Police officers from around the county recently completed the crisis intervention team (CIT) training coordinated by the Mental Health & Recovery Board.

The CIT program trains officers and others to handle incidents involving people who have a mental illness, to manage...

Properly disposing of your unused and expired medications is something we can all do - and encourage our friends and family to do - to help keep our communities safe. 

Do not flush pills down the toilet!

Each Portage County police station has a drug drop-off box which ar...

Portage County held its first Peer Recovery Supporter Training in May. A peer supporter is someone with a shared experience of living with mental illness or an addiction. Peer supporters work one-on-one as role models, mentors, coaches, and advocates to support people...

The Family Conference on Addiction organized by the Portage Substance Abuse Community Coalition was held on May 4. 

Rose Deroia, a pharmacist for Cardinal Health and resident of Portage County, gave her perspective as a family member whose world has been forever changed...

photo credit: Record Courier, February 2019

Peer recovery supporters are partnering with Portage County first responders to offer help to people who are struggling with addiction.

The Mental Health & Recovery Board of Portage County hosted an event for the city, village,...

Officers Bill Atha of the Kent State University Police Department, Chris Hartlaub of the NEOMED Police Department, and Ryan Wolf of the Streetsboro Police Department were recognized as Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Officers of the Year by the Mental Health & Recovery...

The community wished retiring Mental Health & Recovery Board Executive Director Joel Mowrey, PhD well at a reception held in his honor in December 2018.

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Portage County police officers received Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training to help them handle incidents involving people experiencing mental distress. The CIT program trains officers to manage crisis situations for the safety of everyone involved and to learn abo...

Portage County will be receiving more drug-deactivation pouches for residents to use to safely dispose of unused medications. The Rx Abuse Leadership Initiative, an organization working to address the nation's opioid crisis, donated 14,000 drug-disposal pouches to the...

The community joined the Board in welcoming John Garrity, PhD as the new executive director of the Mental Health & Recovery Board.