public hearing on mental health and substance abuse needs, Georgia
Hamblin was recognized for her 24 years of service as a Four Corners
Behavioral Community Health Care board member.
Councilperson Judy Carmichael, Grand County’s
elected member of the Four Corners Community Behavioral Health board of
trustees presented Georgia with a plaque and small honorarium in
recognition of her years of service.
Hamblin was appointed by the county commission to
the mental health advisory board in 1981. At that time, Four Corners
was a county agency of the four counties of Southeastern Utah.
Twenty-four years later, the commission is now a
council, Four Corners is now a private, not-for-profit behavioral
health agency and the county advisory board is now a board of trustees.
Hamblin has given unstintingly of her time through more than two
decades of sometimes disorienting changes.
Originally appointed as a skeptical watch-dog for a
county commission that was not quite sure if mental health services
were really needed, Hamblin became a powerful advocate for community
mental health and substance abuse services while retaining her
watch-dog mentality to insure that services were run efficiently.
She has worked diligently to educate herself about
mental health and substance abuse services by attending several
national training conferences. Hamblin proposed and pushed for the
adoption of effective drug-free workplace policies for Four Corners.
“It is unusual to have a board member with 24 years
of experience in a single agency,” said Bob Greenberg, Four Corners
executive director. “Georgia has been a tremendous
asset for both Four Corners and our community.”