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  • ADAMHS Board names new executive director

       (Plain Press November 2025) On October 22nd, the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board of Cuyahoga County announced its Board of Directors voted to appoint Jason Joyce as its new chief executive officer. Joyce brings more than 19 years of experience serving vulnerable populations, with a focus on ensuring individuals have…

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  • Precautions you can take to assure you are consuming lead-free water

    by Chuck Hoven    (Plain Press August 2025) An article in the July Plain Press titled “History shows that nutrition education should play a greater role in efforts to prevent lead poisoning” addressed the importance of diet in helping prevent severe lead poisoning of Cleveland’s children. A reader responding to the article asked that the…

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  • The Edna House supports sobriety for Cleveland women

    PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG Tuesday, December 24, 2024; Edna House, W. 65th and Madison: Edna House Assistant Director Sarah Murphy offers a tour of Edna House’s buildings. by Maryann Coyne Rosenberg    (Plain Press February 2025) Although several facilities are available in the Cleveland area for the treatment of alcohol and drug addiction, one resource…

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  • Neighborhood Family practice receives Council support for new facility

      (Plain Press November 2024) Cleveland City Council announced at its October 14th meeting the awarding of a $500,000 federal Urban Development Action Grant (UDAG) loan to Neighborhood Family Practice to help finance a new facility at W. 130th & Lorain Avenue.   According to a statement from Cleveland City Council, the legislation, sponsored by…

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  • Nightmare journey through Cleveland’s “world class” healthcare system

    PHOTO COURTESY OF BRUCE CHECEFSKY Tina Cassara, former chair of the Cleveland Institute of Arts Sculpture + Expanded Media Department and faculty for almost forty-years, has conducted extensive research into women’s labor in the American textile industry.  by Bruce Checefsky      (Plain Press July 2024) I never wanted to write this story. I never imagined…

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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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  • Northeast Ohioans for Budget Legislation Equality prepares to lobby for its State of Ohio budget priorities

    by Chuck Hoven      (Plain Press, December 2022) The State of Ohio must complete its next two-year budget by June 30th of 2023. The budget will govern State of Ohio spending from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025.      Hoping to influence State of Ohio lawmakers in the decision-making process leading up to the…

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  • Tremont residents should examine how to maintain a diverse neighborhood

    Tremont residents should examine how to maintain a diverse neighborhood by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, October 2022)  Tremont residents should be encouraged to participate in Ideastream’s Justin Glanville My Changing Neighborhood discussions where there is an examination of how to maintain a diverse neighborhood when gentrification is occurring.    The Tremont neighborhood could use some…

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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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