Grayson Rosen

Provident Behavioral Health

Provident Behavioral Health is proud to meet its mission statement each and every day: "Building brighter futures through exceptional behavioral health services, especially for those with the greatest need." Provident provides evidence-based counseling and psychiatric services to over 2,000 youth and adults annually, many of whom could not otherwise afford professional therapy. We offer services in our Access Center, counseling offices, throughout the community, and through telemental health. Provident's crisis intervention programs receive around 70,000 calls a year from individuals in crisis, and 24% of those have thoughts of suicide. Our highly trained Crisis Intervention Specialists are available twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year. We are always here. We also offer multiple platforms to address suicide prevention, including community education and training, Survivors of Suicide support groups, long-term follow-up care to suicidal individuals and an interactive peer-support social media site called Feeling Kinda Blue.We are Dedicated staff provide safe, enriching Afterschool programming to hundreds of youth in under-resourced neighborhoods. We care for our kids out of eleven City and County schools under a social emotional model that offers enrichment activities, social clubs, community give-back days and STEM activities. Provident is a proud member of the United Way of Greater St. Louis. We also receive funding from foundations, individuals and other valued community partners. Each and every gift helps us serve more people in need. You can follow us on: Twitter: @providentstlorg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProvidentSTL/