Provident Behavioral Health
Denise Bentele, APR, has a robust background in public relations and communications, currently serving as a board member at Provident, Inc. since February 2012 and as the owner of Common Ground Public Relations since 2003. Prior experience includes roles as Senior Vice President at The Standing Partnership from 1998 to 2003, Communication Specialist at St. Louis Children's Hospital from 1993 to 1995, and Senior Account Executive at Fleishman-Hillard from 1990 to 1993. Denise earned a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia between 1985 and 1989 and attended Mary Institute from 1979 to 1985.
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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/