WellStone is North Alabama’s largest and most comprehensive behavioral healthcare provider. They are a non-profit community organization offering a wide variety of services available for ages ranging from children to older adults. They treat over 13,000 clients per year and operate 12 total facilities across North Alabama. Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) often impede individuals from seeking and receiving proper healthcare. This can include lack of stable housing, transportation barriers, financial burdens and more. When providers aren’t able to efficiently address these complex psychosocial problems, it can lead to unnecessary emergency department (ED) visits, heightened incarceration rates for people with mental illness.

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