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Thrive for Change offers one-stop shop for persons using opioids
PHOTO BY EDIE LE BOUTON Wednesday, July 2, 2025; Thrive for Change, 11002 Detroit Avenue: (L-R) Thrive for Change Executive Director Bethany Roebuck, Harm Reduction Education Coordinator Ashley Rosser, and Community Engagement & Response Coordinator Elisha Starkey offer help to opioid users. by Edie Le Bouton (Plain Press August 2025) Persons who use opioids,…
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ADAMHS Board, MetroHealth and St. Vincent Charity partner to open behavioral health crisis center
(Plain Press, October 2023) The Ohio Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services has approved a capital grant of more than $6.8 million to a collaborative consisting of the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board of Cuyahoga County, The MetroHealth System and St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center for the development of…
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Woman finds recovery in Cleveland
PHOTO COURTESY OF JENNIFER HALSTEAD Wednesday, March 22, 2023; Edna House for Women, 2007 W. 65th; Jennifer Halstead, an alumna of the drug recovery program at Edna House, standing next to the sign of the residential building. Women reside at the Edna House for six months regardless of their ability to pay where they become…
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ADAMHS Board Received State Opioid Response Dollars to install five Naloxone Vending Machines and 447 Emergency Access Naloxone Cabinets
The Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board of Cuyahoga County received State Opioid Response funds in the amount of $1,148,724.75 to increase harm reduction efforts in Cuyahoga County aimed to reduce overdose fatalities. The grant allowed for the purchase of five naloxone vending machines, four of which will also include other…
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Creation of care response model urged for responding to calls for mental health or behavioral health crises
Creation of care response model urged for responding to calls for mental health or behavioral health crises (Plain Press, September 2022) Progressive think tanks and mental health advocates have joined in a collaborative effort to spur the City of Cleveland to speed its implementation of a care response model for responding to calls it…
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PB CLE stages community event at ThirdSpace Action Lab
PHOTO BY BRUCE CHECEFSKY Sunday, May 15, 2022; Participatory Budgeting in Action event, ThirdSpace Action Lab, 1464 E. 105th Street: Laylah Allen, Chief Executive Officer of The Missing Link, COPE Inc., and David Van Horn, a community artist and organizer for Art Block, participate in this effort to have citizens help determine how a portion of…
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Participatory Budgeting Cleveland wants public involved in decisions about spending of American Rescue Act funds
PHOTO BY TAURUS KINGS PHOTOGRAPHY Members of the Participatory Budgeting Cleveland Team: Gwen Garth, Trevor Pollack, Laylah Allen, Molly Martin, Austin Davis, Robin Brown, Loh, Daniel Ortiz, Angelique Salizan, Kayla Knight, Chrissy Stonebraker-Martinez, and Jonathan Welle. Participatory Budgeting Cleveland wants public involved in decisions about spending of American Rescue Act funds by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press,…
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