MHRSB Provider Network

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Canton Community KidSummit Against Drugs enhances Stark County resident’s quality of life by providing and participating in activities designed to preclude the harmful effects of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug use. We are customer outcome driven, access community resources and use the best ATOD prevention resources and personnel available to bring our services into customer neighborhoods.  KidSummit’s target populations are Stark County families with youth age eight through adolescence.

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The Canton Friendship Center provides a social center for adults with mental, physical and/or developmental disabilities. The center offers a welcoming environment to meet with friends and to relax. Activities are planned and occur both inside and outside of the agency. The Canton Friendship Center also houses the Canton Center Payee Program, which provides money management services. Payee program representatives work closely with each client and other involved parties to create a budget which provides for living expenses as well as savings.

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Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health (C&A) is a full service, trauma-informed mental health organization specializing in the emotional and behavioral needs of children, adolescents, young adults and their families. Using evidence-based measures our highly skilled team of consultants and assessors provide screening or comprehensive evaluations for a wide variety of presenting concerns. C&A can provide psychological testing when specific circumstances warrant additional information. These may include but are not limited to: ADHD, early childhood and developmental concerns, trauma and/or loss, severe disruptive behaviors, sexually inappropriate and adjudicated juvenile offenders, and mood disorders. C&A also offers board-certified, child and adolescent psychiatric evaluations. Access to a developmental pediatrician is available for the early childhood population when needed.

C&A’s professional staff is trauma-informed and trained in evidence-based and clinical best practices. A number of staff are certified trauma specialists. Many of our services are provided in preschools and public schools around Stark County. Services are also provided in client’s homes and C&A offices located in Canton, Alliance and Massillon.  Parents are strongly encouraged to be an active member of the treatment team. Treatment services include: individual and family therapy, fun and effective group therapies, therapeutic residential camp, community support (case management), psychiatric medication management, and trauma focused day treatment. Additionally, C&A offers a variety of parenting groups, including Incredible Years, community consultations, presentations and workshops.

Access to care is easy via telephone. Others choose to “walk-in” at one of our main locations. We are able to see most customers for their first appointment in less than one week from their initial call. Urgent care needs are offered same day appointments. Treatment works. Working together we can assess, treat, and develop effective strategies to help you and your family deal with even the most serious emotional and behavioral problems. Private insurance, Medicaid, and self pay are accepted. Possible fee subsidy based on income.

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Coleman Behavioral Health - Stark County serves adults with severe and/or persistent mental illness through award-winning services provided by our trained and licensed staff members.  We provide psychiatric assessments and prescribe and monitor medication. Coleman’s counseling and psychotherapy services provides an individual treatment plan and support for psychological and emotionalissues.  Coleman’s case management services offers a comprehensive service plan and assistance in crisis intervention and stabilization, including assisting clients in managing basic needs and daily living skills. Coleman also provides residential and clinical services to residents of ICAN's Basic Accommodations housing in Canton.

Coleman Employment Services - Stark County offers employment services, vocational evaluation, situational assessment, job coaching and professional vocational placement to individuals with disabilities.  Services are provided to both the employee and employer to insure success for all parties.  www.coleman-employment.com

Coleman Mediation Services offers the community, schools, groups, individuals and agencies mediation services to transforms conflict into solutions.  All types of mediation services are offered from personal or organizational conflict resolution to basic and advanced mediation training.  www.coleman-mediation.com

Community Services of Stark County (CSSC) shall serve all persons with dignity and respect.  We shall empower individuals and families to enhance the quality of their lives through support, advocacy, training, and counseling.  Services:  CSSC provides an array of mental health services for children, adolescents, adults and families.  Mental health services include: Counseling for individuals, couples, families, and groups; CPST (case management); psychiatric services; hi-fidelity wraparound; supported employment; supportive housing; and school-based mental health and consultation services.  In addition to mental health services, CSSC also offers an array of social services across Stark County.  The social services include:  Emergency Assistance, Prescription Assistance, Samaritan's Table (hot meal program), Homeless Prevention Services, Family Living Center (homeless shelter), Maternity and Adoption Services, Parenting Services, Rape Crisis Services for the Alliance area, Early Childhood Services, Job Development Services for adults and youth, an Abstinence Education Program, and a Professional Development Training Program.

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The Crisis Intervention and Recovery Center provides crisis intervention and stabilization as well as assessment and linkage to needed services for all Stark County residents experiencing a Mental Health or a Drug/ Alcohol Crisis, and Hotline services 24 hours a day, every day. Our Crisis Counselors are mobile and will provide assessment, intervention and linkage anywhere in Stark County upon request. Call: 24 Hour Crisis/Hot Line: 330-452-6000.

Other special programs provided by our organization at the Crisis Center include: Crisis Stabilization Unit, a 12-bed unit designed to stabilize and treat mental health/psychiatric problems requiring short term residential care; Detox unit, a six- bed unit to detoxify and treat alcohol/chemical dependency; Free Space, a compassionate and intensive program for women who are victims of domestic violence; Survivors, a self-help support and advocacy group for those who have lost someone to suicide; CANTON CARES, a program that calls senior citizens daily to check on their well-being.

Programs available at the Recovery Center include Outpatient Services, community based treatment for adults with  mental health, chemical abuse or dependency and/or co-occurring mental health and chemical abuse or dependency issues; Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT)/Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), intensive treatment program for individuals with moderate to severe mental health and chemical dependency issues; the Helping Offenders Psychologically & Emotionally (H.O.P.E.) Program, community based treatment for individuals with mental illness through court referral; and the Forensic Track for those individuals found not guilty by reason of  insanity or incompetent to stand trial.

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Domestic Violence Project, Inc. is committed to the mission of providing leadership initiatives that contribute to ending physical, sexual and emotional violence, serving victims of domestic violence through comprehensive services.  Services at Renew Counseling and Recovery Center include:  outpatient and intensive outpatient treatment for substance abuse (assessments, individual counseling, group counseling, case management), as well as treatment for domestic violence, co-dependency and abuse, through individual and group counseling services, art therapy for children and adults, education and other support groups.  Additional services in the agency's continuum of care include:  24 hour crisis hotline, emergency shelters in Canton and Massillon, on-site childcare, legal advocacy in Canton and Massillon courts, and prevention/intervention education in county schools through Life Skills-an evidence-based curriculum that increases use of healthy life skills as an alternative to risky or violent behaviors, along with a variety of dating violence prevention education including Safe Dates Adolescent Dating Abuse Prevention Curriculum, a CSAP/SAMHSA Model.

Substance Abuse Treatment - Renew Counseling and Recovery Center                                                                               Domestic Violence Project, Inc. is committed to the mission of providing leadership initiatives that contribute to ending physical, sexual and emotional violence, serving victims of domestic violence through comprehensive services in a trauma-informed care environment.  Services at Renew Counseling and Recovery Center include: drug and alcohol recovery treatment (individual counseling, intensive outpatient treatment,  assessments and case management), as well as treatment for domestic violence, co-dependency and abuse, through individual and group counseling services, art therapy for children and adults, domestic violence education, Teen Impact and other support groups.

Substance Abuse Prevention - Prevention Education                                                                                                         Botvin LifeSkills Training (LST) is a "Top Tier" program of The Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy which educates students on avoiding risky behaviors including drug, alcohol and tobacco use and builds skills of resilience. 

Other - Additional services in the agency's continuum of care include:  24 hour crisis hotline, emergency shelters in Canton and Massillon, on-site childcare, legal advocacy in Canton and Massillon courts, and prevention/intervention education in county schools and with law enforcement, legal professionals, educators, medical personnel and the community at large.  Breaking the cycle of violence begins with prevention.  DVPI programming includes Dating Violence Prevention and evidence-based programs.  Safe Dates Adolescent Dating Abuse Prevention Curriculum, a CSAP/SAMHSA Model addresses prevention and intervention as students develop awareness of what constitutes healthy and abusive dating relationships, learn skills to develop good relationships, as well as skills and resources to help themselves or friends in abusive dating relationships.

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Foundations is a peer-run organization that promotes mental health recovery through peer support, education, networking and advocacy.  Foundations has a mental health library plus volunteer opportunities to earn bus passes and gas cards.  Services include volunteer bus rider mentor program, planned social and educational events and support groups.  Foundations offers a variety of classes and groups.  Foundations also has a warm line 330-455-1234 to provide an empathetic ear.  All calls are completely confidential.  Foundations also offers an on-site respite facility, the only peer-run respite facility in the state of Ohio, staffed by volunteers who are also consumers. 

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ICAN provides permanent supportive housing for low-income persons with disabling mental illnesses.  Individualized training and encouragement helps tenants follow their leases and retain their housing. Housing is available within ICAN-owned properties and in rental subsidies that can be used in private market apartments.  ICAN’s PATH Specialist reaches out to homeless persons whose behaviors indicate a diagnostic assessment is appropriate.  PATH also helps the homeless find shelter or affordable housing options. ICAN's Basic Accommodations serves individuals with repeated incidents of homelessness who need more intense services to become ready for more independent housing. All ICAN housing is based on the Housing First model.  ICAN acts a fiscal agent for projects based programs that do not need an ongoing business identity.

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The Make-A-Way Center of Massillon, Ohio, is a non-profit organization providing free social and recreational activities and also offers educational and peer support programs for its members who have mental illness, mental retardation, physical disabiliti es, developmental disabilities, and/or loneliness.

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Living In a Free Environment (L.I.F.E.) Program provides two youth programs that emphasize a drug/alcohol and tobacco prevention curriculum in its afterschool and summer camp programs. Some of the alternative and enrichment activities include with AToD curriculum are homework, arts and crafts, music, health and fitness, tennis, field trips and special events for school age children in the Summit neighborhood area.

NAMI Stark County is an affiliate of the nation’s largest grass-roots organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons and families impacted by mental illness through free education, support and advocacy services. 

NAMI has a variety of Support Groups for consumers and family members in Canton and Alliance:

Family-to-Family is a free 12-week program for family members teaching about the illnesses, treatments, coping, communication strategies, and problem-solving skills. 

Hand-to-Hand is a free 9-week program for parents and care-givers of children/adolescents with emotional/behavioral problems that focus on diagnosis, treatment, coping and parenting strategies and the IEP (Individualized Education Plan) process.

Peer-to-Peer is a free 9-week program for adults with a mental illness that focus on symptom recognition, relapse prevention and wellness strategies.

Advocacy is available to assist with the issues of accessing services and supports. 

 

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Spotlight on Youth works to promote and increase the health, safety and well being of youth.  Using teen actors in live dramatic presentations, showing real life situations, Spotlight educates students relative to social issues and dangers affecting their lives and works to decrease violence, substance abuse and other issues facing them.  At the elementary level, dramas are interactive for effective audience participation.  At the secondary level, actors remain in character for dramatic follow-up discussions with audience.  Excellent opportunities for young people to act and work with their peers in this program designed to "save lives through the arts."

Topics covered under this program include domestic violence, substance abuse, eating disorders, nutrition, animal rights and many other topics.  These performances are free to schools in Stark and Summit Counties because of grants secured by the Spotlight program.  Anyone interested in booking this program for the upcoming school year can contact Era Lynn Tripp, Executive Director at (330) 494-3424 or eralynntripp@gmail.com. 

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NEOBH is a child and family focused behavioral health organization that offers diagnostic assessment and counseling services to children, adolescents, adults and families, with a special emphasis on trauma focused intervention for children and adolescents. NEOBH provides treatment services to a number of unique populations, including deaf/hearing impaired clients, divorcing families, children with bonding/attachment difficulties, families in need of parenting assistance, children and adults with developmental disorders, ADD/ADHD, and Autism-Spectrum Disorders (PDD). Additional areas of specialization include individual and family intervention for court-involved youth, school-based treatment, services for victims of sexual abuse, and evaluation directed toward the assessment of trauma, parent custody, and psychological functioning.

Phoenix Rising is a private, non-profit community mental health agency providing services that “empower and strengthen individuals and families in their growth and recovery”. To this end, Phoenix Rising provides individual and group therapy, case management and psychiatric services to children, adolescents and adults within Stark County and surrounding communities.  Individuals and families seeking services for various issues are able to receive services for traumatic brain injury, grief, strengthening family connections, parenting, anger management, women and teens self-empowerment, dual-disordered (substance abuse as well as developmental disabilities), severe and persistent mental illness as well as other issues. Therapists are skilled in trauma-based therapy including EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and we have an art therapist on staff.  The strength, recovery- based approach of services enables clients to surmount seemingly insurmountable setbacks.  We accept Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, and self-pay as well as Employee Assistance Plans (EAP).

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Treatment - Alcohol and drug addiction treatment including: outpatient, men’s and women’s residential (with or without children); day treatment, Methadone, D.O.T. drug screening, urinalysis, criminal justice services, community outreach, case management and Driver Intervention Programs (DIP).

Prevention - Quest offers a variety of prevention programs designed to increase the knowledge and skills of children, adolescents and young adults in an effort to prevent the use and harmful consequences associated with alcohol, tobacco or other drugs.  Evidence-based programs such as Botvin Life Skills Training, Project Alert, and All Stars educate middle school programs about substance abuse, peer pressure and resistance skills.  The Leadership and Resiliency Program and Positive Action provide a variety of prevention activities to area high school students.  All prevention specialists consult with school CARE Teams to coordinate assistance to not only students, but also their families.