Commitments / Values

Aurora Mental Health Center is committed to helping everyone in our care live a full and rewarding life, free of the debilitating effects of mental illness.  We do this by providing quality preventative education, the right clinical care when needed, and by teaching coping and life management skills that enable people in all circumstances to control their attitudes, emotions, behaviors, and their lives.

Our Mission
Aurora Mental Health Center is committed to creating healthy and secure communities by providing the least restrictive service that ensures quality, appropriate, and efficient care.

Our Goals
The Center continues to pursue its goals of:

• Providing effective, accessible, and responsive mental health services in a cost effective manner with the resources we have available.
• Maximizing the number of people treated, regardless of their ability to pay.
• Emphasizing the involvement of family and other social relationships in all of our services.
• Providing our expertise and professional services to enable our clients, owners, and community partners to accomplish our shared mission.
• Continuing to search for new technologies and methods of treatment for the best interest of our clients.

Our Initiatives

Over the past year, we have initiated and further developed several programs to reach more people.  These include:

• Happiness Class which has helped hundreds of people adjust their attitudes, behavioral patterns, and channel their thoughts and energy into more productive actions.
• School-based program which helps children deal with disorders that affect their ability to learn.
• Community Wellness program which has helped thousands of individuals develop the skills needed to improve their sense of overall well-being.
• Faith-based initiative which partners with faith leaders to integrate clinical care with spiritual values.

Our Values

The Center is a vital asset to our community by providing mental health services that might not otherwise exist in Aurora and the surrounding communities.  Our values to the community are:

• Professional medical staff
• Top-notch internship programs developing professionals and leaders
• Confident leadership developed through our L.E.A.D. program
• Partnerships with other organizations to teach and learn from