A lot has changed in the more than 60 years MHCGM has been serving the Manchester area!
1960 – Community Guidance Center (CGC) founded
1961 – CGC opens for service 2 nights a week
1966 – Planning process for Federal Community Mental Health Centers grant begin
1971 – Federal grant approval allows construction of 401 Cypress Street to start
1972 – Manchester becomes the 1st center to provide aftercare to NH Hospital patients
1973 – Name changes to The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester (MHCGM), opens at 401 Cypress St. offering an expanded service array
1974 – Community Support Services begins as a separate department
1976 – Manchester Housing Authority partners with MHCGM to offer supervised apartments
1982 – Four group homes open
1984 – Vocational preparation, placement, and support services begin
1985 – Bedford Counseling Associates (BCA) opens
1991 – Assertive community treatment approach started
1992 – Cypress Center opens
1996 – Affiliation with the Department of Psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School
1997 – Center receives the Dunfey Award for Excellence in Non-Profit Management
1998 – American Psychiatric Association presents its Gold Award to MHCGM
2001 – Manchester Mental Health Foundation Endowment is created
2002 – Accountable Care Management Model is adopted
2003 – Began offering Naturopathic Medicine services at Bedford Counseling Associates
2007 – National Science to Service Award for advancing Evidence Based Practices
2008 – MMH Foundation Endowment exceeds one million dollars
2009 – Joint community-wide emergency behavioral health response system created
2010 – Mental Health Court project begins at Manchester District Court & In SHAPE health promotion program begins for at-risk consumers
2011 – Chose Avatar as our electronic medical record system & began implementation
2013 – Electronic medical records went live on June 10, 2013
2014 – The “Make a Difference” fund was started to fund projects that focus on reducing stigma
2015 – Added two new clinical practices, Child Parent Psychotherapy, and Cognitive Processing Therapy
2016 – Adoption of a new logo & implementation of an Integrated Delivery Network (IDN)
2017 – Beginning of our Mobile Crisis Response Team and Tele-Medicine
2018 – Start of the Zero Suicide Initiative throughout the agency
2019 – Community expansion with core transition services and homeless outreach
2020 – Enhanced prevention through evidence-based care and community connectedness.
2021 – Increased telehealth services to serve our patients through COVID-19
2022 – With this New Year, we had a change in CEO from Bill Rider to Patricia Carty; our focus was centered on re-connecting with each other and restructuring for our future within our community
2023 – 20th anniversary of In SHAPE