DeKalb Community Service Board Counselor Administers Highest Number of HIV Tests in the State of Georgia
DeKalb Community Service Board’s HIV Counselor Margaret Renfroe currently holds the record for administering the most number of HIV tests in the state of Georgia. In 2013, underneath Renfroe’s leadership, DeKalb Community Service Board (DeKalb CSB) administered 1,112 HIV test to DeKalb CSB clients at the organization’s DeKalb Addiction Clinic. Renfroe has been a state […]
DeKalb CSB Joins DeKalb County Board of Health For World AIDS Day Event
World AIDS Day is Monday, December 1st. In the United States, about 1 in 5 people who has HIV doesn’t know it. The only way to know for sure whether or not you have HIV is to get tested. You could have HIV and still feel healthy. Everyone ages 15 to 65 needs to get […]
Crossroads Holiday Bazaar
Shop Handmade for the Holidays! Join us for the Crossroads Holiday Bazaar. This event will feature handmade art, jewelry, paintings and more all designed by clients of the Crossroads Peer Support Mental Health Program. When: Friday, December 12, 2014 Time: 10:00 am – 1:30 pm Location: Bohan Auditorium, 445 Winn Way, Decatur GA 30030 For more information […]
Alecea Quintyne Appointed as Chair of the Brighter DeKalb Foundation Board of Directors
DECATUR, Georgia – December 18, 2014 – The Brighter DeKalb Foundation announces the appointment of Alecea Quintyne as their new Board Chair. Brighter DeKalb Foundation is a nonprofit organization in metro-Atlanta, Georgia established to help youth and adults reclaim their lives by supporting a full continuum of behavioral health and developmental disability services provided by the […]
Kroger Community Rewards
Brighter DeKalb Foundation is proud to be a Kroger Community Rewards program recipient. The Brighter DeKalb Foundation is a non-profit organization in metro Atlanta, Georgia, established to support behavioral health and developmental disability services provided by the DeKalb Community Service Board. The Kroger Community Rewards program allows customers to register their Kroger Plus Card and […]
DeKalb CSB’s CMO Featured in Champion Newspaper
In this week’s Champion Newspaper, Dr. Joseph Bona, DeKalb CSB’s Chief Medical Officer, shares his perspective on mental illness. “If you’re not functioning at your possible highest level, if you’re suffering from symptoms or something is not right, it is always best to see a professional, get an assessment, figure out what’s going on and […]
MLK Jr. Day of Service
Thank you to all of the volunteers and staff who participated in the annual Hands on Atlanta Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service! This year we hosted volunteer groups who painted and provided landscaping at two of our homes for individuals with developmental disabilities in Tucker and Lithonia. Thanks for making it a day […]
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Training
** REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR THE 2014 COURSE ** DeKalb CSB is again offering a training for professionals in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) led by expert trainer Dr. Michael Maslar, a licensed clinical psychologist and the Director of Mindfulness and Behavior Therapies for the Family Institute at Northwestern University. DBT is the most successful outpatient […]
Mental Health First Aid
DeKalb Community Service Board (CSB) is offering a certification course for the Mental Health First Aid adult public education program. Registration and payment for the training is required in advance for the course which will be held April 22 from 8 am to 5 pm at the Richardson Health Center in Decatur.
CARF Accreditation
CARF International announced that DeKalb Community Service Board (CSB) has been accredited for a period of three years for its public mental health, addictive diseases and developmental disability programs. CARF, the international accrediting body, has awarded accreditation to DeKalb CSB since 2007.