Individuals (BH-JI) program, he found support in his Care Navigator Carla. Watch the video to learn how Ronald says the program helped him save himself, his future, and his family.
In recognition of Disability Pride month, we share Patrick's story as told by his mother Katy. Patrick lives in a BHN group home and thrives with support from his family and BHN staff.
Bring your passion for helping others to live their best lives by joining our team in the Developmental Services program at BHN! Positions available at locations throughout western MA for all career levels. Enjoy a rewarding career with great benefits and professional growth opportunities! Sign-on bonus available!
“I have always had big dreams and aspirations, but so far, one of my proudest accomplishments is graduating from the Springfield Drug Court and getting hired as a recovery coach at BHN," said Michael Mcgarry. "Never in a million years did I think a career like this was possible. It’s like every dream and aspiration that I have is attainable, and I feel unstoppable.”
Since graduating from the MISSION-Springfield program and the Springfield Drug Court, Michael now works for BHN’s Recovery Coaching program serving Hampden, Franklin, and western Hampshire counties.
Congratulations to Anthia T. Elliott, who serves as the Program Director for BHN’s Domestic Violence & P.A.T.C.H. Services, who is the recipient of the Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance (MOVA) Advocate of the Year award. This award recognizes an individual from a community-based agency who has made extraordinary contributions to the lives of victims and survivors.
After serving two years in prison, Ronald needed help getting back on his feet and finding direction. Through the Behavioral Health for Justice-Involved Individuals (BH-JI) program, he found support in his Care Navigator Carla. Watch the video to learn how Ronald says the program helped him save himself, his future, and his family.
In recognition of Disability Pride month, we share Patrick's story as told by his mother Katy. Patrick lives in a BHN group home and thrives with support from his family and BHN staff.
Bring your passion for helping others to live their best lives by joining our team in the Developmental Services program at BHN! Positions available at locations throughout western MA for all career levels. Enjoy a rewarding career with great benefits and professional growth opportunities! Sign-on bonus available!
Call BHN if you’re facing a mental health or substance use crisis, or just don’t know where to go for help.
Behavioral and physical health care management for children, youth and adults.
Recovery is possible for all who experience mental health challenges, trauma, or substance use issues and is the foundation of our peer-based setting.
Chelan Brown, BHN Social Justice Director My family and I traditionally do not partake in getting vaccines. There is a lot to why this is, but mainly because vaccine hesitancy has been a generational pass down to all of us from our elders who had vaccine hesitancy due to a mistrust of governmental vaccines. It has been a very hard journey dealing with COVID-19 for my family, friends, and social network. We have lost people and dealt with hospitalizations as well. Even with that dynamic, we still were “hesitant” to get vaccinated. I say hesitant, but really it was more of a fear. Throughout this process, the leadership at BHN has been one of the most supportive teams I have ever worked with. The organization has been very patient, understanding, and respectful of my decision. I am happy to say that two weeks ago, after attending a COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy session, I decided to get vaccinated and feel it was the best choice for my family. In fact, my husband went to the BHN clinic to get vaccinated as well. I would like to send a formal THANK YOU to the team at BHN's vaccine clinics for my experience and for serving our communities, especially our vulnerable ones, with such dignity, care, and concern…a true testament of our social justice commitment and work. I was treated so well at my appointment and my experience with each staff member I came in contact with or watched work with patients was second to none! One more thing to note that I didn’t mention, with every person that walked in to get vaccinated while I was there, there seemed to be an air of excitement and hope from the staff there. Can’t quite explain it, but I’ve never really seen a team of staff waiting anxiously and excitedly to get people signed in and served! It was truly incredible to see!
BHN Community Crisis Stabilization (CCS) offers a short-term, out-of-home placement to stabilize individuals in an emerging crisis situation.
Holyoke program initiated by the HEALing Communities Study Holyoke coalition.
BHN is proud to provide the COVID-19 vaccine to our dedicated staff who have endured months of challenges throughout the pandemic.