About Journey Health System

WHO WE ARE

Journey Health System is an affiliate network comprised of behavioral health companies staffed by 900 full-time and part-time individuals. The seven affiliates include six non-profits, which deliver mental health care to a total of 22 counties across Pennsylvania: 

• Beacon Light Adult Residential Services (BLARS) 
• Beacon Light Behavioral Health System (BLBHS) 
• Deerfield Behavioral Health (DBH) 
• Dickinson Center, Inc. (DCI) 
• Forest Warren Mental Wellness Association (FWMWA) 
• Stairways Behavioral Health (SBH)
• Plus, we manage a unique "level of care" software tool: Deerfield Solutions

Journey Health System is headquartered in Bradford, Pennsylvania.  Our team coordinates a variety of administrative functions within and between the affiliated organizations. They include:

• Fiscal
• Human Resources
• Corporate Compliance
• Information Technology
• Clinical Best Practice consultation
• Enhanced Risk Management capabilities
• Bulk Purchasing of goods and services
• Marketing and Communications
• Facilities Management
• Fundraising/Development

The Journey Health System Board of Directors includes representatives from each of the member organizations. 

OUR GOALS

The mission of Journey Health System is to serve your mission. We do this by:

•  Bringing like-minded agencies together under a support corporation concept to maximize strengths while neutralizing weaknesses
•  Increasing opportunities for service growth and leveraging best practices for better outcomes
•  Enhancing financial stability and bargaining strength
•  Identifying needs within individual communities and developing programs and services locally to serve those needs
•  Leveraging the extensive expertise of both clinical care as well as human service administration and support to provide the public, as well as other providers, with the stability of local healthcare options.

OUR VALUES

•  Community First
•  Client Centered
•  Responsive to Community Needs
•  Strong and Reliable
•  Local and Consistent