South Central Mental Health

11/07/2025

🏆Congratulations to Regina Corcimiglia, HR Specialist, on receiving the SCMHCC Board of Directors Presidential Award. Regina has been with SCMHCC for seventeen years and plays a key role in supporting payroll and HR functions. Amanda Tunnell, CFO (pictured left), describes Regina, stating "She embodies our mission through her actions every day. She is dependable, adaptable, and committed to supporting both her colleagues and the organization as a whole." Congratulations, Regina!

11/05/2025

SCMHCC substance use disorder counselors Lisa Grey, Ashlea Nicholson, and Cheryl Parker (standing) attended the SB 123 conference in Topeka on October 30th. SB 123 is an alternative sentencing pathway for nonviolent drug offenders in Kansas. The conference provided networking and learning opportunities for our providers.

11/04/2025

✨Our Augusta CBS Team needs your help! ✨

We’re creating a Children’s Calming Room in our Augusta CBS offices. This will be a comforting space designed to help youth feel safe and supported as they learn to manage their emotions during visits.

We’d love your support in helping us fill this space with items that bring calm, creativity, and comfort for the children we serve.

💚Please consider purchasing an item off our Amazon Wishlist!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1KK80YZ1JEDRJ?ref_=wl_share

11/03/2025

⭐️Social Stars Learning Center is hosting a food drive this week! All contributions are appreciated and brings hope to those in need. Please drop of donations at 340 N. Oil Hill Rd., El Dorado, KS

🥫💛 Food Drive at Social Stars El Dorado! 💛🥫

With food assistance currently on hold, our El Dorado location is stepping up to help our community! Starting today, we’ll be accepting donations for a Food Drive to create boxes for those in need.

If you have non-expired food items you’d like to donate, please bring them to our Social Stars El Dorado site!

Every can, box, and bag makes a difference — thank you for helping us support our neighbors and spread kindness. 💛

11/03/2025

👻The last couple weeks at SCMHCC was full of costumes and community joy! From trunk-or-treats, to our CBS Annual Halloween staff party, to staff costumes, it has been a busy and fun time at SCMHCC!

🌟Genie Ford was recognized as the 2025 recipient of the Ulysess Norman award - honoring a CBS team member who builds exceptional relationships with youth.

Genie’s compassion, creativity, and dedication shine through in everything she does. Families speak of her deep care, her ability to connect, and the hope she brings. Whether supporting current or former clients, collaborating with schools, or responding swiftly to referrals, Genie goes above and beyond. Congratulations, Genie! 🌟

10/31/2025

🤩Gem of the Week is Hannah Clemens! Let's get to know more about her!

💎What is your favorite part about working at SCMHCC?
The wonderful team dynamics that are intrinsic to CCBHC’s are part of what I love about working at SCMHCC. Being able to collaborate and utilize the team’s strengths and resources to help every client be as successful as possible is so rewarding. It also helps me balance and avoid burnout as well when I know our clients have a whole team that have their best interests in mind.

💎What is your proudest moment at SCMHCC?
Working in the Social Stars programs I think most of my “proudest moments” are getting to see the ‘aha’ moments or when a skill a kiddo has been working on for a long time just suddenly clicks. When they are suddenly able to integrate those skills with their peers and really blossom I feel proud and even more so just excited that I get the privilege of getting to be apart of those moments.

💎What did you want to be when you were growing up?
As a kid I really wanted to be a Mission Control Specialist with NASA, I attended as many Engineering and Space camps as I could!

💎Before working at SCMHCC, what was the most unusual or interesting job you’ve ever had?
I went to culinary school for a bit and I used to work in a bakery where I got to make pretzel bread everyday! One of the most interesting parts about the job for me was getting to work with some really ‘old’ sourdough starter!

💎What is one thing you cannot live without?
The one thing I cannot live without is my community. The people I am blessed with in my life help make everything seem so much more real and vibrant. On a less serious note, Diet Dr Pepper may also be my soulmate.

💎What do you like to do on your days off?
On my days off I love to spend time outside. Whether that be gardening, hiking, or just spending time with friends; I love to be in the sun.

💎Do you have a favorite quote?
I’m not sure I have a favorite quote but I do enjoy writing a bit in my free time and a friend recently told me this line was “tattooable” so I’ll share: “Sometimes I don’t know which part of me is speaking, only that it’s trying to say: I was here.”

10/16/2025

✔️What's on your BINGO card?

SCMHCC staff are participating in an Autumn themed Bingo challenge to encourage teamwork, physical activity, and healthy choices. We are enjoying the beautiful Kansas weather and loving all of the outside activities! What would you add to our Bingo card?

10/13/2025

🌟It's time for a new Board Member Spotlight! Let's get to know Les Limon!

💎Why did you choose to be on the Board?
I choose to be on the board of directors for South Central Mental Health because I want to continue to help the youth of our community live productive lives with peace of mind. My goal is for people to enjoy their lifestyle and be proud of themselves.

💎How long have you been a member?
I’m finishing my first year.

💎What difference do you hope to make in the community?
I hope to learn the importance of South Central Mental Health and its role in the communities. Also to continue to raise awareness in the community of the availability of services offered by South Central Mental Health.

💎What do you like most about being on the board?
It gives me the opportunity to meet the people who make South Central Mental Health possible. I like the chance to speak with the workers who show up everyday and some evenings to provide a service that is and can be life changing.

💎Who was the most influential person in your life?
My Mother, Sofie, was the most influential person in my life. She demonstrated strength, bravery, kindness, leadership, compassion, advocacy, and grit, modeling a way of life I still live by. She taught me that failure was not an option, but a stepping stone to achieve more.

💎What is something you have learned about Mental Health while on the Board?
I was a counselor at El Dorado Middle School for over thirty years which is not saying I know all there is to know about the mental health of a young person ages 10-14 years, but I am aware of how hard it is to be a middle school student. By being on the board, I have learned that the help is available in many different forms if the person and or their guardian are open to it.

💎What is a fun fact about you?
I’m a fun person, and a couple fun things about me that maybe not everyone knows is that I used to build houses here in El Dorado with my younger brother, Emilio; I also worked in the USD 490 school district for 53 years and was inducted into the Kansas Teacher Hall of Fame in 2020 before retiring in 2023.