Nichole Salmons, MSW, LCSW, BCD, Emergency Room Enhancement Services Program Director with Mark Twain Behavioral Health covering the rural nine northeastern Missouri counties (Clark, Scotland, Schuyler, Adair, Macon, Shelby, Marion, Lewis, and Knox). Nichole graduated Magna Cum Laude with her BSW from Wichita State University. During undergraduate studies, Nichole worked with the Salvation Army homeless youth and at Kansas Social Rehabilitation Services truancy department. She then earned her MSW through the Advanced Standing Program at the University of Missouri. In 1997, Nichole went on board with the Social Learning Program at Fulton State Hospital Maximum Security Unit until 2001. In 2005 Nichole opened her own private practice providing individual, family and group therapy. Nichole has led the ERE service implementation and development since its origin in August 2013 for MTBH. The team has a strong grassroots concept that has been effective in the intentional linkage with community members across the 4,604 square miles. In her spare time, Nichole works on the family Hereford Farm along with her husband, their children and her mother in-law and father in-law.