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Comprehend outlines crisis services, 988 hotline and planned buprenorphine clinic for Mason County
Summary
Comprehend CEO Melissa Greenwell briefed the Mason County Fiscal Court on mental-health and substance-use services the nonprofit provides, including a new locally run 988 hotline, mobile unit and a planned buprenorphine (Suboxone) clinic pending Medicaid credentialing for a hired APRN.
Melissa Greenwell, CEO of Comprehend, told the Mason County Fiscal Court that the nonprofit operates behavioral health, substance-use and developmental-disability programs across the Buffalo Trace Area Development District and is reintroducing its local services to the community.
Greenwell said Comprehend provides 24/7 crisis-team services, a locally operated 988 hotline, intensive outpatient substance-use programs and an Adult Day Training program for people with developmental disabilities. She said the agency operates about 65 programs districtwide and that the locally based crisis and hotline…
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