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May 08, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 8, 2018
MDHHS CONTACT: Bob Wheaton, 517-241-2112
ENNIS CONTACT: Sheery Houston, 810-964-4428
Ennis Counseling Center of Flint receives State of Michigan funding
to expand outpatient services
LANSING, Mich. – Ennis Counseling Center in Flint will be able to expand the reach of its outpatient counseling program after receiving $150,000 from the State of Michigan.
Founded in 2016 by Ennis Center for Children, a nonprofit adoption and foster care agency, Ennis Counseling Center serves Genesee County residents who need mental health counseling services. The center employs a community-based approach, offering its services in several local churches.
Bob Ennis, president and founder of Ennis Center for Children, explained why it is so important that the centers be centrally located and the connection to the faith community.
“In many communities, especially African American and Latin communities, there is a generations-old stigma placed on mental health and counseling services,” he said. “Many believe that seeking these services signifies lack of faith or that an individual has ‘issues,’ when truly it’s the exact opposite. We want people to know that seeking help can be part of both a healthy self-care routine, and an active prayer life.”
The program’s expansion is made possible by grant funding from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). Sheryl Thompson, MDHHS deputy director of Field Operations and Mission Flint, said the services that Ennis Counseling Center’s licensed professional counselors provide are a critical resource to the community.
“MDHHS is committed to providing residents of Genesee County with the mental health services they need,” Thompson said.
“Offering these vital services at churches is consistent with MDHHS’s philosophy of providing services to people at community locations where they are already going. With these additional dollars, Ennis Counseling Center can continue doing the amazing work it’s already been doing on a greater scale.”
While changing the community’s perception of mental health services is one of the program’s key objectives, it also strives to provide a new way for Genesee County residents to access increasingly necessary services.
Flint’s water crisis has had a profound impact on both the physical and emotional health of the city’s residents. Ennis Counseling Center services provide residents with constructive mechanisms for coping with stress, depression, anger, and grief.
Ennis Counseling Center partners with and offers services within the following Genesee County churches: Ebenezer Ministries, First Trinity Baptist Church, Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle, New Jerusalem Full Gospel Baptist Church, New Life Tabernacle Church of God in Christ, and Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church.
For more information about Ennis Counseling Center, contact Sheery Houston, director of development at Sheery.Houston@enniscenter.org or call 810-233-4031.
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