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Pathways originally began in 1972 as Community Counseling
Consultants (CCC), a task force for the Inter-Church Council
in Clinton, Missouri, to address the lack of resources for
treating substance abuse needs. By 1974, CCC was incorporated
as a not-for-profit community mental health center. In 1987,
Jerry D Osborn became CEO of the organization and began a fundraising
drive that resulted in a new facility being built in Clinton
to house an adolescent and adult residential substance abuse
programs as well as other much needed mental health and prevention
services. The facility was completed in 1992 and is our corporate
headquarters.
In March of 1997 CCC joined with West Central Missouri Mental
Health Center, located in Warrensburg, to form Pathways Community
Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. Other opportunities to provide
accessible services have since evolved and resulted in the
addition of services previously provided by four other organizations:
Southwest Missouri Mental Health Center, Family Mental Health
Center, Family Oriented Counseling Services (FOCUS) and Royal
Oaks Hospital, which continues to operate as an inpatient behavioral
healthcare facility located in Windsor, Missouri.
Access to quality services for individuals in both rural and urban areas is
important. Pathways now serves 30 counties through 34 office locations throughout
southwest, west central, central, and south central Missouri. For more information
about services in your area, please visit Office Locations. |
