Psychiatric Intake Response Center 2025 Annual Report

PIRC COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Children’s of Alabama Health Education and Safety Center, CHIPS, and PIRC employees participated in Pickens County Schools’ 3rd Annual “Just Be” Well Pickens Back-to-School Rally. The teams met and educated 250 caregivers and their children about health and mental heatlh services available through Children’s of Alabama.

About 250 students attended Marshall County’s Kate Duncan Smith DAR High School “Day Without Hate” Mental Health Fair. School educators seen here provided education on mental health and PIRC services.

Schools Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education distributed PIRC flyers to every family participating in their program statewide. Birmingham City A. H. Parker and Ramsay High Schools’ 3rd Annual “Stop the Violence” event Hewitt-Trussville Middle School’s 2nd Annual Sunshine and Synergy Resource Fair Marshall County Kate Duncan Smith DAR High School’s “Day Without Hate” Mental Health Fair PATHS Alabama Board of Education statewide School Safety Coordinators Training Pelham Park Middle School Suicide Awareness Walk Pickens County Schools’ 3rd Annual “Just Be” Well Pickens Back-to-School Rally St. Clair County Schools’ Community Resource Fair

Children’s Behavioral Health Services Nurse Educator Tiffany Hutto, left, Alabama State Representative Kenneth Paschal, middle, and PIRC Director Cindy Jones, right, participated in Pelham Park Middle School’s Suicide Awareness Walk event. PIRC exhibited on its services to caregivers and students attending.

“I think a lot of the PIRC program. I find it very, very valuable.”

Dionne Stevens, Mental Health Services Coordinator, Pell City Schools, St. Clair County

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