2026 CHNA Implementation Strategy

Approximately 4,500 adults and 24,000 children are reached by the CHIPS Centerʼs educational sessions and trainings annually.

Psychiatric Intake Response Center (“PIRC”)

The PIRC is a no cost, confidential phone response center. Licensed mental health professionals answer calls and link adult

the state, averaging a community outreach of over 3,000 individuals annually. The PIRC receives around 2,000 calls annually from almost every county in Alabama. The Center also provides ongoing behavioral health consultation and presentations to area school systems. PIRC will continue the core work to develop and maintain the PIRC database to provide additional resources and support to individuals who contact the PIRC line. PIRC will also plan a media and marketing push in 2026 to raise awareness/ education on the service to the general public.

caregivers and community providers to the most appropriate mental health resources for children and teens. Additionally, support, education, and safety planning are provided. The PIRC team exhibits at multiple conferences, providing information to professionals, schoolteachers, counsellors, DHR personnel, and others throughout

Amelia Center

The Amelia Center serves an average of 300 children from over 25 counties annually. The center provides grief counseling to children impacted by the death of a sibling, parent/guardian and adults impacted by the death of a biological child, or child for whom they are the guardian. Individual and family counseling is available at no fee to parents or grandparents anticipating or grieving the loss of a child or grandchild. Group counseling is also available, including parents peer support, a mother’s group, a father’s group, and an infant loss group. Children’s of Alabama and the United Way of Central Alabama provide funding for the Amelia Center.

Children’s Hospital Intervention and Prevention Services (“CHIPS”) Center

Approximately 4,500 adults and 24,000 school-aged children in four counties (Je‡erson, Lawrence, Pickens and Shelby counties) are reached by the CHIPS Center’s educational sessions and trainings annually. The CHIPS Center also provides counseling for suspected victims of child abuse and neglect at no cost to the community. CHIPS will continue to promote health and healing for

those a‡ected by suspected child abuse and neglect and provide annual school and community training on Erin’s Law, a measure passed by 38 states including Alabama, which requires all public schools to implement a prevention-oriented child sexual abuse program.

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IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY