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SKOWHEGAN — Kennebec Behavioral Health has announced that Robert Rogers, LADC, LSW, PS-C, has been promoted to assistant director for Substance Use Prevention and Grant Services.
Rob has been working with youth and families throughout Somerset County since 1994, most recently been working for KBH as coordinator of Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention, He just finished a five-year grant with Somerset Public Health as the Drug Free Communities program director. Rob also coordinates the Respect ME program KBH, a certified batterers intervention program for women that use violence with their intimate partners.
Rob has been appointed to the state’s Substance Abuse Service Commission, served by appointment on the state’s Maine Opiate Collaborative Prevention and Harm Reduction team, serves as treasurer for the Maine Prevention Specialists Certification Board, is outgoing president of the Somerset County Association of Resource Providers and recently accepted a position as adjunct professor of Substance Use Prevention at the University of Maine at Farmington. In 2014, Rob was awarded Prevention Provider of the Year by the Maine Alliance to Prevent Substance Abuse.
Carla Stockdale, KBH’s clinical director, noted that recent changes in state contracting have given KBH an opportunity to be fully responsive to prevention and intervention needs in Kennebec and Somerset counties. “KBH is very fortunate to have Rob with his wealth of knowledge and experience to help lead us in these endeavors.”
Rob lives in Clinton with his wife, Bonnie, and two grown children, Logan and McKenna.
Kennebec Behavioral Health is a nonprofit health care organization that has provided mental health and substance abuse services and supports in central Maine since 1960. KBH operates clinics in Waterville, Skowhegan, Winthrop and Augusta and has three vocational clubhouses located in Waterville, Augusta and Lewiston. For more information or to schedule an appointment for any KBH service, call 888-322-2136. Information can also be found at www.kbhmaine.org.
