RENO, NEVADA (October 10, 2022) – Google is donating $100,000 to Rural Nevada Counseling in efforts to expand mental health services to populations in need in rural Northern Nevada. This donation is expected to help increase the number of clients served by 100% within the next year.
“We are honored to help expand and provide the needed mental health resources to our rural communities in Nevada,” said Kate Franko, Google’s Regional Head of Data Center Public Affairs. “Mental and behavioral health services and education play a key role in sustaining a healthy and happy community.”
Google’s donation to Rural Nevada Counseling will help pay for salaries for additional therapists, supportive services to serve additional clients and additional outreach materials that are targeted to reach populations that might not be aware of the resources Rural Nevada Counseling provides.
“Google’s generous donation will help Rural Nevada Counseling continue to pursue the mission, vision and commitment to the wellness of our consumers, their families, and the surrounding community through prevention, intervention, treatment, and education,” said Joshua Cabral of Rural Nevada Counseling.
“We know it can be challenging for an individual to take the steps to improve their mental health. Having community partners like Google helps us provide better resources to make the journey our consumers are on, just a little bit easier.”
Rural Nevada Counseling is a Certified Community Behavioral Health Center (CCBH) that serves individuals of all ages, race, ethnicity, gender identification, economic status, or sexual orientation. Some of the services they provide include but are not limited to: Substance Misuse Evaluations, Mental Health Evaluations, Individual Therapy, School and Community-Based Drug Prevention Programs, Chronic Disease Management for the Community, Parenting Classes for Consumers, Anger Management, Rapid Response Crisis Team and Crisis Line.
For more information on Rural Nevada Counseling or to learn more about the various services they provide, please visit https://www.ruralnevadacounseling.org/.
About Google in Nevada:
Google has called Nevada home since 2019, with data centers in Henderson and Storey County. The company has partnered with trusted community institutions across the state to bring digital skills training, grant funding, and other resources to more Nevadans. In Nevada, Grow with Google has partnered with more than 60 organizations to train more than 88,000 Nevadans in digital skills, including public libraries, chambers of commerce, community colleges, and more. Google.org has awarded over $1 million in grants to nonprofits and organizations based in Nevada. Since 2014, Google’s employees based in Nevada–including company matching contributions–have donated over $409,000 in charitable giving to nonprofits. Learn more about Google in Nevada at: g.co/economicimpact/nevada
About Rural Nevada Counseling:
Rural Nevada Counseling (RNC) is committed to the wellness of our consumers, their families, and the surrounding community through prevention, intervention, treatment, and education. RNC understands that recovery is not linear but happens on a continuum, that lapses in substance misuse and mental health occur, and we are committed to walking with our clients on their recovery journey. RNC believes that for our clients to succeed, they must be engaged and treated holistically. That in many instances, mental health and substance misuse impacts the quality of life in many ways. Adverse effects of substance misuse and mental health challenges led RNC to create our behavioral health center (CCBHC), a comprehensive approach to consumer care. These additional rehabilitative mental health services help better support our clients no matter what their presenting challenges may be.
