Happy Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving centers on good food (lots of it!), family, friends, and gratitude. Many of our clients are motivated to go through recovery in order to reunite with their families. Still, others may not have families to go home to, but they’ve found a supportive community here at Alvis. Whatever the case, Thanksgiving encourages us to be thankful, and Alvis has an abundance of things to be thankful for.
We provide programs in five distinct areas, and we would not be able to do this without everyone that contributes to making Alvis an internationally-recognized human services agency. Our five areas include:
- Individuals who have become involved in the criminal justice system.
- Individuals with significant barriers to employment.
- Individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities and behavioral challenges.
- Individuals in need of integrated behavioral healthcare treatment services.
- Families, especially children, impacted by their loved ones’ justice involvement, developmental disability and/or behavioral healthcare needs.
We thank our donors who fund us, so we are able to provide all of these programs that best serve our client base. We also thank organizations that fund these programs and other community efforts to bring about positive social change, like the ADAMH Board, which sponsored our SummerQuest camp, and the Kiwanis Club of Columbus, which sponsored our Father’s Day Celebration.
We thank our dedicated, passionate staff who work in the areas of behavioral healthcare, corrections, developmental disabilities, employment services, family and children’s services, facilities, and the offices here at Stella. These people are the backbone of all of our services and programs.
We thank all of our community partners and other nonprofits that work alongside us in our goal to create stronger, safer, supportive communities.
We thank government officials and individuals serving in the judicial system for working with us to create programs and plans allow our clients to receive care at Alvis in the first place.
We thank our Executive Management Team, the Board of Trustees, and the rest of the senior management at Alvis for leading us to expand across the state with new, pioneering programs that offer reliable, evidence-based services.
Finally, we thank our clients, who have shown us what true strength, determination, and perseverance looks like, as they turn their lives around and give back to the community with their skills, talents, and resolve to make a difference with a #180DegreeImpact.
Alvis is a nonprofit human services agency with over 50 years of experience providing highly effective treatment programs in Ohio. Our vision is that communities value a person’s potential
more than their past. For more information on how Alvis can help you or to learn more about how you can get involved, contact us here.