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News, Updates & Events
Community Foundation of Broward representatives and Fundholders help Henderson Behavioral Health break ground on a new crisis stabilization facility in Fort Lauderdale. Shown left to right: Amanda
Kah, Community Foundation; Arpad Papp, Kiwanis Club; Terra Sickler, Kiwanis Club; Linda Carter, Community Foundation; Kenneth Gross, Fundholder.
Fundholders' Support For Mental Health mental health services touches many of the issues that
Launches New Crisis Center matter most to Broward’s future.
Construction will soon begin on a new crisis stabilization Henderson Behavioral Health’s new, state of the art crisis
facility in Fort Lauderdale, thanks to help from Community stabilization unit will replace outdated facilities that weren’t
Foundation of Broward Fundholders who support mental originally built to provide health care. When the new
health services. facility is completed, Henderson Behavioral Health will be
Henderson Behavioral Health recently broke ground on a able to treat more adults and children who are in crisis as
new 48-bed unit that will treat children and adults who well as provide more ongoing services to help Broward
experience a mental health crisis. residents overcome addiction.
Foundation Fundholders have provided nearly $250,000 Fundholders’ support for Henderson Behavioral Health
to help make it possible for Henderson Behavioral Health to shows how the power of local philanthropy can make
expand its ability to provide 24/7 crisis services, Broward a healthier place to call home.
counseling and addiction treatment for children and adults. Support for the Henderson Behavioral Health Crisis
Mental disorders are the leading cause of disability in our Stabilization Facility came from the following Funds at the
country. And one in four people will suffer from a Community Foundation:
diagnosable mental disorder each year. • Mary N. Porter Designated Fund
• Henderson Mental Health Center Endowment
From schools, to a booming elderly population, to families • Kenneth S. Gross Family Charitable Fund
struggling paycheck to paycheck, the need for better
• Bill, Brent, and Rebel Bowden Fund
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