Posted: Thursday, May 19, 2016
Earlier this week, The Scattergood Foundation announced that The Providence Center’s Anchor Recovery Services are the winners of the 2016 Scattergood Innovation Awards! The Scattergood Foundation is a grantmaking and philanthropic organization that recognizes advances in behavioral health programming. Anchor was chosen as one of five finalists out of a pool of 40 behavioral health organizations from around the country.
The contest was decided through online votes, and TPC and Anchor mounted a successful marketing campaign and won the $25,000 prize. TPC’s Anchor Community Recovery Center, Anchor ED emergency room program and AnchorMORE community outreach initiative were recognized as programs that advance behavioral health policy and practice.
Jonathan Goyer, an Anchor recovery coordinator that helped create the MORE outreach team, weighed in on the importance of the award. “Being nominated for a national innovation speaks to how strategic Anchor’s programs are. Winning a national innovation award illustrates that we are leading the nation in developing and implementing new methods to change the way that healthcare reaches those who need it.”
This isn’t the first time this year TPC has been recognized for its approaches to behavioral health; earlier this year, the Center won an Award of Excellence from the National Council for Behavioral Health in their Excellence in Behavioral Healthcare Management category.
The Providence Center’s President Dale Klatzker, PhD highlighted the importance of innovation in Anchor’s programs. “Bringing new ways of battling the opioid crisis to the table is a big part of the mission at Anchor Recovery,” said Klatzker. We will use the$25,000 to provide training for recovery coaches, who focus on a patient-centered empowerment model, and assist them with their state certification process.”
“We are honored to accept this award, and will continue to save one life at a time, re-connect one family at a time, and better the world….one person at a time,” said Goyer.
