Your Support Makes a Difference
Your support helps fund financial aid awards that allow clients to fully participate in a range of programs and services. Some programs, like our Family STEP Program and Alumni Program, are made possible entirely through your generosity.
Mark C. West Financial Aid Program
Our need-based financial aid scholarship program enables many clients and their families to access and complete treatment. While clients and families are responsible for a portion of their treatment costs, the Mark C. West Financial Aid Program helps fill the gap.
46%
of clients received financial aid awards in 2024
$9,011
average award per recipient in 2024
$2M
total financial aid awarded in 2024
"Financial aid paved the way for me to get the help I needed."
- Bryn P., a Skyland Trail alumna
Read Bryn's story
Expressive Therapies and Specialized Services
Working with our expert music, horticultural, art or recreation therapists can help open doors to the process of sharing and communication. Clients also are empowered to connect to the larger community through volunteer service opportunities and community-based social and cultural activities.
Clients also receive support from our interfaith spiritual counselor as well as training and guidance from our vocational services program. These unique programs significantly impact engagement and progress toward recovery.
Family Services
The weekly Family STEP Program connects families to peer support and mental health education with Skyland Trail clinicians and other experts in the community. STEP is offered free of charge to Skyland Trail families.
Alumni Program
The alumni program helps graduates of our program stay connected with their peers and engage in regular social opportunities. Skyland Trail clinicians provide skills boosters, and alumni support one another through peer support groups. Graduates from outside of Atlanta connect via a monthly phone call. There is no enrollment fee for the Alumni Program.
How Your Support Directly Affects Clients and Families
One Adjunctive Therapy Class
One Week of Wellness and Nutrition Instruction
One Month of Family Programming
Our Donors
Ed Bastian
Supporting World Class Mental Health Treatment “Delta is committed to making the communities where our employees live, work and serve…
Jenny Pruitt
Productive, Fulfilling Lives “Skyland Trail helps restore adults 18 and over to productive, fulfilling lives. The expert medical staff, the…
Sarah Kennedy
Sarah Kennedy is a strong supporter of the financial aid program, which enables families in the community to help families of…
Mark C. West
Building on a Legacy “My family and I value this opportunity to build on the legacy of all those who…
Rex Fuqua
Rex Fuqua has supported Skyland Trail since the beginning, joining the advisory board in 1990 and the board of directors…
Rand Glenn Hagen
The Whole Person How did you first learn about Skyland Trail? I have known about Skyland Trail for years, but…
Jackie and Tony Montag
A Critical Organization for Our Community We have been involved with Skyland Trail for many years. Every interaction, from attending…
Jane and Clay Jackson
Mental Health Affects All of Us Mental health affects all of us, including our family and friends. As a national…
Don Inman
We believe in the mission of Skyland Trail. What inspires you to renew your support each year? The Inman…
Ginny & Mark
Waking Up and Enjoying a Day “Thank you Skyland Trail and all who work and volunteer to support these wonderful people who so desperately need…
Lynda
Today My Son is Thriving “I hope that this scholarship will provide families with some measure of relief from the burden of the cost of…
Genuine Parts Company
Strengthening Communities “Promoting and supporting employee wellbeing is part of GPC’s company culture. We provide programs to our associates that focus on every aspect of…
Sharmila and Sreeni Prabhu
Helping a Great Cause “We were introduced to Skyland Trail by our friends Mark and Betsy West. We didn’t know much about the organization before…
Carrie
Financial Assistance Saves Lives In the summer of 2019, my son (age 23) had a series of events that catapulted into a full blown panic…