The event also included an explanation of Issue 15, which is a proposed tax levy renewal that would benefit several Medina County human services agencies.

The Human Services Levy is a five year renewal that is not a tax increase. 

With the help of about 20 volunteers from seven different organizations, ADAMH Board provider, Hope Recovery Community’s Recovery Farm began the installation of a hoop house to help extend the farm’s produce season. 

Medina County ADAMH Board provider, Alternative Paths, works closely with clients referred to the Medina Municipal Valor Court. Valor Court works with Veterans through numerous support from mentors, treatment resources, and support programs to help re-integrate them back into the community and reducing recidivism risks. 

After six months of work, Medina’s Recovery Farm transformed acres of land and buildings that needed repair into a working farm with a large garden, goats, chickens and recovery housing for 12 men with substance use disorder.

Hope Recovery Community hosts the annual event, designed to remember those who have died, as well as support people who are actively struggling by providing them with resources and information. 

Several different recovery agencies, including the Medina County ADAMH Board, have joined together to help spread awareness regarding overdose risks and ways to help those in a crisis. 

Medina County Voters will see a renewal social services levy on the November Ballot. The levy provides funding for Medina County Job and Family Services, Medina County Office for Older Adults, and the Medina County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Board.

The Medina County commissioners passed a resolution Tuesday in support of the Stepping Up initiative, which focuses on reducing the number of people with mental illness in jail.

“There’s a current social service levy on the books in Medina County. It was first approved by the voters in November 2018 (and) it’s a 1-mill levy,” said Chris Jakab, Medina County administrator. “The proceeds from the levy are currently shared by our county Job and Family Services office, our (Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health) Board and our Office for Older Adults.”

The Medina Youth Resiliency and Counseling Center is a collaboration between OhioGuidestone and the Medina County ADAMH Board. Together, we offer a wide selection of mental health services for children and families so they can take steps toward a healthier future.

Medina County ADAMH Board announces the expansion of Hope Recovery Community and the new Youth Resiliency and Counseling Center in Medina.

Medina County ADAMH Board announces the new Youth Resiliency and Counseling Center.

Medina County ADAMH Board announces expansion of Hope Recovery Community Property.

Medina County ADAMH Board announces expansion of Hope Recovery Community Property and new Youth Resiliency and Counseling Center. 

Medina County ADAMH Board announces expansion of Hope Recovery Community Property. 

The two ADAMH Board owned properties celebrated their ribbon cutting ceremonies on May 12th.

Hope Recovery Community has worked to create the Medina County Recovery Friendly Workplace Initiative with support from the Medina County ADAMH Board.

The Medina County Human Services levy fundraising committee is hosting the third annual “Raising the Bar Against Abuse” event at Root 18 CrossFit.

ADAMH Board provider, Alternative Paths, has worked on creating several initiatives focusing on first responder wellness throughout Medina County. 

The Medina County Coalition for Suicide Pre­vention is happy to announce the winners of the 2023 Stomp Out Suicide Sticker Contest and the Art Made, Lives Saved Poster Contest.

The Medina County The Medina County Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Board has provided funding for the new recovery farm project.

The space is owned by the ADAMH Board and with the support of board members, construction was supported by a capital grant received from the state of Ohio.

Cathy’s House is a recovery housing program that started in Medina in 1998 and later spread into Brunswick.

Hope Peer Link is a 24/7 peer-based support service that helps connect people in recovery to prominent support via people who are in recovery themselves.

The Medina County ADAMH Board Executive Director, Phillip Titterington, stated “the ADAMH Board is thankful for he great work that all of the Medina County behavioral health agencies are providing to those in need.”

Medina County residents gathered at Public Square Sunday afternoon to participate in an effort to raise awareness of suicide and prevention resources in the community.

The Medina County ADAMH Board Executive Director, Phillip Titterington, stated “the ADAMH Board is thankful for the great work that all of the Medina County behavioral health agencies are providing to those in need.

For the past 33 years, September has been recognized as National Recovery Month to not only celebrate those living in recovery but to educate other on the importance of substance abuse treatment and mental health service for those in need.

Medina County takes part in the international event for the fifth year.

The Medina County ADAMH Board did what they they have done continuously over the past four years; they’ve responded to the needs of the recovery community. 

The Hope Recovery Community is now one of 167 recovery support organizations in the United States that have been nationally certified by Faces and Voices of Recovery.

Construction has been underway for a moth at Hope Recovery Community to expand the current building by 3,000 square feet.

Friends of Medina County Park District and MCPD are developing partnership agreements with the Medina County Historical Society, Feeding Medina County, the Medina County ADAMH Board, Hope Recovery Community, and Cathy’s House to discuss uses of the buildings and the grounds.

The Medina County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Board is working to create a 6,000 square foot child and family trauma informed outpatient center.

The Children’s Center of Medina County and OhioGuidestone, with support from the ADAMH board, has created a support group for parents and caregivers of children who have experienced sexual abuse or maltreatment.

The Wadsworth Police Department has received an award from ADAMH Board provider, Alternative Paths, recognizing the department’s responses to individuals with mental illness. 

The Medina County Human Services levy fundraising committee will hold its second annual Raising the Bar Against Abuse event at Root18 Crossfit.

For more than 30 years, the Medina County Share Cluster has collaboratively worked to promote nonviolent, drug free living for the kids in the county.

ADAMH Board provider, Alternative Paths, provides crisis intervention training.

The Art Made, Lives Saved poster and sticker contest runs through March 29th, inviting local middle schoolers to put forth original art aimed at preventing suicide.

Medina County Sheriff Terry Grice has furthered the partnership with Medina County ADAMH Board contracted behavioral healthcare organization, Alternative Paths, Inc. by adding an experienced mental health clinician to the county’s multi-jurisdictional crisis negotiation team.

When a call for SWAT is placed, law enforcement from the county is notified to respond to the call. Now, in addition to officers, a mental health clinician will respond to the call as a part of the crisis negotiation team.

One of the groups for Leadership Medina County is focusing on mental health in the community and working to promote QPR training that is funded by Alternative Paths in partnership with the ADAMH Board.

A 30-bed emergency housing shelter should be open to Medina County residents in need within the next two years, officials said Tuesday.

A push towards the creation of an emergency homeless shelter is in progress as the Medina County Housing Network works on its coordinated community plan to prevent and end homelessness.

Recovery housing is growing throughout the county as Medina-based Cathy’s House and Hope Recovery Community expand their reach to Brunswick.

A coordinated community plan to prevent and end homelessness was unanimously approved Thursday by the Medina County Housing Network.

The Medina County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health (ADAMH) Board, in collaboration with OhioGuidestone, has announced plans to host a virtual “housewarming” event during the month of February for the new recovery housing facility for women in Medina County. 

In partnership with Medina County ADAMH Board and OhioGuidestone, the Discovery Recovery House provides 11 women with the opportunity to begin their recovery process.

In Medina, another peer support group, the Hope Recovery Community, offers people in recovery help with a different facet of their lives: finding safe ways to reclaim al of their favorite activities.

Willingness to start difficult conversations was urged Sunday during the area’s eighth annual Step Up to Prevent Suicide Community Walk.

Each year, Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services recognizes those who work with individuals struggling to overcome substance use disorders by hosting a Week of Appreciation form Sept. 20-26.

Details of a coordinated homeless prevention and mitigation plan were laid out Thursday by the Medina County Housing Network at Heartland Community Church.

Alternative Paths, in coordination with the Suicide Prevention Coalition, will once again hold a “Step Up to Prevent Suicide Community Walk.

Medina County has an array of programs designed to prevent suicide.

Hope Recovery Community partnered with the Medina County Health Department in May to expand Project DAWN (Deaths Avoided with Naloxone) into additional locations due to a new grant from the Ohio Department of Health.

The Medina County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Board announced the creation of the Overdose Fatality Review Board.

As demand for services through Medina County Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Board remains consistent, the ability to meet those needs is being affected by workforce shortages according to officials.

The LOSS Team is the latest addition to ongoing suicide-prevention efforts in Medina County.

While still in the planning stages, a possible homeless shelter for Medina County appears to be moving along.

A five-bedroom men’s recovery house will open in the fall in Medina, said Jon Robinson, executive director of Cathy’s House.

The human services levy, which provides funding for the Medina County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Board, allows it to fill needed gaps not covered by any other funding sources at a time when need is growing.

The Medina County Housing Network’s Homelessness Prevention Subcommittee is in the process of hiring a consultant to assess homelessness in Medina County.

A drop-in homeless shelter is close to becoming a reality in Medina County.

A housing project for men in recovery is progressing to the point where it could open in the summer.

The Medina County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Board has hired a community relations director to provide community outreach in an effort to inform the public on the board’s mission and growing number of services.

Calls to the 24/7 Crisis and Behavioral Health Helpline have been soaring.

A much-needed, 12-bed women’s recovery house is set to open in May.

Funds from the county’s first human services levy have already started helping citizens across Medina County.

Three Medina County human service agencies with growing needs hope to place a 1.0-mill levy on the November ballot that would generate about $5 million annually.

The needs of Medina County citizens for human services continue to increase, yet the funding for these agencies is dwindling.

Three Medina County human service agencies with growing needs propose a single dedicated funding levy to the Medina County commissioners.

Medina County is recognizing first responders this week for ongoing efforts to combat the opioid epidemic.

Hope Recovery Community will open ‘Highland House’.

An average of eight people die each day in Ohio due to drug overdoses.