Illinois Addiction Provider Rosecrance Inc. & Mental Health Provider Janet Wattles Center Merge

On September 1, 2011, Rosecrance Inc., a non-profit addiction treatment provider organization in Rockford, Illinois, completed their merger with the Janet Wattles Center, a large non-profit mental health treatment provider organization, also in Rockford. The goal was to merge their administrative operations, integrate existing programs, and create new services to treat people with co-occurring mental heath and substance use disorders. The Wattles organization has become part of Rosecrance and its building has been rebranded as the Rosecrance Ware Center. The merged organization is led by Rosecrance President and Chief Executive Officer Philip W. Eaton. The merger plans . . .