Save Time on Staff Training The Montgomery Area Mental Health Authority is a public, non-profit corporation which is governed by a 24 member Board of Directors. This Board is appointed by local governments under the Authority of Alabama Act 310 of the 1967 Alabama Legislature. The Authority provides a continuum of mental health services for persons with mental illness in a four county area in central Alabama, which includes Montgomery County, Autauga County, Elmore County and Lowndes County. “Before the online learning it took us about 3 to 4 days to complete all of the training curriculum and they were taught by our executives which tied us up for 3 or 4 days every month.”