Andy Hagler is the Executive Director of The Mental Health Association in Forsyth County—a local non-profit, non-governmental advocacy agency—and has held this position since May 1997. Since taking the Association’s helm, his agency provides an array of non-clinical mental health programs and services such as:
- Client & Family Support Groups
- Representative Payee Services
- Mental Health Information & Referral/Access Services
- Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) mental health trainings to law enforcement officers
- Client, Family and Legislative Advocacy Services
- “Mental Health 101” Community Education Services
- Community Screening Events for Depression and Anxiety
- Community Partnerships and Collaboratives to address and fill in gaps in existing mental health and related community-based services