GEMINUS
The Geminus Advantage
Partnering for the Future
“PARTNERING FOR THE FUTURE”
Geminus Board of Directors 2014-2015 Wendy Acevedo Ronald Borto, Secretary/Treasurer Herbert Cruz Augusto Flores Edmund Gunn Linda Jonaitis Gina Jones Daniel Klein Donald Levinson, Chairman Tameka Mullings Terrence Quinn Leslie Rittenmeyer, Vice Chairman Donna Stath
Geminus Executive Team Sanford R. Kauffman, President
8400 Louisiana Street Merrillville, Indiana 46410 219.757.1800 Fax: 219.757.1810
Norma Jean Juel, Executive Assistant to the President Karen Carradine, Ed.D., Geminus Head Start Eric Evans, Prevention Services Sonia Magallon, ASO Services Nicholas Neal, Family Services
The Community Behavioral Health Network is accredited by CARF
Geminus Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Regional Mental Health Center
Sanford R. Kauffman, President www.geminus.org
What is Geminus Corporation? Geminus Corporation began as an innovative, cost-effective administrative services organization (ASO) which serves community mental health centers and provides support to human services programs. Since 1992, Geminus has contracted to manage a growing continuum of human services programs. Geminus was founded by two Indiana community mental health centers: Tri-City Comprehensive Community Health Center, East Chicago, Indiana & Southlake Center for Mental Health, Merrillville, Indiana. Southlake Center for Mental Health and Tri City Community Mental Health merged on July 1, 2009 to form Regional Mental Health Center
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administrator of federal funds through the STOP ACT Grant for Alcohol Awa rene ss a nd Prevention in partnership with local universities.
Geminus is a not-for-profit organization that Provides
administrative management services to REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, located in Merrillville and East Chicago, Indiana
Supplies administrative services to the organization and the employees of REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, GEMINUS CORPORATION and all GEMINUS human services/social programs: Head Start, Family Services a n d Prevention Services.
Robert D. Krumwied is the President/CEO of Regional Mental Health Center. Sanford R. Kauffman is the President of Geminus Corporation
Is administrator for an 15 million dollar
The administrative support services provided by Geminus include but are not limited to:
Is administrator for the North Township
Information Management Services, Human Resources, Financial Services, Accounting, Purchasing, Payroll, Pension Management, Patient Financial Services, Communication, Services, Public Relations and other Management Services for behavioral health providers and human service/social programs and organizations
federal Head Start/Early Head Start grant serving both Lake and Porter Counties at various locations
Communities that Care which engages and motivates community members in creating a plan that best addresses the risk and protective factors that are underlying causes of the youth problem behaviors found within that community.
Is administrator of the statewide program, “Leading and E du c a t i n g Across Domains” (L.E.A.D.) Initiative, which is a model for youth leadership and Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs (ATOD) development that incorporates the assessment, enhancement, expansion and evaluation of current youth leadership programming and the implementation of youth leaders into ATOD programming.
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administrator of the Local Coordinating Council for Lake County which provides funding to local agencies for activities in the areas of treatment, prevention and law enforcement.
Provides
child-centered and family focused system with services through our Circle Around Families, Child Mental Health Initiative targeting Lake County, Indiana.
Provides central intake services for the Northwest Indiana Child Development Fund Program
Care
Assists families in Lake County through our Community Partners program to stay together whether the obstacles are job loss, behavioral problems, domestic violence, alcohol or drug addiction or other family issues. Helping solve problems before they become unmanageable is our goal.
Provides
prevention and treatment programs for non-custodial fathers in the child welfare and juvenile justice system through our Real Fathers Initiative via increased involvement by fathers and their families in the lives of their children.
Manages
the Community Behavioral Health Network and is certified by CARF