Brighter DeKalb Foundation is proud to be a Kroger Community Rewards program recipient. The Brighter DeKalb Foundation is a non-profit organization in metro Atlanta, Georgia, established to support behavioral health and developmental disability services provided by the DeKalb Community Service Board. The Kroger Community Rewards program allows customers to register their Kroger Plus Card and… Read more »
World AIDS Day is Monday, December 1st. In the United States, about 1 in 5 people who has HIV doesn’t know it. The only way to know for sure whether or not you have HIV is to get tested. You could have HIV and still feel healthy. Everyone ages 15 to 65 needs to get… Read more »
DeKalb Community Service Board’s HIV Counselor Margaret Renfroe currently holds the record for administering the most number of HIV tests in the state of Georgia. In 2013, underneath Renfroe’s leadership, DeKalb Community Service Board (DeKalb CSB) administered 1,112 HIV test to DeKalb CSB clients at the organization’s DeKalb Addiction Clinic. Renfroe has been a state… Read more »
The November 20th board meeting of the DeKalb Community Service Board is open to the public for those who are interested in services for mental health, addiction and developmental disabilities. The meeting will be held at 4:00 pm at 445 Winn Way, Room 421, Decatur, GA 30030. The Advocacy Committee meeting will be held in… Read more »
DECATUR, Georgia – December 18, 2014 – The Brighter DeKalb Foundation announces the appointment of Alecea Quintyne as their new Board Chair. Brighter DeKalb Foundation is a nonprofit organization in metro-Atlanta, Georgia established to help youth and adults reclaim their lives by supporting a full continuum of behavioral health and developmental disability services provided by the… Read more »
With support from the Brighter DeKalb Foundation, DeKalb CSB helps youth and adults reclaim their lives by supporting a full continuum of behavioral health and developmental disability services. Because of generous supporters like you, numerous men and women have salvaged their lives once fractured by depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia; severely emotionally disturbed children have reclaimed their… Read more »
DeKalb Community Service Board and The Brighter DeKalb Foundation is featured in this week’s edition of CrossRoads News, Inc. See what Chief Clinical Officer Brenda Cibulas had to say regarding the agency’s recent recognition from The Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority. Read the article
DeKalb Community Service Board (DeKalb CSB), a public, nonprofit organization that provides a wide range of evidence-based behavioral health and developmental disability services to individuals in need, announced today that two new members have been selected to serve on the organization’s Board of Directors. The new members include Debra DeBerry, Clerk of Superior Court of… Read more »
An estimated 1 in 4 Americans have a diagnosable mental illness. Mental health crises occur frequently in your workplace, church, family, school and community. DeKalb CSB offers a certification course on a quarterly basis for the Mental Health First Aid adult public education program. If you would like to be notified when the next class will… Read more »
The Brighter DeKalb Foundation currently has openings for new board members. The foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps to support DeKalb Community Service Board’s mental health, addiction and developmental disability services. The board is building a robust infrastructure including creating a new marketing and funding plan. We need a strong and talented board to… Read more »
