COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH COUNCIL, INC.

Mission 

          Community Mental Health Council’s (CMHC) mission is to promote the physical and mental health of residents internationally.  We seek to fulfill our mission by providing quality, culturally sensitive, comprehensive, state-of-the-art, evidence-based wellness and behavioral health services.  CMHC is a model of thorough, innovative, cost-effective, and principle-based management, which is based on teamwork and interdependency.  In short, we save lives.

Philosophy 

          We are committed to the prevention and early detection of psychiatric and emotional disorders by developing a community that promotes good physical and mental health.  We seek to fulfill this goal by providing research on cultural, racial, and ethnic diverse mental health issues, formal education, advocacy, consultation, community education, and constructive influence over public policy.

We are committed to the provision of quality psychiatric/clinical services that are tailored to the individual and cultural needs of each patient and client.  We are dedicated to a community-based approach for treatment of the seriously and persistently mentally ill person to continue or resume functioning as a part of their community.

We endeavor to provide outpatient alcohol and drug abuse prevention and intervention services.   We labor to reduce the impact of traumatic stress from sexual assault and violence to our children, families, and community.

          As a center serving a culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse population, we are committed to developing services which meet the mental health needs of citizens, and we aspire to include our consumers in our efforts to plan for their needs.  Furthermore, we are committed to staff and organizational development to aid staff in actualizing these goals.

Vision for the 21^st Century

          Through the execution of our mission, Community Mental Health Council, Inc. will be recognized as the “premier leader in the field of behavioral healthcare” and established as the number one “provider of choice” for individuals living in the Midwest.

Revised and Adopted: October 2001
Originally Adopted:   October 1999