The Mental Health Center of North Central Alabama, Inc. is applying to the Alabama Department of Transportation for a federal capital funding award under Section 5310 of the Federal Transit Act. This funding is for capital assistance to help meet the transportation needs of individuals with disabilities in Lawrence and Morgan counties Alabama. A public hearing will be held on Thursday, July 25th from 1:00 pm until 2:00 pm for public comments.
CONDUCTED BY:
Mental Health Center of North Central Alabama, Inc.
1316 Somerville Road, SE, Ste. 1
Decatur, Alabama 35601-4317
(256) 260-7324 / (256) 355-6092 fax
www.mhcnca.org/5310
OUR INTENT:
The Mental Health Center of North Central Alabama intends to make an application to the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) for a Section 5310 Capital Assistance Grant which will provide 80 percent federal funding for equipment used in transporting disabled persons served by the Mental Health Center of North Central Alabama at our Moulton clinic, the Moulton Lawrence Counseling Center. The Mental Health Center is applying for funds to purchase two (2) replacement passenger vans in order to provide door-to-door transportation services in Morgan and Lawrence counties. These vehicles are necessary to provide critical psychiatric and related mental health services for children and adults in Lawrence County.
WHO WE ARE:
The Mental Health Center of North Central Alabama is a public, non-profit 50l(c)(3) organization that has provided psychiatric and mental health services to the people of Lawrence, Limestone, and Morgan Counties since 1967. The organization was incorporated in February 1982 as the North Central Alabama Mental Health Board, Inc. In August 1995 the corporate name was changed to, Mental Health Center of North Central Alabama Inc. The Mental Health Center was originally established under the 1967 federal Community Mental Health Center Act and Act 310 of the Alabama State Legislature of that same year. The Mental Health Center's Board of Directors consists of directors who are appointed by local governments.
Programs of the Mental Health Center include: Athens-Limestone Counseling Center; Decatur-Morgan Counseling Center; Moulton-Lawrence Counseling Center; The Albany Clinic for Children; Options Geriatric Program; and other programs. Services include treatment for people that have a serious mental illness, severe emotional disturbance; counseling and therapy for adults, children and families; dual-diagnosis treatment; in-home treatment services; case management; employee assistance programs; psychiatric assessment and medication prescription/ management services, housing, educational programs, transportation, and other services.
Your Comments:
As a community based mental health provider, we believe your comments are important. This public hearing has been scheduled on-line to give you, a member of the community, an opportunity to voice your concerns or thoughts regarding our intent to apply for an ALDOT Section 5310 Capital Assistance Grant in a safe and Covid-19 free process. Please feel free to voice and/ or write your comments before the Zoom meeting to Kristin Waits at Kwaits@mhcnca.org. We welcome and value your input!
Contact Information: Kristin Waits, Executive Assistant for the Mental Health Center of North Central Alabama, (256) 260-7324 or email Kwaits@mhcnca.org.