On Thursday 2/20/2020, the Director of Treatment and Recovery, for the MHDAS Board, Adam Sorensen, kicked off the first meeting for the Legal and Advocacy Committee.
The first meeting had a great turnout, with representation from the Bellefontaine Municipal Court, the Logan County Common Pleas court, Logan County Adult Recovery Court, TCN Behavioral Health, Community Health and Wellness, The Logan County Health Department, Russells Point Police Department, Logan County Sheriffs Office, Thrive Peer Support, Recovery Zone and the MHDAS Board. This committee will be looking at Critical Intervention Points for Change within our community. The LAC will focus on three priorities for change which include: Communication and Information Sharing, Jail Case Management & Reentry, and Standardized Validated Screening Post Arrest and Pretrial. The MHDAS Board and Committee members are looking forward to implementing change within our community! The annual Save a Life Suicide Prevention Coalition Color 5K will be at the Ohio Caverns on Saturday, September 18th, 2020. More information pending.
Father Tim West and Chief Dean Ortlieb (both with Urbana Fire/EMS) recently noticed an opportunity for county-wide collaboration in support of our community of First Responders. It is the nature of the job of First Responders to be exposed to traumatic events. When something tragic happens, the response in support of those involved must be quick, peer driven, and be assisted by faith based partners and mental health professionals.
Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) is that response model and is used internationally. This fall, Father Tim wrote a grant to the MHDAS Board for the cost of bringing in a nationally known and highly respected trainer on CISM, Bill Wall. The training was supposed to happen in 2020, but the community readiness and outpouring of interest in being partners in this effort drove the date up to December 3 – 4, 2019. According to Dave Torsell of Champaign County EMA, this is the first training Champaign County has had on CISM in roughly 25 years. It is inspiring to see the level of commitment and interest in partnering in this way across the entire county. Here were the agencies represented:
As a result of this training, there are now 35 people in our community with the knowledge and skills to respond quickly to traumatic events to offer quick support and help to improve the resilience of our brave men and women who serve our communities so professionally and faithfully. If you have an interest in receiving this excellent training and being a CISM supporter, please reach out to the MHDAS Board. Champaign County Law Enforcement collect 146 lbs. of unused medications during Drug Take Back Day10/30/2019 On Saturday, October 26th, law enforcement entities participated in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) national drug take back day, resulting in 146 lbs. of unused or expired medication collected for disposal. Urbana Police Division in partnership with Kroger, the Champaign County Drug Free Youth Coalition, Mary Rutan Hospital, and the U.S. DEA collected 37 lbs. of expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs. Across the county, the Mechanicsburg Police Department collected 109 lbs. from the villages of Mechanicsburg and North Lewisburg.
If you happened to miss the event, but need to dispose of medication, please visit one of the five local drug drop boxes. Drug drop boxes are located at the Champaign County Sheriff's Office, Mercy Health Urbana Hospital (near emergency room entrance), Urbana Police Department, St. Paris Police Department, and Mechanicsburg Police Department. If you are unable to dispose of medications at a drop box location, or if no disposal instructions are given on the prescription drug labeling, the Drug Enforcement Agency recommends following these simple steps to throw the drugs in the household trash:
Do not flush medicines down the sink or toilet unless the prescription drug labeling or patient information that accompanied the medicine specifically instructs you to do so. Please also ensure you are compliant with your community’s laws and regulations prior to taking such action. For more information, please visit: www.ccfcfc.org/drug-free-youth-coalition BELLEFONTAINE POLICE DEPARTMENT COLLECTS 50 LBS. OF MEDICATIONS DURING DRUG TAKE BACK DAY10/29/2019
Drug drop boxes are located at the Logan County Sheriff's Office, Mary Rutan Hospital (near the emergency room entrance) and at the Russell's Point Police Department.
If you are unable to dispose of medications at a drop box location, or if no disposal instructions are given on the prescription drug labeling, the Drug Enforcement Agency recommends following these simple steps to throw the drugs in the household trash:
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