A Message from the Executive Director
This past year our system of care showed tremendous resilience, responsibility, and resolve to support our community and in doing, helped to make Mahoning County continue to be a great place to live and work.
A major change this year was our board staff was restructured to meet the needs of the community as well as to be more visible to the people we service. We welcomed 4 new staff members whose expertise and diversity blended with our current staff to develop a strong team of professionals (pg.4).
Another major accomplishment was the infrastructure work that began on the Campus of Care. Under the leadership of the Mahoning County Board of Commissioners, and in collaboration with the West Reserve Port Authority, major renovations have taken place with an investment of over a million local, state and federal dollars.
The MCMHRB joined the Mahoning County General Health District, and the Youngstown City Health Departments, to address two major concerns. The increase in fatalities due to overdose deaths was addressed with the coordination of Project DAWN (Deaths Avoided with Naloxone), providing Narcan kits to community members. The MCMHRB also established a suicide fatality review committee to help address suicide as a serious public health problem.
With a need in the community, the LOSS/DOSS (Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors/Drug Overdose Survivor Sup-port) teams where created to provide volunteer outreach to families who have experienced a loss due to suicide or over-dose (pg.3).
All the progress of the board would not have been possible without the support of the Mahoning County tax payers. We are looking forward to this New Year to continue to meet the needs of our community.
Duane