Mental Health and Recovery Board reports 6,838 clients served in Oct–Dec 2025, warns of capacity challenges
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The Mental Health and Recovery Board told commissioners levy funds supported services for 6,838 clients in Oct–Dec 2025, described supportive housing capacity and group-home costs (about $3,300 per person per month), and flagged increased use of forensic beds at state hospitals and steady hotline/crisis engagement numbers.
Philip Titterington, representing the Mental Health and Recovery Board, briefed the commissioners on the board's quarterly report for October through December 2025, emphasizing the role of Medina County's Human Services levy in filling local service gaps.
Titterington said the three main partner agencies — Alternative Paths, Catholic Charities and OhioGuidestone — served a total of 6,838 clients during the quarter, with 91% adults and 9% youth, and that approximately 29% of adults and a substantial share of youth received intensive psychiatric services (SEG 137–146). He described supportive housing capacity: the board owns 31 units and leases 13 additional supportive housing units via the Medina Metro Housing Authority, all at capacity (SEG 152–163).
On higher levels of care, Titterington noted the board funds roughly 10 adults in group-home settings per month at an average cost of about $3,300 per individual per month and that increases in forensic cases are pressuring state hospital capacity, which can force reliance on private psychiatric hospitalization (SEG 166–174, SEG 167–170). He said levy funding also supports a 24/7 behavioral helpline, with 862 crisis engagements in the reporting period and 74 individuals verbalizing suicidal thoughts; law enforcement made 115 direct crisis-intervention referrals (SEG 193–199).
Titterington described recovery supports, including Hope Recovery Community, which handled 248 calls and linked 118 people to detox, residential treatment or recovery housing during the quarter; he noted 55 certified recovery beds (40 male, 15 female) and ongoing capital planning to expand housing (SEG 226–267, SEG 262–267). He said medication-assisted treatment is available through local providers and in the jail, and peer recovery supporters provide in-jail services aimed at reducing recidivism (SEG 252–259, SEG 246–251).
Titterington told commissioners the levy provides flexible local funding that complements federal and state grants, which often come with more stringent use restrictions; he thanked voters for the levy and asked the board to keep monitoring funding pressures as demand and forensic needs grow (SEG 286–294).
The report will inform ongoing budget and program decisions; commissioners asked no substantive follow-up questions during the presentation.
