A Legacy of Care - Melissa Grove
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Melissa Grove M.S., LPC has served as Executive Director of Legacy Counseling Center, Inc. since 1999, transforming the agency into the largest provider of mental health services for HIV+ people in the South. The Grace Project National Conference for Women Living with HIV she founded hosts 200 HIV+ women annually. Other projects include founding Legacy Founders Cottage, an AIDS care facility, and creating the centralized housing solution, Homebaseforhousing.org website. Her newest program, Legacy Master Leasing, sublets apartments to homeless people living with HIV. Ms. Grove speaks around the nation on issues pertaining to mental health, relationships, muscular dystrophy, HIV and chronic illness She additionally has a private therapy practice in Dallas, TX.
She was named the 2014 Public Citizen of the Year through the North Central Texas National Association of Social Workers, and received the 2015 Black Tie Dinner Kuchling Humanitarian Award. Currently Ms. Grove has served on the National Consumer Advisory Committee for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and consults on the STS4HIV Project, a project of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
