SPARC Services & Programs

09/25/2025

Celebrating two beautiful brides from our Arkansas FCT Team. Congratulations Allie who gets married on Sunday and Emily who gets married in 2 weeks ❤️

09/25/2025

NCPC was able to celebrate the contributions of DMH Director Kelly Crosbie on her extraordinary contributions to our system! Thank you Kelly for all of your advocacy!

09/24/2025

SPARC Services and Programs is proud to participate in the 2025 Mental Wellness Fair in the Town of Wake Forest! We’re honored to share that Caylee Gilham, Clinical Director, will be the keynote speaker, presenting “The Screen Effect: Understanding Social Media’s Impact on Developing Brains” — an important conversation about how social media influences children and adolescents in our community.

Join us on September 27 from 1–4 PM at 405 S. Brooks St., Wake Forest, NC 27587 . This FREE event is a wonderful opportunity for the community to come together to learn, connect, and strengthen conversations around mental wellness. Come check out table to learn more about mental wellness and our services.

09/23/2025

Celebrating feedback from one of our client's who receives Community Support Team (CST) from SPARC. We are passionate about providing the highest quality of community based services for adults.

09/22/2025

Celebrating Feedback. During our recent satisfaction surveys, some of our TCM members had this to say about their services with us.

09/19/2025

Excited to celebrate Lacey Brandenburg, VP of Arkansas Operations, as she has attained her FCT Level 3 Certification.

Lacey now holds her FCT Levels 1, 2, and 3 Certifications as well as her Supervisory Certification with the FCT Foundation. Congratulations Lacey on this amazing accomplishment!

09/19/2025

Our team had a blast at the NCPC Conference this week in Asheville NC.
Thank you Caylee, Abram, and Helen for representing SPARC!

09/04/2025

09/03/2025

🌟 Hope. Unite. Thrive. 🌟
Join us for the NC Providers Council 2025 Annual Conference
📅 September 15–16, 2025
📍 Crowne Plaza Resort Asheville, NC

This year’s theme—Hope. Unite. Thrive.—celebrates the power of collaboration, resilience, and shared purpose across North Carolina’s behavioral health, I/DD, and child & family welfare communities.

Expect: ✅ Statewide policy and program updates
✅ Cross-sector networking
✅ Best practices in service delivery
✅ CE credit opportunities
✅ A renewed commitment to inclusive care

09/02/2025

The Burke County Opioid Advisory Board (OAB) has taken a significant step in addressing the opioid crisis by advancing a series of formal funding recommendations to the Burke County Board of Commissioners.

08/28/2025

SPARC Team Members Teri Herrmann, Lacey Brandenburg, and Kriste Bryant had a fantastic time at the 51st Annual Behavioral Health Institute in Hot Springs, AR. We had an opportunity to share our mission and celebrate a behavioral health champion; Bridget Atkins.

08/25/2025

Celebrating Success. Our ACT Team is truly amazing and helping their clients in every way possible to achieve their goals. Molly McGirt, BSN, DNP, PMHNP-BC shared the below as one of many examples of the support the ACT Team provides day in and day out.

"When this client first entered ACT services, he was experiencing severe mania-induced psychosis that eventually led to homelessness. His case was considered extremely high acuity, drawing attention not only from Alliance but even reaching the Secretary of State of North Carolina due to ongoing concerns from his natural supports about his mental health and the risks he posed to himself and others.

During this period, he endured multiple hospitalizations, court involvements, and incarcerations. Despite these challenges, the ACT Team remained consistent and unwavering in their support. Through the combined efforts of all specialties on the team—psychiatric care, therapy, case management, nursing, and peer support—he was able to stabilize his psychiatric symptoms and take meaningful steps toward recovery.

With intensive wraparound support, the ACT Team helped him secure housing and begin rebuilding his life. Today, he is living independently, maintaining his housing, and has not had any recent hospitalizations or incarcerations. His progress demonstrates not only his resilience but also the power of collaborative, person-centered care.

The client and his natural supports express deep gratitude for the ACT Team’s dedication, noting how their continuous support has allowed him to achieve stability and live a functional, independent life despite the challenges of severe mental illness. His story is a powerful example of hope, recovery, and the impact of comprehensive community-based care."

Thank you to Molly and the entire ACT Team for truly outstanding care!