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East Central Mental Health Center is a comprehensive community mental health center providing mental health, intellectual disabilities, and substance abuse services to the citizens of Bullock, Macon, and Pike Counties.
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Working Toward a Healthy Future for Communities in Bullock, Macon, & Pike Counties
East Central Mental Health Center is a public non-profit corporation governed by a eighteen member Board of Directors appointed by local governments under the authority of Alabama Act 310. The center is a comprehensive community mental health center with professionally trained staff providing the highest quality direct care for persons with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.
Services
ECMHC provides quality mental health, intellectual disabilities, and substance abuse services with respect for dignity and privacy to promote recovery.
Resources
Connecting you with the help you need, we provide various resources including forms, meeting schedules, contacts, and more.
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Your donation helps us ensure that everyone in our community has access to care so they can lead healthier, happier lives.
Mission
Our mission is to provide quality mental health, intellectual disabilities, substance abuse services within the limits of available resources to citizens of Bullock, Macon and Pike Counties, and assure that these services are provided with respect for the individual dignity and privacy in the least restrictive environment necessary to promote recovery.
Vision
East Central’s vision is that quality mental health, intellectual disabilities, and substance abuse services will promote the health and general welfare of the people of Bullock, Macon and Pike Counties.
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