Alliance Healthcare Services

08/04/2026

Back-to-school season is here, and our SBBHL team was out in the community for it! Saturday, our team joined 2 events to spread the word about our youth services. SBBHL = School-Based Behavioral Health Liaison

Memphis-Shelby County Schools' Back to Greatness Block Party, one of many community partners on-site to help families get ready for the 2026-27 school year. And Rich Off Education's Back to School Bash at Marquette Park, sharing resources with Memphis families as kids get ready for a new year.

MSCS families left with school supplies, uniforms, physical exams, immunizations, dental services, and more, made possible by a wide network of district staff, volunteers, and community partners working together. We were glad to be a small part of that on Saturday.

To the students, teachers, and school leaders starting the year this week: we're wishing you a great one.

07/31/2026

On Friday, The Alliance Foundation brought the nexAir STEM Ice Cream Lab to our Whitney campus in Frayser.

nexAir's STEM volunteers made ice cream with liquid nitrogen, explained the science behind it, and talked with kids about their own careers: handling industrial gases, designing the equipment that stores and moves them, keeping hospitals, food plants, and manufacturers supplied. Real jobs, here in Memphis.

Thank you to nexAir for sending a team out on a Friday afternoon, and to The Alliance Foundation for putting it together.

Learn more about The Alliance Foundation: thealliancefoundation.org

07/31/2026

The Alliance Foundation and nexAir spent the last Friday of summer break making ice cream at 320 degrees below zero, and talking to kids about STEM careers at nexAir.

https://www.alliance-hs.org/post/the-nexair-stem-ice-cream-lab-came-to-whitney

07/30/2026

You can find us at two Back to School events this Saturday, August 1:

📍 Back to School Bash with Rich Off Education
Marquette Park, 4946 Alrose Ave, starting at 9 a.m.

📍 MSCS Back to School Block Party
Memphis Sports and Event Center, 995 Early Maxwell Blvd, starting at 10 a.m.

Stop by our table, say hello, and grab free resources for your family.

We were glad to join Regional One Health at their Back-to-School Community Fair earlier this month, too. Our school-based team met a lot of great families.

One more thing worth knowing before the first bell. Our Children & Youth Crisis Wellness Center is open. It is a place where young people ages 4 to 17 can get help during a mental health crisis, right here in Memphis. That option did not exist for students last school year. If your child needs help this year, help is close to home.

24-Hour Crisis Line: (901) 577-9400

07/27/2026

🎒 School starts Monday. If your child seems off this week, where do you even start?

Dr. Marissa Gray of the University of Memphis answered that on WMC Action News 5, and her first piece of advice was not “find a therapist.” It was: start with the people who see your child every day. Their teacher. Their school counselor.

She also pointed families to Alliance, including the support we provide inside Shelby County schools. Nobody asked her to. 💙

Clip courtesy of Action News 5
Full segment and our parent guide are linked in our bio.

📞 (901) 369-1410

07/20/2026

Tennessee just launched the Family Empowerment Initiative: 90 days of in-home support for families after a child's behavioral health crisis. Weekly visits, coping and communication skills, a plan the family builds. Free, with no insurance billed. Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

The state is utilizing Memphis-based Youth Villages, which serves 84 of the state's 95 counties.

Stabilizing a crisis is a beginning, not an ending. Follow-up care is where trust gets rebuilt. Good to see Tennessee investing there.

The State of Tennessee has partnered with Youth Villages to provide support for families after a mental or behavioral health crisis.

07/16/2026

We were honored to open the doors of our Crisis Wellness Center to the Memphis Police Department’s Clergy Collaborative.

Born from Chief Davis’s vision, the Clergy Collaborative is building a model of public safety rooted in empathy, healing, and faith. Under the leadership of Retired Colonel and Pastor James E. Kirkwood, MPD’s Community Outreach Programs Manager, it unites pastors, chaplains, and faith leaders across Memphis to serve as trusted messengers of peace, hope, and restoration in the neighborhoods that need it most.

Standing with these community leaders, our CEO Laurie Powell reminded everyone that healing happens in community. When faith, public safety, and behavioral health care work together, our neighbors are the ones who benefit.

Thank you to Pastor Kirkwood and every faith leader who joined us. We are proud to walk this road with you. 🤝

07/08/2026

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The FY27 budget continues Shelby County’s investment in the new Mental Health, Safety, and Justice Center, an innovative facility that will provide critical support for individuals in crisis, strengthen public safety, and help build healthier communities.
That's how we keep our .

07/02/2026

Our Turning Point peer recovery team and Peer Wellness Coaches took the cookout to the North Hill Woods community. 💛

Neighbors, full plates, and real conversation over the grill. This is peer support meeting people right where they live.

06/30/2026

After 26 years and 8 months with Alliance Healthcare Services, Loretta Rhodes is retiring, and her team at 2100 Whitney made sure she knew just how much she'll be missed.

Ms. Loretta spent her career with Alliance's Planned Respite program, supporting families and caregivers through some of their hardest days. Her employee, Karl Woods, surprised her with a plaque recognizing her as the exceptional supervisor she's always been.

Congratulations, Ms. Loretta. Thank you for nearly three decades of caring leadership and service to Shelby County families.