By demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety, HCRS has earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for another three years. HCRS is the only state-designated community mental health agency in Vermont to receive this accreditation.

Each year, HCRS applies for town funding from all the towns in our two-county region. This critically important town funding helps ensure the continuation of our walk-in clinics in our Hartford, Springfield, Bellows Falls, and Brattleboro offices. This town funding support allows us to provide walk-in clinic services for all individuals and families in our communities, despite the financial challenges they may face.

HCRS is hosting two free workshops for parents and community members presented by Karen Holz of Prevent Child Abuse Vermont. These workshops will be held on Friday, April 19, 2013 at the Marlboro College Graduate Center in downtown Brattleboro.

The Visiting Nurse Association of Vermont and New Hampshire (VNA) recently donated $665 to HCRS. VNA staff raised a total of $1330 in a year-long fundraiser and decided, in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Connecticut, to contribute to local programs providing support for children with mental and behavioral health issues.