Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare awarded $4.7 million to expand Mental Health Services and open new location in Callahan
Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare announced it was awarded $4.7 million in funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration CMHC Grant Program. The purpose of this program is to enable community mental health centers to support..
Read MoreStarting Point Behavioral Healthcare awarded grants to teach teen Mental Health First Aid in every Nassau County High School 10th grade classroom
Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare announced it was awarded grants from Baptist Health and the Community Foundation of Northeast Florida to offer teen Mental Health First Aid at every public high school in Nassau County, FL. This project will expand the partnership..
Read MoreCity of Fernandina Beach and Nassau County Board of County Commissioners declare August 31st International Overdose Awareness Day
On Tuesday, August 17th, 2021, Amy Pipkin, Prevention Supervisor at Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare, accepted a Resolution from Fernandina Beach City Commissioners declaring August 31st as International Overdose Awareness Day.
Read MoreStarting Point Behavioral Healthcare Presents My Ascension: A Documentary to Spread Hope and Fight Suicide
Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare will host a special pre-release screening of My Ascension: A Documentary to Spread Hope and Fight Suicide, taking place at Yulee High School on Thursday, September 23rd, 2021, and featuring special guests Emma Benoit and Greg Dicharry for a live post-screening Q&A.
Read MoreStarting Point Behavioral Healthcare Thanks Outgoing Board Members for Years of Dedicated Service
Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare wishes to express its deepest gratitude to Drue Ashwell and Thomas “Tom” McKenna for their committed leadership on the Board of Directors. Both members joined in March 2012 and served over 9 years to elevate the mission and vision of the agency, reduce stigma surrounding mental health…
Read MoreStarting Point Behavioral Healthcare’s Project T.A.L.K.S. receives full support and funding in the Florida Leads Budget
Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare announced that their very own Project T.A.L.K.S. was fully funded at $400,000 in the Florida Leads Budget. Project T.A.L.K.S. will support their previously awarded Florida Blue Talkable Communities grant and leverage the power of 5 major behavioral health providers across 6 counties…
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