Category: New Programming

20th Anniversary Founders Message

The long anticipation was over. We would open CooperRiis Healing Community on June 15th, 2003, after spending three years fundraising, building, and planning for that

June 15, 2023

CooperRiis Launching PHP!

Partial Hospitalization Program! CooperRiis Healing Community is launching a Partial Hospitalization Program in Asheville, NC! CooperRiis, a non-profit mental health treatment program introduces our new

April 11, 2023

Program Enhancements for Autism/Neurodiversity

by Alison Hamrick, Autism Program Coordinator Examples of enhancements Features such as micro scheduling, visual supports, concrete language usage, and the integration of sensory diets,

August 19, 2022

CooperRiis Serving People with Autism/Neurodiversity

CooperRiis has been talking about intentionally serving people with autism/neurodiversity for nearly five years. What does intentionally mean? We have been serving people on the

August 8, 2022

Announcing New Autism/Neurodiversity Programming

CooperRiis is pleased to welcome people with autism/neurodiversity at our Farm campus. This enhanced programming will specifically serve people who have mental health challenges that are considered the primary diagnosis and who

July 26, 2022

CooperRiis Staff Highlight-Laurie Rovin

Checking in with our Chief Development Officer We wanted to check in with Chief Development Officer Laurie Rovin, as she has been in her role now

May 3, 2021

CooperRiis Spring Update

Hope springs eternal; not only are we seeing it springing up on our campuses with beautiful blooms and bursting colors, but we are also seeing it

April 21, 2021

CooperRiis Welcomes New Chief Development Officer

CooperRiis Healing Community is pleased to announce that Laurie Rovin has joined our team as Chief Development Officer. Laurie previously led two different organizations, A Child’s Haven and Pendleton

January 25, 2021

2020 Update from the President & CEO

Dear Friends, 2020 has been an incredible year. Last year at this time, CooperRiis was excited to announce our new College Program. The idea was (and

December 29, 2020

November 2020 – Update – CooperRiis at Asheville

We opened the CooperRiis at Asheville program on September 1st of this year. The program continues with our mission as a primary mental health facility, and it provides an intensely structured clinical

November 19, 2020

November 2020-Update- Message from President & CEO Eric A. Levine

Dear Friends, 2020 has been a challenging year for everyone. The pain that so many people have experienced is hard to put into words. The

November 13, 2020

CooperRiis at Asheville Celebrates One Month!

CooperRiis at Asheville opened exactly one month ago today! We are proud to report that our program is being very well received. Both families and referral sources

October 1, 2020

CooperRiis’ Full Continuum of Care

With the opening of our CooperRiis at Asheville program, we are proud to offer a full continuum of care. Starting with short-term stabilization, with the

October 1, 2020

New Mental Health Residential Program CooperRiis at Asheville Opens

CooperRiis at Asheville opened September 1st, 2020 ASHEVILLE, N.C. — CooperRiis residential mental health treatment and healing community in Western North Carolina officially opened its new program on

September 2, 2020

CooperRiis at Asheville is now open!

CooperRiis at Asheville is now open! We are accepting referrals! CooperRiis at Asheville completes the CooperRiis continuum of services by offering residential treatment that is intensely clinical,

September 1, 2020

CooperRiis at Asheville is Ready to OPEN!

CooperRiis at Asheville is ready to go! We will begin accepting formal referrals on 9/1/20! We have been getting a lot of informal inquiries and look forward to

August 26, 2020

August Update on CooperRiis at Asheville Program Opening

The new “CooperRiis at Asheville” is set to begin accepting applications on 9/1/2020. The phone number for the program is 844-522-1234. That number is live

August 21, 2020

CooperRiis at Asheville-Clinical Staff Highlight-Christina Jacob

Getting to know one of our therapists, Christina Jacob, MSW, LCSW. What is your educational background and how did you come to enter this field?

August 21, 2020

CooperRiis at Asheville-Clinical Staff Highlight-Dr. Amy Zimmerman

Getting to know CooperRiis at Asheville’s Doctor of Psychiatry, Dr. Amy Zimmerman Can you please give us some background on your education and more specifically

July 30, 2020

Family Education Program goes Virtual

History & Vision Family Education has been a fundamental part of the CooperRiis program for as long as we have been in existence. Don Cooper

July 27, 2020

CooperRiis at Asheville-Clinical Staff Highlight-Johnnie Featherston

Can you tell us about your upbringing and undergraduate experience? Where are you from? We’re curious about your fondness for the Appalachian Culture as well.

July 21, 2020

CooperRiis Launches New Insurance Driven Intensive Clinical Program

“CooperRiis at Asheville” to open September 1st, 2020 CooperRiis residential mental health treatment and healing community in Western North Carolina is pleased to introduce their

July 7, 2020

Helping Families with Health Insurance Benefits

CooperRiis has a new partnership that will help families obtain health insurance reimbursements. We now work with SJ Health Insurance Advocates, an industry leader that

June 16, 2016

World-class Harvard neuroscientist joins CooperRiis for cutting edge research to improve how the brain functions

An award winning neuroscientist from Harvard, Carl M. Anderson, has joined our healing community. He will be our research director, and he will spearhead leading

June 9, 2016

CooperRiis in the Big Apple: Recovery Coach Erin Walker pays a visit to Fountain House to learn from their renowned supported employment model.

Erin Walker, Recovery Coach in our Asheville Community Program (ACP), has been with CooperRiis for three years. As a recovery coach, Erin is part of

June 4, 2013