Your team of dedicated professionals at ADAMH of Franklin County welcomes 2022 with optimism as we identify collaborations that expand equitable access to care across our community.
We have spent much of the last year examining how ADAMH can better deliver on our mission. The increased community behavioral healthcare needs created and intensified by the pandemic underscore the opportunity to sharpen our vision for a resilient future.
Some of ADAMH’s most visible work over the next year will be our efforts to improve the continuum of crisis care, ensuring there is always somewhere to call, someone to respond and a place to go. Mental health crises are health issues and whenever possible, should be responded to by behavioral health professionals when there is no threat to safety or a medical emergency.
In mid-2022, ADAMH will break ground on the Franklin County Mental Health and Addiction Crisis Center. Located just west of downtown Columbus, this facility will serve as the cornerstone of the crisis care continuum, as the central and preferred destination in Franklin County for mental health and addiction crisis needs.
As we move into 2022 and beyond, ADMAH’s work with public safety and community partners to address crisis care will continue to be guided by the goal of delivering the most appropriate response for an individual’s situation.
We look forward to sharing additional progress towards that goal in the coming months.
Best wishes for a safe and healthy holiday season.
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Erika Clark Jones
ADAMH CEO
ADAMH - Where Better Begins.
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ADAMH Partners with Columbus Metropolitan Library and Community Allies to Prevent Overdose Deaths |
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Photo by Columbus Metropolitan Library (left to right): Alisha Nelson, Director, RecoveryOhio; Lauren Talbott, Peer Recovery Supporter Chemical Dependency Counselor Assistant, Southeast Healthcare RREACT Team; James Alexander, Program Director, RREACT and HOPE, Southeast Healthcare; Lori Criss, Director, Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services; Donna Zuiderweg, Chief Community Engagement Officer, Columbus Metropolitan Library; Erika Clark Jones, CEO, ADAMH; McKayla Elliott, State Opioid Response Manager, ADAMH; Alex Meyer, COO, CompDrug; Dru Batte, Community Outreach Specialist, CompDrug Community Health Team; Dustin Mets, President and CEO, CompDrug
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Key locations in central Ohio will have additional access to naloxone, the lifesaving overdose reversal medication, available for community access through a collaboration between ADAMH, Columbus Metropolitan Library and additional partners. This is in response to increasing overdoses in Franklin County where overdose deaths climbed 47 percent in 2020 to more than 800 deaths. With $242,442 of State Opioid Response Funds made available through the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, ADAMH is purchasing 150 NaloxBox kits and installing them in public spaces in zip codes experiencing higher numbers of overdoses. |
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Enhancing Advocacy and Community Engagement |
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Building deeper relationships across the community and elevating support for equitable and accessible mental health and addiction services is the focus of ADAMH’s new Office of Advocacy & Engagement.
ADAMH recently welcomed Dr. Ameena Kemavor, as Vice President, Advocacy & Engagement, to guide legislative priorities, policy, advocacy and community engagement. She leads a team focused on enhancing relationships and engaging with elected officials, community leaders, faith groups, New Americans, K-12 , higher education, and others.
The Advocacy & Engagement Team includes:
- Monica Cerrezuela, Director, Policy and Legislative Affairs
- W. Shawna Gibbs, Director, Education and Special Initiatives
- D Malone, Director, Faith-Based and Community Engagement
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Statewide Campaign Launches to "Beat the Stigma" |
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ADAMH recently participated in the launch of Beat the Stigma, the new statewide campaign modeled on the successful public-private partnership established through the Denial Ohio campaign. Beat the Stigma uses a game show format to challenge individual perceptions about mental health and addiction.
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Provider and Partner Events |
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Providers from the ADAMH network of care and ADAMH partners post their events, programs and support groups on the ADAMH event calendar. Check out the calendar to find more activities. |
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ADAMH, the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board, is a Franklin County government agency which funds over 30 non-profits who offer mental health and substance abuse treatment and prevention programs to Franklin County residents. These community non-profit organizations provide quality mental health as well as alcohol and drug addiction treatment services. We are dedicated to providing Franklin County residents with affordable, high quality alcohol, drug and mental health care.
If you or someone you know needs treatment or services, call Netcare, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week:
614.276.CARE (2273)
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