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Sentaro CEO updates Dublin council on rising local behavioral‑health needs and same‑day access pilot
Summary
Sarah Harrison Mills of Sentaro briefed Dublin City Council on expanded behavioral‑health demand, workforce shortages, and a same‑day access pilot funded by the Delaware Memorial Mental Health Board; she described school‑based prevention services, an embedded public‑safety services liaison and partnerships supporting older adults.
Sentaro CEO Sarah Harrison Mills told Dublin City Council on Feb. 3 that behavioral‑health needs in Central Ohio have increased substantially and said the nonprofit is expanding services to meet demand through outreach, school‑based prevention and same‑day access pilots.
Mills said Sentaro (the organization name used in the presentation) traces its current name to a 2013 merger and has provided community behavioral‑health services for more than 45 years. She said state and national trends show an increase in adults reporting frequent poor mental‑health days and a continuing rise in suicide rates since 1999; she referenced the Franklin County Suicide Prevention Coalition’s 2024 report showing higher suicidality rates…
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