Health Care and Rehabilitation Services (HCRS), Vermont’s second largest community mental-health agency, announced today that it has elected SallyAnn Silfies to its Board of Directors. The agency will look to Silfies for unique perspectives based on her decade of service as an HCRS employee.
Silfies worked for 10 years in the agency’s Children, Youth, and Families program, from which she retired in 2013. She currently serves as Pastor of the Greater Hartford United Church of Christ in Hartford, Vermont.
“We are delighted to welcome home a valued member of our HCRS family as she begins her important role as our newest board member,” said George Karabakakis, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, HCRS. “Given her years of outstanding contributions to our intensive family-based services, we look forward to the fresh and discerning viewpoints that SallyAnn will bring to the table.”
Before joining HCRS as a staff member in 2003, Silfies served as Director of the Head Start Program in Windsor County, VT. Her late husband, Frank Silfies, was also an HCRS veteran with more than 35 years of service. He capped his career with the position of Program Director for the agency’s Emergency Services Program.
“Coming from a family with more than 45 years of combined association with HCRS, I’ve envisioned joining the agency’s board as a way to continue helping the populations that HCRS serves,” said Silfies. “With the experience I’ve gained during my years as an employee, I believe I’ve developed a foundation of unique viewpoints from which to serve.”
Founded in 1967, HCRS is a non-profit, community mental health agency serving Vermonters in Windham and Windsor counties. HCRS serves over 4,000 individuals every year through its mental health, substance abuse, and developmental disabilities programs. The Agency provides holistic care for clients, supporting them with employment, housing, transportation, and other social service needs. Visit www.hcrs.org for more information.