MHS - Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Homeless Assistance, Crisis Intervention

Looking west on Payne Avenue toward downtown Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A., from the Community Women's Shelter of MHS. The building at right, in the foreground, is the Third District headquarters of the Cleveland Police Department.

Cuyahoga CSAT
Comprehensive
Substance Abuse Treatment

Helping homeless women with substance-use disorders achieve recovery, housing, health, and income. A SAMHSA-funded collaborative project in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S.A.

Project overview.

Who the project serves.

What the project does.

Project milestones.

Project partners.

The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services Board of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S.A., is the project leader, and directs the implementation of project activities. The Board develops, funds, and monitors a network of 45 agencies that operate more than 100 targeted treatment and prevention programs. Recovery Resources, a certified provider of both mental health and substance use treatment services, provides case management services. Mental Health Services for Homeless Persons, Inc. (MHS) is an experienced provider of homeless outreach, shelter, treatment, and supportive services, and an Ohio-certified community mental health center. The Institute for Health and Social Policy of the University of Akron conducts the project evaluation.

	Russell S. Kaye, Ph.D., M.B.A. is Executive Director of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services Board of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S.A. This Board is the project's applicant, grantee, and lead partner. The Board has considerable experience in the successful execution of important SAMHSA projects.
	Beth Pfohl is Grants Officer for this and other projects of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services Board of Cuyahoga County. She skillfully led the grant application workgroups, and played a lead role in writing the grant application.
	Steven M. Friedman, Ph.D. is Executive Director of MHS, the agency that operates the Community Women's Shelter, the site of the project's activities. Dr. Friedman played an important role in the selection of the intervention protocol, and the writing of the grant application.
	Suellen Saunders, is Program Manager of the MHS Community Women's Shelter. She works with Cynthia Chaytor to coordinate project's activities so that Shelter clients achieve housing and recovery.
	Charlotte Rerko, L.I.S.W., is Director of Behavioral Health Programs at Recovery Resources. She supervises the project's two case managers.
	Richard Stephens, Ph.D., leads the project evaluation. The project must routinely submit client and service data to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Dr. Stephens is the founder and Director of the Institute for Health and Social Policy at the University of Akron. He is the author of more than 60 published research articles in the field of drug and alcohol abuse research. As a past and current evaluator on SAMHSA-funded projects of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services Board of Cuyahoga County, Dr. Stephens has led team of interviewers who collected follow-up data on more than 90% of individuals who had completed treatment in SAMHSA-funded projects.

Cuyahoga CSAT Treatment for Homeless Grant
Steering Committee Roster
3 December 2004

Steve Brown Director of Programs and Services Recovery Resources, Inc.	3950 Chester Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Phone: 216.431.4131 Fax: 216.431.4133 Email: sbrown@recres.org
Steven Friedman, Ph.D. Executive Director Mental Health Services for Homeless Persons, Inc. (MHS)	Bishop William M. Cosgrove Building 1736 Superior Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Phone: 216.623.6555 Fax: 216.623.6539 Email: steve@mhs-inc.org
Ruth Gillett Manager Cleveland/Cuyahoga County Office of Homeless Services	1701 East 12th Street, Lower Level Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Phone: 216.420.6844 Fax: 216.698.6604 Email: giller01@odjfs.state.oh.us
Valeria Harper-Bledsoe Chief Operating Officer Cuyahoga County Community Mental Health Board	1400 West 25th Street, 3rd Floor Cleveland, Ohio 44113 Phone: 216.241.3400 Fax: 216.861.5067 Email: Bledsoe@cccmhb.org
Jeffrey Johnsen, Ph.D. Research/Program Administrator Cuyahoga County Community Mental Health Board	1400 West 25th Street, 3rd Floor Cleveland, Ohio 44113 Phone: 216.241.3400 Fax: 216.861.5067 Email: johnsen@cccmhb.org
Helen Jones, L.I.S.W. President Recovery Resources, Inc.	3950 Chester Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Phone: 216.431.4131 Fax: 216.431.4133 Email: hjones@recres.org
Russell S. Kaye, Ph.D., M.B.A., Executive Director Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board of Cuyahoga County	614 West Superior Avenue, Suite 300 Cleveland, Ohio 44113 Phone: 216.348.4830 Fax: 216.348.4834 Email: kayer@adasbcc.org
Susan Knope Program Planning Specialist Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board of Cuyahoga County	614 West Superior Avenue, Suite 300 Cleveland, Ohio 44113 Phone: 216.348.4830 Fax: 216.348.4834 Email: knopes@adasbcc.org
Beth Pfohl Grants Officer Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board of Cuyahoga County	614 West Superior Avenue, Suite 300 Cleveland, Ohio 44113 Phone: 216.348.4830 Fax: 216.348.4834 Email: pfohlb@adasbcc.org
Charlotte Rerko Assistant Director of Programs and Services Recovery Resources, Inc.	3950 Chester Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Phone: 216.431.4131 Fax: 216.431.4133 Email: crerko@recres.org
Pat Rolfe Director of Program Services Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board of Cuyahoga County	614 West Superior Avenue, Suite 300 Cleveland, Ohio 44113 Phone: 216.348.4830 Fax: 216.348.4834 Email: rolfep@adasbcc.org
Suellen Saunders Program Manager Community Women�s Shelter	Mental Health Services for Homeless Persons, Inc. (MHS) Bishop William M. Cosgrove Building 1736 Superior Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114 MHS Phone: 216.623.6555 MHS Fax: 216.623.6539 Community Women�s Shelter Phone: 216.479.0020 Email: saunderss@mhs-inc.org
Peggy Shaffer-King Program Manager University of Akron Institute for Health and Social Policy	The Polsky Building, 5th Floor Akron, Ohio 44325 Phone: 330.972.8580 Fax: 330.9728675 Email: shafferkin@aol.com
David Smith Manager, Program Development/Compliance Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board of Cuyahoga County	614 West Superior Avenue, Suite 300 Cleveland, Ohio 44113 Phone: 216.348.4830 Fax: 216.348.4834 Email: smithd@adasbcc.org
Richard Stephens, Ph.D. University of Akron Institute for Health and Social Policy	The Polsky Building, 5th Floor Akron, Ohio 44325 Phone: 330.972.6787 Fax: 330.972.8675 Email: rcs2@uakron.edu

Mental Health Services for Homeless Persons, Inc. (MHS)
1736 Superior Avenue East
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2944, U.S.A.
216-623-6555 - TTY/TDD: 216-623-6540

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