Department of Housing and Urban Development funding cuts to transitional housing programs, said Duane Piccirilli, Mahoning County Mental Health & Recovery Board executive director.
Of Mahoning Countyas SAMHSA award, $236,000 is for the period ending April 30, 2017, and the additional $236,000 is for the period from May 1, 2017, to April 30, 2018.
ATR services have been largely targeted to urban counties with large numbers of people returning home from state prisons.
Mahoning and Columbiana counties have been added to the list of beneficiary counties, which previously included Ohioas larger urban counties.
aThese additional dollars will empower people in recovery to seek services and provide the service providers with the means to wrap the necessary services around the individual to help them the most,a Piccirilli said.
aBeing able to meet a personas need for housing, clothing, peer support, job readiness and other services increases the likelihood that that person can maintain their sobriety,a said Brenda Heidinger, associate director of the Mahoning County Mental Health & Recovery Board.
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