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City-funded 1Ohio programs credited with peer support and youth screenings, director reports
Summary
The Mental Health & Recovery Services Board reported that 1Ohio funds supported an activities therapist at Lighthouse Peer Center and a juvenile-justice intervention specialist; staff said the programs delivered hundreds of peer supports and screened roughly 1,100 youth through community events.
Tammy Klump, identified in the meeting as Executive Director of the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board, reported to council on two programs funded in part by 1Ohio opioid-settlement dollars.
Klump said an activities therapist at the Lighthouse Peer Center provided programming that reached about 150 participants, delivered 138 one-on-one peer-support contacts and ran 14 peer groups; former outpatient graduates have volunteered at the peer center, she said. Klump described the center as a recovery-oriented drop-in space that offers social and recovery-support activities and transportation to community recreation.
The second project funded a substance-use intervention specialist attached to the juvenile-justice access center. Klump said staff participated in six major community events and screened roughly 1,100 youth for substance-use risk, offering education and referrals where appropriate; the position also supported case management and parent education.
Councilors asked whether 1Ohio funds could be redirected; Klump and another official clarified that the 1Ohio funds are opioid-settlement dollars administered through a foundation with prescribed buckets of allowable activities and that spending must address opioid-related goals. Councilors praised the programs; one member asked for documentation on allowable uses and distribution.
