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Posted: Dec 6, 2010 10:58

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Rosecrance Health Network
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Judy Emerson
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December 6, 2010

Rosecrance Health Network and Janet Wattles Center have joined forces to create the most comprehensive behavioral health network in the state of Illinois.

Leaders of the two organizations say the affiliation is driven by the belief that, together, they can better serve individuals who seek treatment for mental health issues, addiction, and co-occurring disorders.

Rosecrance provides addiction treatment, and Janet Wattles offers mental health services. Each is a non-profit organization, and each is the largest provider of its type of healthcare in Northern Illinois. Rosecrance serves more than 5,000 families annually; Janet Wattles has 7,000 consumers each year.

The governing boards of each organization unanimously approved the affiliation, which makes Rosecrance Health Network the parent company and Janet Wattles a subsidiary corporation. The combined workforce of the two organizations is 553 staff, and the combined budgets total almost $46 million.

The affiliation agreement will be finalized on Dec. 17 and take effect Jan. 1, 2011. The boards began discussing affiliation more than a year ago.

"This was an opportunity to join two financially strong organizations to create a network of behavioral health services that is unequaled in the state of Illinois," said Philip W. Eaton of Rosecrance, who will be the President and CEO of the newly created entity. "We are linking two highly educated, superbly motivated groups of employees to improve the quality of behavioral health care in this region."

Frank Ware, current President and CEO of Janet Wattles, said that the two organizations already work closely together to serve individuals who have co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders. Rosecrance and Janet Wattles have collaborated in the past on public policy issues and program development. The agencies frequently refer clients to each other.

Ware will become Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Mental Health Services in the new corporate structure.

"This is all about improving care in this community and region," Ware said. "Phil and I have long had great respect for each other and for our respective workforces. This is truly a case where the sum will be greater than the two parts.

"We will be better together."

Both organizations have decades of stability in top leadership. Eaton has been at Rosecrance since 1971 and he has been president and CEO since 1982. Ware took the helm at Janet Wattles Center in 1989 after years of leadership at another mental health treatment center in Illinois.

For more information, contact Judy Emerson, Director of Communications, at 815-387-5605 or emersonj@rosecrance.net.

Rosecrance is a non-profit agency and a national leader in adult and adolescent substance abuse treatment services offering a full continuum of programs and services, including inpatient, outpatient, detoxification, young adult and gender-specific programs, and transitional living for adult women, mothers with children and teens. Rosecrance is dedicated to providing quality, evidence-based addiction counseling under the direction of a strong staff in an environment that fosters lasting recovery. All programs are family-centered and focus on helping individuals and their families develop the tools needed to rebuild their lives and find hope in the future.


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