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Crisis & Counseling Centers Slated to Launch Co-Responder Program in Partnership with Augusta Police Department to Combat Opioid Addiction and Overdoses
As part of Governor Mills’ OPTIONS initiative, licensed behavioral health clinicians will now be embedded within law enforcement agencies and working alongside first responders statewide. Tuesday, February 9, 2021, AUGUSTA, ME / For Immediate Release – In response to...
Crisis & Counseling Centers Now Offers Youth & Family Navigator Services for Young People, ages 10 – 24, At-Risk of Suicide Across Nine Maine Counties
An evidence-based program, the first of its kind in Maine, will be implemented in an effort to reduce the rate of suicide deaths, suicide attempts, and suicidal ideation among young people in Maine, ages 10 -24. Monday, January 25, 2021, AUGUSTA, ME / For Immediate...
Free Training to Support Maine Caregivers Raising Nonverbal Children including those with Autism
On the evening of Tuesday, January 12th from 5pm – 7pm the G.E.A.R. Parent Network, a program of Crisis & Counseling Centers, will host a free virtual training for parents and community partners (educators, providers, and other professionals) titled “Understanding Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)”.
1,500 KN95 masks have been distributed to 16 area nonprofits providing essential services across central and mid-coast Maine
May 21, 2020, Augusta, ME – For Immediate Release -- Crisis & Counseling Centers (C&C), along with 15 other Partner Programs of the United Way of Kennebec Valley (UWKV) are now equipped with KN95 masks that allow staff to continue to respond to the needs of...
Client & Community Partner COVID-19 Update
Dear Clients & Community Partners of Crisis & Counseling Centers, As our country and state continue to monitor the coronavirus (COVID-19), Crisis & Counseling Centers is committed to doing our part to protect the health and safety of the community. Out of...
We can no longer just hope for the best
Once again we are facing the horrific realities of mass shootings in our country. After recent tragedies in Dayton, El Paso, and Gilroy, the number of mass shootings since the start of 2019 rose to 255. The frequency and overwhelming carnage of these shootings puts us...
Remembering longtime board leader Beverly Daggett
Beverly Daggett, Crisis & Counseling Centers’ (C&C’s) former board president and 25-year board member, recently passed away after a prolonged illness. The first female Senate president in the state’s history, Daggett began her service on C&C’s board in...
Annual Celebration & Art Reception honors agency’s 45-year history, local leaders
Crisis & Counseling Centers’ (C&C’s) community partners and staff commemorated the agency’s 45th anniversary at the Annual Celebration & Art Reception on May 14 at Governor Hill Mansion in Augusta. “This is our community, and it will succeed or fail based...
Board of Directors welcomes three new members
Crisis & Counseling Centers’ Board of Directors voted in three new members at a recent meeting. Rebecca Colwell, Lieutenant Christopher Massey and Isaac Witham bring a variety of talents and expertise to the agency in support of C&C’s mission to provide...
Skowhegan Savings partners with agency to provide financial literacy program to clients
Skowhegan Savings and Crisis & Counseling Centers (C&C) have partnered to provide a new financial literacy training program to individuals in recovery from mental health and substance abuse issues. “Mental wellness and financial literacy go hand in hand for...