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| Lucas County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board targets gaps in service |
| By toledoblade.com - Kate Giammarise |
| Published: 02/14/2013 |
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OHIO - From funding issues to gaps in services for veterans and non-English speakers, dozens of individuals offered ideas this week on how Lucas County’s mental health and addiction safety net can improve. Board members and staff from the Lucas County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board heard comments Tuesday from social service organizations, mental health consumers, and others at the meeting, which aimed to identify system gaps in service and care, as well as recommendations for improvements. A major theme of several speakers was the need for uninterrupted services for people with mental illness who have just been released from prison. There should be “a more seamless system,” said Jim Dennis, executive director of the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio in Stryker, such as quicker referrals that enable people to remain on needed psychiatric medications when they leave incarceration. Joe Tafelski, executive director of Advocates for Basic Legal Equality Inc., also said he believed services for those who have just left prison “would be a wise investment” in order to cut down on recidivism. Read More. |
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