IBH Addiction Recovery Center hosted 369 area runners and walkers for the 6th annual ADM Recovery Challenge 5K this past Saturday in support of the County of Summit Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health (ADM) Services Board.

Area runners and walkers are invited to participate in the sixth annual ADM Recovery Challenge 5K. The race involves running/walking and obstacles that are metaphoric to the challenging path recovery can be for those fighting addiction and mental illness.

The County of Summit Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board has designated $100,000 for targeted prevention school mini grants. 

The ADM Board is seeking to engage an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer to coordinate the Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) initiative in Summit County. The deadline to apply is June 8th.

Summit County, OH – The County of Summit Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board is recognizing frontline workers and first responders during a week of appreciation, April 9-13, 2018. The ADM Board encourages all citizens of Summit County to find a way to show gratitude to their local safety forces and those that work in the medical and counseling fields during this week.

The ADM Board welcomes Chrissy Gashash as the new Manager of Community Relations. She started in December, succeeding Mary Alice Sonnhalter who retires at the end of the year after over 10 years of service.

Project DAWN, a community-based drug overdose prevention and education project, is moving to Wednesdays with the same hours 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.(every hour) at Summit County Public Health.

The County of Summit ADM Board, Summit County Public Health and the NASW Ohio Chapter will be hosting a training aimed at broadening skills and knowledge about compulsive hoarding and similar disorders on December 7th.

Over 160 professionals attended the 4th Annual Current Concepts in Integrated Health Care Conference on Saturday, November 4th.  Guest speakers from  the mental health and addiction fields presented on topics including Alcohol Use Disorders in Women, Smoking Cessation, Effective Healthcare Strategies for Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder, and Integrative Medicine.

About 230 people attended the appreciation luncheon where the County of Summit Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health (ADM) Services Board paid tribute to local trailblazers.  Those who received the 2017 Trailblazer Awards include: Candace Pallante, Gerard Dusa, The Devil Strip, and Greg McNeil.