ROCKFORD — Rosecrance Health Network and SwedishAmerican Health System have announced a new partnership to improve the continuum of mental  health care services in northern Illinois. The partnership involves improvements in the delivery of both inpatient psychiatric care and outpatient behavioral health services. Under an agreement approved by both organizations’ boards of directors, Rosecrance will … Continued

J. Mark McVey and Christy Tarr-McVey Tenor J. Mark McVey, who performed at the 2006 Rosecrance Foundation Benefit with Marvin Hamlisch, returns to headline the 2013 Benefit with his wife, Christy Tarr-McVey. The event is 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 15, at Giovanni’s Restaurant, 610 N. Bell School Road, Rockford. To buy a ticket for the … Continued

Rosecrance began offering services for teens at a new office that opened Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, in Pewaukee, Wis. Rosecrance Waukesha County is located at N27 W23957 Paul Road, Suite 101, Pewaukee. Rosecrance has long served residents of Waukesha County through residential services at adolescent and adult treatment campuses in Rockford, IL. The local office … Continued

Longtime area fundraising professional Jane Armitage has joined The Rosecrance Foundation team as Director of Development. Armitage will help with the Foundation’s signature local events, the Annual Benefit and Flower Day, as well as other projects to raise money for charity care and programs to serve individuals in treatment for substance abuse and mental health … Continued

Rosecrance Waukesha County: Rosecrance is now offering adolescent substance abuse treatment services through its new Waukesha County Office, located at N27 W23957 Paul Road, Suite 101, in Pewaukee, Wisconsin.Services offered at Rosecrance Waukesha County include an intensive outpatient program, a continuing care group, confidential drug and alcohol evaluations, early intervention services, assistance to families who … Continued

If you want to know what’s going on at Rosecrance, check out the Winter 2012 issue of our publication, Reach. The 16-page issue features articles on: The Rosecrance School and how its teachers make education a vital part of substance abuse treatment Students of the Rosecrance School winning national recognition for recovery-themed artwork they created … Continued

In the Monday, Jan. 7 edition of the Rockford Register Star, reporter Melissa Westphal reports on Rosecrance’s plans to renovate the fourth floor of its downtown Ware Center to accommodate mental health patients: “The space would have the capacity for 16 beds under the designation of community-based housing. It would house a voluntary, short-term residential … Continued

The Northern Illinois Chapter of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) will present “In Our Own Voice” on Tuesday, Jan. 8, at Stepping Stones, 706 N. Main St., Rockford. “In Our Own Voice” is a unique public education program developed by NAMI in which two trained speakers share compelling personal stories about living with mental … Continued

On Wednesday, Jan. 2, Rockford’s WIFR-23 reported on the success of Rosecrance’s Triage Center in offering services for people in mental health crisis: “Since it opened, the Rosecrance Triage Center has helped more than two hundred mentally ill people. It allows Stateliners to be evaluated immediately in order to figure out the best level of … Continued