Wellspring history

1987 – Project Rebound — Wellspring was awarded a contract by the Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention to provide intermediate term (six to nine month) residential rehabilitation services for adolescents.

1988 – Anne Armstrong Gibson is diagnosed with Cancer

In 1988, the contract was terminated when the department hired its own substance abuse counselors.

1990 — Dual Disorder Project — Wellspring and Community Health and Counseling Services (CHCS) joined forces to provide outpatient psychoeducational services to the dually disordered—those suffering from the combined diseases of substance addiction and mental illness.

In 1992, Wellspring opened its first centre, The Coach House, on Wellesley Street East in Toronto.

Although Anne died in 1995, her vision still guides the organization’s growing network, a network that now serves individuals and families living with cancer across Canada.

1995 – Anne Armstrong Gibson dies

1999 – Wellspring Sunnybrook (Westerkirk House) opens

The dual disorder project was discontinued in 1999.

2000 – Juvenile Justice Network – Wellspring Outpatient Services was selected as a member of a network to provide individual treatment services to adolescents involved with the juvenile drug courts.

2001 – Charleston Correction Facility – Wellspring Outpatient Services was awarded a contract from the State of Maine Office of Substance Abuse (OSA) to provide individual and group substance abuse counseling at the prison.

2003 – Transitional Apartments – The Bangor Halfway House purchased two buildings to be used as transitional housing for people completing Wellspring treatment programs.

Flintbox originally worked primarily with Canadian universities and subsequently partnered with the Kauffman Foundation in 2006 to provide the technology behind Kauffman's iBridge Network, focused on the United States university market.

In 2007, Wellspring launched a services program, initially called Managed Development Services (MDS), to incubate university-based start-up companies in Western Pennsylvania.

2008 – Center for Family Medicine SBIRT Program – Partnering with the Center for Family Medicine under a three-year MeHAF grant, Wellspring provided onsite screening and referral services, Suboxone counseling services, and consultation to CFM staff.

2008 – Outpatient Mental Health Center – Wellspring was licensed to provide outpatient mental health counseling and assessments in 2008.

Wellspring launched a new version of its flagship software product in 2008, renamed the Sophia Knowledge Management System.

In 2011, Wellspring acquired FolioDirect, a Flintbox competitor, which was launched at the University of New Mexico.

2012 – Family Treatment Drug Court – As a part of the drug court team, Wellspring has provided substance abuse evaluations to all candidates for this program, offering specialized groups for participants, serving on the steering committee, and participating in weekly team meetings.