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MISSION STATEMENT

It is the mission of the West Alabama Mental Health to provide effective and efficient mental health services to individuals meeting eligibility requirements based on ability to pay. The organization is committed to continually improve the quality of care and services provided to consumers. West Alabama Mental Health will collaborate with stakeholders to ensure mutual accountability for resource stewardship and system effectiveness. The organization will operate locally responsive programs to meet the needs of the community and promote the development of innovative programs in traditional and non-traditional settings when resources are available.

VISION STATEMENT

West Alabama Mental Health’s vision is to provide responsive and accessible services in Choctaw, Greene, Hale, Marengo, and Sumter Counties. Vital to our vision is a commitment to recovery-oriented, consumer-centered care. To ensure this vision of care, WAMH will find ways to flex services and utilize community resources to promote consumer access to necessary and beneficial services. The development of services will emphasize community-based settings to support care within the community and decrease the necessity for institutional care. Care of consumers will be provided in the most cost-effective and efficient manner possible emphasizing a seamless system of care for the consumer. To ensure that consumers in need secure appropriate services, WAMHC will operate efficiently, using the creativity of staff, to retain and reinvest revenue to support organization and system improvement.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES & VALUES
• Services will be provided in an ethical and responsible manner with a focus on the dignity and rights of the individual.
• Ensure a continuum of basis programs and services.
• Expand programs and services when the resources and need have been identified.
• Use resources efficiently and effectively in providing services.
• Provide services to individuals who are eligible for needed services.
• Serve as an advocate for the rights of those individuals served.
• Provide needed services to individuals in the least restrictive environment.
• Provide needed services at an affordable rate and ability to pay.
• Work, cooperate, and plan with other community agencies and providers.
• Promote and utilize input from stakeholders.

LEGAL INFORMATION

Web Site Warranty
West Alabama Mental Health Center (herein referred to as "WAMHC") does not warrant the completeness, timeliness, or accuracy of any of the data and/or programs ("information") available at this Web site. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the information is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, included, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, or non-infringement.

Web Site Disclaimer
In no event will WAMHC be liable to any party for any direct, indirect, special, or other consequential damages for any use of or reliance upon the information found at this Web site, or on any other linked Web site, including, without limitation, lost profits, business interruption, loss of programs, or other data, even if WAMHC is expressly advised of the possibility of such damages.

Link Policy
You are granted a limited, non-exclusive right to create a hypertext link to this web site found at www.wamhc.org, provided such a link does not portray WAMHC or any of its services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise defamatory manner. This limited right may be revoked at any time.
You may not use, frame, or utilize framing techniques to enclose any WAMHC trademark, logo, or other proprietary information, including the images found at this Web site, the content of any text or the layout/design of any page or form contained in a page without WAMHC express written consent.
Except as noted above, you are not conveyed any right or license by implication, estoppels, or otherwise in or under any patent, trademark, copyright, or proprietary right of WAMHC, or any third party.

Web Site Confidentiality
Comments, suggestions, or materials sent or transmitted to WAMHC (collectively "Feedback"), shall be deemed to be non-confidential. Subject to the conditions described in the Notice of Privacy Practices, WAMHC shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such Feedback and shall be free to use and distribute the Feedback to others without limitation, including, but not limited to, developing and marketing products incorporating such Feedback.

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WAMHC makes no representations, warranties, or endorsements with respect to any web site, which may be accessed from this web site. When you access a non-WAMHC site, please understand that WAMHC has no control over the content or information at that site. It is your responsibility to protect your system from such items such as viruses, Trojan horses, and other items of a destructive nature.