by guild | Feb 21, 2023 | Featured, Program Highlights
Recently, we published a blog, What is IRTS, anyway?, highlighting the importance of Intensive Residential Treatment Services (IRTS) in our communities. In that piece, we talked to staff about what their roles and days look like working with clients in IRTS. Now,...
by Lindsi Gish | Jan 19, 2023 | Featured, IRTS and Crisis, Program Highlights
You may have heard the recent news that the West St. Paul City Council unanimously approved moving forward with a new Crisis and Recovery Center. The Center, owned by Dakota County and operated by Guild, will replace Guild South (currently located in South St. Paul)...
by guild | Nov 19, 2022 | Community, Education, Featured, For Support People, Mental Heatlh, Program Highlights, Resources
When someone in your life passes away, how do you move forward without feeling like you’re leaving them in the past? “Rituals help us gain normalcy to a situation,” says Patricia Harmon, certified End of Life Doula. “We need to acknowledge what has happened. Death is...
by guild | Nov 15, 2022 | Featured, Homelessness, Housing, Program Highlights
The Housing First Model is an evidence-based practice that recognizes how difficult it is to address health, employment, and other challenges without addressing the basic need and human right of stable housing. “Stable housing is life-changing. People are able to seek...
by guild | Mar 16, 2022 | Development, Featured, Program Highlights
Chief Advancement Officer Dawn Marie Nelmark often says Guild is “the best kept secret.” The reason, she says, is while Guild has always had a keen focus on providing excellent, highly personalized services to its clients, it hasn’t been as much of a known...
by guild | Jan 28, 2022 | Featured, Program Highlights
It can be a significant challenge for people living with a mental health diagnosis to receive all the care they need, particularly when the complex and highly specialized healthcare system requires so much of us. It’s normal to feel overwhelmed, particularly...