Press Releases
LifeSpring Receives Contract to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment
LifeSpring Inc. will receive a state contract worth roughly $1.4 million to provide expanded substance abuse treatment services over the next two years. Read More
LifeSpring Gets $1.4 Million State Contract
JEFFERSONVILLE — LifeSpring Inc. announced a two-year, $1.4 million contract with the Indiana Department of Mental Health and Addiction which will expand service at the agency’s Turning Point Center. Read More
LifeSpring Inc. Awarded $1.4 million Contract for Turning Point Center
LifeSpring Inc. is pleased to announce a two-year award from the Indiana Department of Mental Health and Addiction to expand services at Turning Point Center. Located on LifeSpring’s Recovery Campus, the Turning Point Center is a twenty-seven bed facility providing substance abuse detoxification and residential services. Due to restrictions on traditional funding streams, the facility typically only serves nine clients at a time. The award from the Indiana Department of Mental Health and Addiction, valued at over $1.4 million, will provide subsidies for 18 beds to serve clients unable to pay for treatment. Read More
LifeSpring, Inc. Will Participate in Job Fair at University of Louisville
JEFFERSONVILLE, IN- LifeSpring Inc. will be attending a Job Fair hosted at the University of Louisville Belknap campus on Thursday, March 24, 2011. The fair will be held in the Student Activities Center (SAC) Multi-purpose room from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Employers and community agencies will provide information about current job openings, volunteer opportunities and networking. Read More
Jeffersonville mother keeps ‘Shining for Sarah’
Cherie Glaab suspects people may be avoiding her, figuring it is better to say nothing to her. Figure again, please. Glaab wants and needs her daughter Sarah, who was 18 when she committed suicide, to be remembered. Sarah was a cookie-selling Girl Scout and a repeat donor to Locks of Love. A senior at Jeffersonville High, she mostly did well in school and turned out extraordinary artwork. She loved animals and would join mom on the couch for TV, even on the evening of her death. Read More
NAMI Report Says State Mental Health Cuts are a National Crisis
The recent tragic shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the killing of six innocent citizens in Arizona focused national attention on the state of the public mental health system in Arizona and other states. Many asked how a tragedy like this could happen again, with chilling references to Virginia Tech. How did Jared Loughner fall through the cracks when the signs of a serious psychiatric crisis seemed so clear? Read More
SAMHSA Estimates 5.9% of Youth Aged 12-14 Drink Alcohol
A new study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) indicates that 5.9 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 14 drank alcohol in the past month and that the vast majority of them (93.4 percent) received their alcohol for free the last time they drank. Read More
Clark County Council Approves Money for Crisis Intervention Team
CLARK COUNTY, IN — (February 11, 2011) The Clark County Council on Monday night approved funding for a Crisis Intervention Team grant, which includes $42,500 for a salary ordinance. All of the funding, $59,000, is coming from a grant from the Burn Foundation through the Criminal Justice Institute of Indiana and will not cost the county any money. Read More
LifeSpring Approaches 47th Anniversary
JEFFERSONVILLE, IN- (February 10, 2011) Founded in April 1964, LifeSpring has grown from a small outpatient office to providing a comprehensive array of behavioral healthcare services for people of all ages. Read More
LifeSpring to Provide Services in Harrison County Jail
CORYDON, IN—(February 7, 2011) LifeSpring Inc. has been selected to provide services in the Harrison County Jail for the year 2011. Read More
Vacant building: Loss of Medicaid Option Forces LifeSpring to Sell Hedden House
NEW ALBANY, IN- (February 5, 2011) NEW ALBANY — A historic New Albany home is one of two buildings that has been placed on the housing market by a nonprofit owner that feels backed into a corner. Read More
