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The Survivors of Homicide Loss Group Support Network is a collaboration between local government and nonprofit agencies.
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The Summit County Outreach Team initiative consists of Akron Fire, Akron Police and a behavioral health specialist who will respond to mental health calls.
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Officials want the community to buy in to a program which would bring mental health workers to crisis calls instead of police and help tailor it to meet local needs.
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The Valentine Project and BigHearted Blooms work year-round to bring joy to sick kids and people in care facilities.
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Health experts say, with patience and an open mind, the holidays provide parents and their college-age children an opportunity for important mental health conversations.
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The Student Assistance Program in some Ohio schools connects students with tools in order to remove obstacles to learning and is now incorporating mental-health resources.
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Use of force incidents that occur during mental health calls for officers who receive Crisis Intervention Team training are few and far between, but people are still hesitant to involve police in mental health crises.
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The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services has received $879,509 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to support the mental health needs of East Palestine.
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There are only three residential mental healthcare facilities serving Plain people, Amish and some Mennonites, in the U.S., and one is in Dundee, Ohio. Learn about how one Amish man serves as a liaison to others in the Plain community for services at the in-house program Woodside Rest.
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Akron Children’s Hospital opened on Tuesday a new behavioral health center in Canton that will offer many of the outpatient services available at its main campus in Akron.