Affiliated Agencies
The Mental Health and Recovery Services Board (MHRSB) oversees and funds agencies in Stark County that provide mental health and substance abuse prevention, intervention and treatment. The Board is responsible for assessing the needs of the community and ensuring that a continuum of care is in place. This safety net provides services to people who could not otherwise access them due to a lack of resources.

The MHRSB currently works with the following organizations:

Canton Community KidSummit Against Drugs
(330) 453-1155
KidSummit provide after school prevention activities including Sunshine Band, Father’s Day March, and special events. The organization targets inner-city children and youth. There are rewarding opportunities for volunteers.

Canton Friendship Center
(330) 453-8776
The Center offers a welcoming environment to meet with friends and to relax. Activities are planned and occur both inside and outside of the agency. A food pantry and hot meals are also continual events. The Friendship Center also houses the Canton Center Payee Program, which provides money management services. Payee program representatives work closely with the client and other involved parties to create a budget which provides for living expenses as well as savings.

Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health
(330) 454-7917
www.casrv.org
Provides comprehensive mental health services to children of Stark County and their families. Services: Individual, group and family therapy and parent counseling; psychological testing; parent education groups; psychiatric evaluations; case management; intensive home-based services; school-based services; transitional services, public education, speakers and workshops.

Coleman Professional Services
1 (877) 796-3555 (24hrs./7 days) • (330) 438-2400
www.coleman-professional.com
This private, non-profit corporation helps improve the lives of children, families, and businesses. In Canton, Coleman services are focused on a “recovery model” where adults and families will receive psychiatric services, counseling, case management and vocational services in a coordinated and balanced manner.

Community Services of Stark County
(330) 455-0374
www.communityservicesofstark.org
Community Services of Stark County, Inc., in keeping with social and moral tradition, serves all persons with dignity and respect. Through direct service, counseling and advocacy, the organization is committed to empowering individuals and families to enhance the quality of their lives.

Crisis Intervention and Recovery Center, Inc.
(330) 452-9812 (Treatment) • 24 Hour Crisis Line (330) 452-6000
This organization provides person-centered crisis intervention and stabilization, Substance Abuse Mental Illness (SAMI) services, and system assessment and linkage and responds to developing community mental health and alchohol and other drugs (AoD) needs by providing essential services in the community.
Other special programs include:

• Assertive Community Treatment (ACT team), an intensive case management team focused on skill building and symptom management;
• Free Space, a group for women who are victims of domestic violence;
• Survivors, a self-help group for those who have lost someone to suicide;
• Open Door, a support group for anyone whose life has been touched by AIDS;
• Crisis Stabilization Unit, a 12-bed unit to treat psychiatric issues;
• Detox Unit, a six-bed unit to treat chemical dependency;
• RUOK, a program that calls senior citizens daily to check on their well-being;
• Multi-systemic Therapy (MST), a program for court-ordered youth involved in multiple Stark County systems with multiple needs;
• Substance Abuse Mental Illness (SAMI team), is comprised of psychiatrists, nurses, counselors and case managers who work with individuals with co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse.

Domestic Violence Project
(330) 445-2000
www.domesticviolenceproj.org
This organization provides outpatient services including Renew for Women – outpatient treatment for substance abuse, domestic violence issues, and co-dependency. Legal Advocacy and community education are also available. 

Foundations: A Place for Education and Recovery Center, Inc.
(330) 454-2888 • Warm line (330) 455-1234
Foundations is a peer-run organization that promotes mental health recovery through peer support, education, networking and advocacy. The organization has a mental health library and volunteer opportunities to earn bus passes and gas cards.  Services include volunteer bus rider mentor program, planned social and educational events and support groups. Foundation’s Warm Line (330) 455-1234  provides an empathetic ear.  It is staffed by volunteers who are also consumers.  All calls are completely confidential.

Heartland Behavioral Healthcare
(330) 833-3135 • TTD (330) 832-9991
Heartland Behavioral Healthcare provides a wide range of psychiatric and social rehabilitation treatment programs for persons requiring in-hospital psychiatric care. Services include evaluations, intensive psychiatric care, rehabilitation training and gerontology; psychiatry, psychology, social services, rehabilitative services, patient education, occupational and recreational therapy, work evaluation; speech and hearing, language, and vocational rehabilitation.

ICAN Housing Solutions
(330) 455-9100
www.ican-inc.org
ICAN Housing Solutions provides community-based assistance for persons with psychiatric disabilities including housing, rent subsidies, homeless outreach, transportation to and from jobs, moving and cleaning. Serves as incubator for start-up social service programs.

Make-A-Way Drop in Center
(330) 837-0650
www.makeaway.org
Provides a social and recreational program for members. Open to adults of all races and creeds who have been affected by mental illness, mental retardation, physical disabilities, developmental disabilities, loneliness, etc. The guiding principles are that members should have ownership of program; Make-A-Way provides a social outlet that accepts people as they are so that members make friends and have fun.

Multi-Development Services of Stark County
(330) 471-9139
www.mds-sc.org
Living In a Free Environment (L.I.F.E.) Program provides drug/alcohol and tobacco curriculum, homework and computer center, arts and crafts, music (CD recording studio), health and fitness, tennis, field trips and special events for school age children in Summit school area.

NAMI Stark County
(330) 455-6264
www.nami.org/sites/stark
NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots organization for people with mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has affiliates in every state and in more than 1,100 local communities across the country.

North Canton Play House/Spotlight on Youth
(330) 494-3423
www.northcantonplayhouse.com
Sponsors dramatizations for schools and other organizations depicting substance addiction/abuse, domestic violence and other social issues. Characters lead discussion after performance. Acting opportunities for youth. 

Northeast Ohio Behavioral Health, LTD (NEOBH)
(330) 494-5155
www.neobh.com
This organization provides high quality counseling services in a safe, therapeutic environment to a clinically diverse population while honoring the dignity and worth of each person. NEOBH provides specialized treatment services for child and adolescent victims of sexual abuse in its Children’s Network office location in downtown Canton.

Pathway Caring for Children
(330) 493-0083
www.pathwaycfc.org
This private, non-profit community service organization provides quality treatment-oriented care for children and families. Programs include: treatment foster care, family foster care, post adoptive family services, parallel parent homes, respite and family homes.

Phoenix Rising Behavioral Healthcare and Recovery, Inc.
(330) 455-5950
The mission of Phoenix Rising is to provide opportunity for growth and recovery utilizing behavioral healthcare treatment that is evidence-based and effective in meeting the needs of the individuals served. The organization offers individual and group counseling, case management, and psychiatry.

Quest Recovery and Prevention Services
(330) 453-8252
www.questrecoveryservices.com
Quest provides alcohol and drug addiction treatment including: outpatient, men’s and women’s residential (with or without children); day treatment, methadone, D.O.T. drug screening; urinalysis; criminal justice services; community outreach, case management, and Driver Intervention Programs (DIP). Quest also offers a variety of AoD prevention programs designed to increase the knowledge and skills of children, adolescents and young adults in an effort to prevent the use and harmful consequences associated with alcohol, tobacco or other drugs. 

Stark County TASC
(330) 479-1912
Provides assessment, referral and case management services to addicted persons who are involved in the criminal justice system in Stark County and adolescents in Stark and Summit Counties.

Trillium Family Solutions /AoD & MH Services
(330) 454-7066 • TTY (330) 454-7952
www.trilliumfs.org
Trillium Family Solutions provides counseling, support and assistance to care for people and strengthen families.  Programs include individual and family counseling, grief counseling, geriatric care services, deaf community services, HIV / AIDS case management services, and Ways to Work (loan program).

Outpatient services are offered for adolescents, adults and families with substance abuse, mental health, and co-occurring substance abuse and mental health problems.

Additional Consumer Support Services

Adult Mental Health Consumer Advocate 
Anyone who is experiencing psychiatric symptoms who feels they could use a little help from someone who has “been there,” may contact the Mental Health Consumer Advocate.

The Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Stark County provides funding for this position. Because of personal experience, the Mental Health Consumer Advocate has learned how to weave through the often complex mental health system. You will be treated with respect and dignity and your concerns will be treated in a confidential and non-judgmental way.

For assistance or additional information, contact Wendy, Office of Consumer Advocacy, at (330) 455-6644 ext. 404