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May 27, 2009
Gaudenzia Park Heights New Vision of Hope Program Wins 2009 Outstanding Merit Award
At the MPS annual meeting in April, the Maryland Foundation for Psychiatry presented its 2009 Outstanding Merit Award to the Gaudenzia Park Heights New Vision of Hope Program in Baltimore.
The board was particularly impressed with their outstanding services to a very difficult population of dual diagnosis patients with substance abuse and mental illness, many of whom have criminal justice involvement.
In addition, the foundation awarded Honorable Mention to the work of Mosaic Community Services' New Ventures Family Support Group in Timonium, which provides outreach and support to family members and caregivers of persons with mental illness.
The Maryland Foundation for Psychiatry established the annual Outstanding Merit Award for a worthy program in Maryland that accomplishes one or more of the following:
- Increases public awareness and understanding of mental illness
- Enhances the quality of care for psychiatric illness
- Reduces the stigma of mental illness
The award, open to the entire Maryland community, carries a prize of $500.
Posted by admin at May 27, 2009 04:09 PM