Meridian Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. received a $25,000 grant from the Capital City Bank Group Foundation. A non-profit organization which promotes recovery and offers solutions to those facing mental illnesses, addictions and other social challenges, MBHCI was given a “Tipping Points” grant. Every year, the Capital City Bank Group Foundation awards these grants to help non-profit organizations reach long-standing goals. Meridian will use these funds to support its Boys Recovery Center, a diversion effort for boys, age 11 to 17, offering a last opportunity to avoid juvenile detention.

“This grant will make an enormous impact toward the complete renovation of our Boys Recovery building,” said Karen Rice, Senior Vice President/Advancement for MBHCI. “In order to make the program more successful, we aim to create a comfortable, healing atmosphere, transforming the facility into a homelike space designed with youth in mind.”

MBHCI serves Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Suwannee, and Union Counties, along with acute services to Putnam County. Boys in the recovery program live for up to eight months in the current facility. Representatives say this grant will enable comfort during a period of instability and growth.

“We are grateful to be in a position to help Meridian reach its goal,” said Bill Smith, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Capital City Bank Group. “We hope this grant for the Boys Recovery Center Renovation Project will provide much-needed initial funding, as well as public awareness in the community. Capital City Bank associates are proud to support this cause and all the things the Boys Recovery Center does to help these young men and their families.”

The Capital City Bank Group Foundation is a non-profit organization created in 1983 by Capital City Bank Group, and it provides grants to non-profit, charitable organizations and institutions in the communities it serves. For more information on Capital City Bank Group, visit www.ccbg.com. To learn more about how you can support or utilize Meridian Behavioral Healthcare, Inc., visit www.mbhci.org.