2013 National Council Awards of Excellence: Welcome Back Awards

Circle Connections: Awards & Accreditations Each year, the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, through its Awards of Excellence, spotlights the innovative and inspirational efforts of those individuals and organizations – staff, board leaders, volunteers, consumers, families, and community partners – who are changing the lives of children, adults, and families living with mental illnesses and addiction disorders. The following are the first prize winners of Welcome Back Awards: - Community Service First Prize: Lois and Sam Bloom, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA - Destigmatization First Prize: Alison Malmon, Founder and Executive Director, Active Minds, Washington, DC - Lifetime Achievement First Prize: Major General (ARMY Ret . . .