{"id":138402,"date":"2020-12-19T08:11:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T13:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=138402"},"modified":"2020-12-21T04:01:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T09:01:55","slug":"local-adamhs-bd-gets-nearly-1-million-in-state-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/12\/19\/local-adamhs-bd-gets-nearly-1-million-in-state-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Local ADAMHS board gets opioid funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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COLUMBUS — Governor Mike DeWine joined with U.S. Senator Rob Portman, Recovery Ohio Director Alisha Nelson, and Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) Director Lori Criss on Friday to announce grants totaling $76,534,000 for new strategic efforts combatting Ohio\u2019s drug crisis in local communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The grants, which represent a portion of Ohio\u2019s overall share of $96 million in federal State Opioid Response (SOR) 2.0 funding, come at a time when many communities are seeing a spike in demand for behavioral health services amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. OhioMHAS will grant $58,884,000 directly to local county alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services (ADAMHS) boards and their community partners. Additional funding for innovations in approaches to connecting people to care will be made available by OhioMHAS as part the SOR 2.0 investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tri County ADAMHS board, which serves Van Wert, Mercer, and Paulding counties, will receive $931,916.59 from the state for its drug abuse programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany communities are seeing an increase in demand for mental health and substance use disorder services as the pandemic continues. The uncertainties of the pandemic intensify the struggle with substance use disorder that many Ohioans face,\u201d said Governor DeWine. \u201cThrough the leadership of the teams at OMHAS, in partnership with the agencies under the RecoveryOhio initiative, we have been better able to meet the needs of Ohioans that are struggling, and federal funding will increase the flexibility of communities to address their specific, unique needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cState Opioid Response funds are vital for Ohio\u2019s continued efforts to combat the addiction epidemic, and I\u2019m pleased to have led efforts to create this federal funding stream through the CURES legislation and to help secure this funding for Ohio. The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges and we are now seeing a heartbreaking surge in overdose deaths,\u201d said Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH). \u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m glad this federal funding will make a difference and continue to help save lives throughout Ohio. I will continue to work with my colleagues and Governor DeWine to ensure that our local communities and addiction providers have the resources they need to continue to combat this epidemic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consistent with Governor DeWine\u2019s RecoveryOhio strategies, Ohio\u2019s SOR 2.0 project seeks to strengthen and expand the available array of treatment and recovery support services available to Ohioans. County boards will leverage the grants to support a variety of projects, including treatment programs for new or expecting mothers who have an opioid use disorder, recovery housing, treatment supports for criminal justice-involved Ohioans, and expanded access to the overdose reversal drug naloxone, among others.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile addiction and mental illness are a national and statewide crisis, we know that prevention, treatment, and recovery take place in local communities,\u201d said Director Criss. \u201cThis investment marks a true partnership among federal and state government to support local planning and service delivery and improve the lives of individuals, families, and communities across Ohio.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more on what Ohio is doing to fight opioid addiction, visit recoveryohio.gov<\/a>. Click HERE<\/a> to view a one-page overview of Ohio\u2019s SOR 2.0 project and HERE<\/a> for background on Ohio\u2019s State Opioid Response efforts to date. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/submitted information COLUMBUS — Governor Mike DeWine joined with U.S. Senator Rob Portman, Recovery Ohio Director Alisha Nelson, and Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) Director Lori Criss on Friday to announce grants totaling $76,534,000 for new strategic efforts combatting Ohio\u2019s drug crisis in local communities. The grants, which represent a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 17:12:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}