We Care Arts

Monday, December 18, 2017

We love our supporters!


We love to celebrate when people come together and help us make people’s lives better! Students from Carlisle High School, employees from Sycamore Hospital and a bunch of holiday angels all put together holiday gift bags and brought joy to our clients this holiday season!





For the past couple of years, great grandmother Helen Reese took it upon herself to spearhead the drive to fill these gift bags.  After Helen’s recent passing, her great granddaughter Hannah gathered her friends from Carlisle High School and collected items for the gift bags, in tribute to her great grandmother. 
Along with them, another friend our ours, Renee Sarber, Helen's granddaughter, brought together her friends who work with her at Sycamore Hospital to add goodies to our gift bags.



A third group to help fill our gift bags are parishioners from Faith and Mighty Fortress Lutheran Churches. For nearly 10 years, these churches have worked hard every fall, gathering items that fill our gift bags and put a smile on everyone’s face! Donna Morgan, from Mighty Fortress, was here for our party and handed out the gift bags!

We are always grateful to our supporters, who
are so vital to making our programs a success!








Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Validation of the services that we offer


We Care Arts works to provide the best possible services to our clients, and we need to assure them, their families, our funders, and our partner agencies that entrust us to provide services, that our organization has been evaluated and approved by agencies who monitor facilities such as ours.  This assurance creates confidence that our programs and services are effective and meet expectations. Below, please read about three of these agencies that we have succeeded in meeting standards.




CARF
The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, CARF International, is an independent, nonprofit accreditor of health and human services providers. The CARF International group of companies currently accredits more than 50,000 programs and services at 25,000 locations. More than 10 million persons of all ages are served annually by 7,000 CARF-accredited service providers. CARF accreditation extends to countries in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.


OMHAS
The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, OhioMHAS,  provides statewide leadership of a high-quality mental health and addiction prevention, treatment and recovery system. Community mental health agencies require certification by OhioMHAS when they provide mental health services that are funded by a community mental health board. 

 
ADAMHS
Addiction and Mental Health Services, ADAMHS, of Montgomery County is responsible for the planning, funding and monitoring of public mental health and alcohol and other drug addiction services. Under Ohio law, the ADAMHS is one of 50 Boards coordinating the public behavioral health system in Ohio. The has the legal responsibility and authority for the provision of mental health and addiction treatment services and contracts with provider agencies to deliver services that assist consumers and clients on the road to recovery.