People Incorporated to Acquire Children’s Home Unit
December 28th, 2011
From the Star Tribune, December 28, 2011–People Inc., which provides mental health services to adults in the Twin Cities area, will acquire the mental health programs of Children’s Home Society & Family Services, the two St. Paul-based nonprofits announced last week. The agreement ensures that services to nearly 3,000 clients of Children’s Home in the [...]
People Incorporated Acquires Programs from Children’s Home Society & Family Services
December 22nd, 2011
NEWS RELEASE: ST. PAUL, MN — People Incorporated Mental Health Services, the state’s largest nonprofit working exclusively in the adult mental health field, is expanding its care to children. The organization announced today that it has acquired an array of programs supporting children’s mental health from St. Paul-based Children’s Home Society & Family Services (Children’s [...]
MD News Features Huss Center for Recovery
August 30th, 2011
The Twin Cities edition of MD News for May featured a cover story on our new Huss Center for Recovery. The magazine is distributed widely to physician and other health care professionals throughout the metro area. You can read the issue online on MD News. The Huss Center for Recovery provides treatment for people from [...]
Thank You Senator Berglin
July 30th, 2011
CEO Dr. Tim Burkett’s letter to the editor of the Star Tribune: State Sen. Linda Berglin, DFL-Minneapolis, has been a tenacious champion for those who don’t have a voice in state policy, especially those without access to health care (“Berglin to leave Minnesota Senate,” July 26). She’s been a guardian angel for people with mental [...]
“Hidden Homeless Society” Features Our Homeless Services
July 19th, 2011
FOX9 News recently broadcast a segment on People Incorporated’s Homeless Services programs, which help homeless people with mental illness get off the street, get medical care, and eventually move into stable housing. “Hidden Homeless Society” is a project that’s been 12 months in the making, but FOX 9 Investigator Jeff Baillon and photographer Ron Johnson [...]
People Incorporated Named to
Star Tribune’s “Top Workplaces 2011″
June 22nd, 2011
We are pleased to announce that the Star Tribune has named People Incorporated as one of the “Top Workplaces 2011″—a list of the 140 best places to work in Minnesota. The list was published on Sunday, June 19, 2011. The evaluation for the Top Workplaces program is based upon feedback from an employee survey, and [...]
Short-sighted Senate “belt-tightening”
April 7th, 2011
Cuts proposed by the Minnesota Senate threaten to eliminate all funding for mental health crisis services in the metro area.
Music Icon Judy Collins to be Keynote Speaker at Annual Luncheon May 25
March 9th, 2011
Grammy Award-winning vocalist Judy Collins will be the keynote speaker at our Annual Luncheon on May 25. An icon of the folk and contemporary music scene since the 1960s, Collins and known for her renditions of hits such as “Both Sides Now,” “Send in the Clowns,” and “Turn! Turn! Turn!/To Everything There Is a Season.” [...]
Now this is FUN-raising!
March 2nd, 2011
We are excited to introduce you to a new People Incorporated partnership that will increase our fundraising capabilities. People Incorporated and dealeebob.com have joined forces to help raise funds by offering great daily deals of up to 90% off the best restaurants, spas, family entertainment, and more.
CEO Tim Burkett on the Tucson Tragedy
January 14th, 2011
Casually linking mental illness with violence does a disservice to the vast majority of those who have a mental disorder Mentally ill. Unstable. Unbalanced. Crazy. All of these terms have been used to describe Jared Loughner, who is accused in the Arizona shooting that left six people dead and 14 wounded, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle [...]