CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Three Ross County programs will share $442,466 in opioid settlement money for crisis care, youth mental health treatment and teen mentoring, the OneOhio Recovery Foundation announced.
The awards come from the foundation’s second regional grant round, which directed nearly $2 million to 14 projects across an eight-county region that includes Ross, Pickaway, Pike, Scioto, Adams, Brown, Fayette and Highland counties.
The largest local award, $250,000, goes to Coleman Professional Services for a new round-the-clock crisis stabilization unit in Chillicothe with walk-in services and a 23-hour crisis receiving unit, giving people in behavioral health or substance-use crises an alternative to emergency rooms, the foundation said.
The Paint Valley Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board will receive $63,466 to bring mental health treatment to young people held at the Ross County Juvenile Detention Center, focused on coping skills and impulse control.
The Paper City Mentoring Project gets $128,500 to expand one-on-one mentoring for at-risk high school students in Ross County as a substance-use prevention strategy.
“These grants will help local organizations expand the prevention, treatment and recovery services that people and families rely on,” said Alisha Nelson, the foundation’s executive director. “We are proud to support work that will reach more residents, strengthen communities, and help more Ohioans build healthier futures.”
Tonya Sturgill, chair of the Region 9 board, said the investments will bolster support for children and families, crisis and reentry services, and connections to treatment, housing and recovery resources.
The foundation is distributing up to $45.7 million statewide in this grant cycle from Ohio’s opioid settlements. Its first cycle awarded more than $45 million to 245 projects.
