Behavioral Health Interventions of Greater St. Louis
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The facility site for Behavioral Health Interventions of Greater St. Louis, as we know it today, was built in 1976 as the Lindell Professional Office Building. This building has served as an incubator for small start-up businesses/agencies since this time. Over the years the site has become a haven to many social service and related organizations.
Behavioral Health Interventions of Greater St. Louis opened an official administrative and direct service offices in this building in January of 2019 as a base for referring individuals to mental health and case management services agencies in the Metropolitan St. Louis and surrounding areas. After seeing a need for additional mental health direct service resources in the community Harold Mangrum , a Missouri Certified Substance Abuse Counselor of 19 years with the support of the BHI volunteer crew, established the agency as an official DBH certified provider of substance abuse/mental health services, referred to today as Behavioral Health Interventions of Greater St. Louis.
About Our Founder
Harold Mangrum started his commitment to the mental health profession in July of 1998, as he volunteered for Archway Communities substance abuse treatment program in St. Louis, Missouri. During this time, he began the Missouri Substance Abuse Counselors, credentialing process, a four-year venture. During such time, Mr. Mangrum earned his RASAC-I (Recognized Associate Substance Abuse Counselor-I certificate), RASAC-II ( Recognized Associate Substance Abuse Counselor-II certificate) CSAC-I ( Certified Substance Abuse Counselor-I certification), and CSAC-II (Certified Substance Abuse Counselor-II certification)
Mr. Mangrum has spent his career working for a host of substance abuse/mental health treatment facilities in St. Louis. He has worked as a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor for Gateway Free & Clean Substance Abuse Treatment program, New Beginnings Cstar-Substance Abuse Treatment Center, DART Substance Abuse Treatment program, Gibson Recovery Center, Greater St. Louis Treatment Network (St. Louis City Drug Court), and St. Louis Community Release Center(Missouri Department of Corrections)-under contract with Gibson Recovery Center before initiating counseling and case management service efforts in the St. Louis Metropolitan community and thereby founding Behavioral Health Interventions of Greater St. Louis. Mr. Mangrum Attended the St. Louis Community College where he graduated in 2002 with an Associate Degree in Human Services and a Certificate in Chemical Dependency Studies. He proceeded to complete his Bachelor of Social Work degree , as well as a Certificate in Nonprofit Management, thus Graduating from the UMSL School of Social Work in 2013. Mr. Mangrum completed his Graduate Education at the Webster University-George Herbert Walker School of Business with a Masters Degree in Nonprofit Leadership.
Behavioral Health Interventions of Greater St. Louis History
Behavioral Health Interventions of Greater St. Louis began serving the community in March of 2014 as an unoffical counseling/case management agency referral source of St. Louis to provide a bridge between the exit of active drug addiction and mental health crisis on behalf of individuals suffering from such disorders. The primary diagnoses at the time were alcohol and cocaine. In the beginning, Behavioral Health Interventions of Greater St. Louis has been solely reliant on volunteers and private funding.
As of the founding declaration of our mission, Behavioral Health Interventions of Greater St. Louis has continued to develop our presence within the metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri,and surrounding communites. We are honored by the privilege to share the milestones of our development with our communities.
Below is a chronological history of of efforts,from the inital volunteer based initiative, right up to the current, and continuing facilitation status of our mission-based operations.
March 2014 - Began informal volunteer Interventions and referral(s) initiative.
June 2014 - Began organizational legal structuring process.
March 2016-Began group efforts of voluntary and formal referrals to community agencies.
May 2017- Began providing informal clinical support groups in community.
July 2018-Incorporated as a nonprofit organization in missouri.
December 2018 - Received provisional Substance Abuse/Mental Health program Certification.
January 2019 Awarded DMH Recovery Support Service Contract.
