Referral Resources
Play Gap offers referrals to both national and local organizations and educational resources to assist in the areas of coaching, overall wellness, mental health, LGBTQIA education, job training, racial equity. and much more.
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Stepping Stone Community Services
Provides psychotherapy, medication, prescription management as well as case management. Main office: (330) 577-4099
Mental Health and Recovery Board of Portage County
Funds services for Portage County residents through its network of agencies. Services help families, adults, teens and children with mental illness, depression, addictions, in crisis and at risk for suicide. Crisis lines: (330) 678-4357 or (330) 296-3555, Main office: (330) 673-1756
Alternative Paths
Offers adult mental health services (psychiatric, counseling, and community support services) for residents of Medina County. Main office: (330) 725-9195
Sojourner House
Offers protective shelter to women and their children fleeing an abusive environment and who cannot safely remain in their current residence. The short-term refuge available at Sojourner House (up to 30 days) provides women with a safe space, as well as assistance to help them meet their emotional, legal, medical, financial, housing, educational and vocational needs. Administrative office: (330) 782-5664, Domestic violence program: (330) 747-4040, 24-hour hotline: (866) 436-6269
Mental Health Recovery Board (Mahoning County)
Offers recovery coaching to individuals who are in addiction treatment and/or in early recovery, helping them gain access to resources, services, and supports that assist them in long-term recovery. Contact (330) 746-2959 to learn more about this program.
Mental Health, Addiction, and Recovery Services
Serves as the local authority for community mental health and substance use services in Lorain County. Non-emergency contact: (440) 240-7025, Crisis hotline: 1-800-888-6161
Geauga County Board of Mental Health
Provides mental health and substance abuse services to residents of Geauga County. Main office: (440) 285-2282, Crisis line: text 4hope to 741 741
LGBT Community Center Greater Cleveland
Seeks to enrich the lives of LGBTQ+ community members through programs including health & wellness, queer youth initiatives, community groups, trans wellness, SAGE Cleveland, and the International Institute of Humor and Healing Arts. Main office: (216) 651-5428
Circle Health Services - The Centers for Families and Children
Formerly The Free Clinic of Greater Cleveland: Health services include pharmacies, counseling, psychiatry, primary care, addiction, alcohol, and substance abuse. For appointments call: (216) 325-WELL
Birthing Beautiful Communities
Focuses on racial disparities in infant mortality through working with expectant Black mothers and young families. Emergency hotline: (216) 402-0924
Mahoning Valley’s LGBTQIA+ Center
Works to promote awareness, education, mental and emotional health, and advocacy for the LGBTQIA+ community in Mahoning, Trumbull, and Columbiana counties. Main office: (234) 254-8924
Columbiana County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board
Services include a safety net for people of all ages who otherwise could not afford mental health and recovery services, intensive home-based services for children with emotional disabilities and their families, community-based care for individuals with serious mental illness in a supervised and supportive environment, school-based counseling services, recovery housing, prevention programming in each county school district, and specialty docket drug programs in Columbiana County and East Liverpool Municipal Courts. Crisis hotline: (330) 424-7767, Main office: (330) 424-0195
Community Counseling Center of Ashtabula County
Behavioral health provider offering care services that utilize evidence-based practices, offer integrated healthcare solutions, and seeks to broaden community access to treatment. Contact: (440) 998-4210
Ashtabula County Mental Health
Provides evidence-based mental health and substance abuse treatment and prevention services. Call (440) 992-3121, Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Help Network of Northeast Ohio
Provides 24/7 crisis intervention, suicide prevention and intervention, referrals, support services and counseling services. Mahoning and Trumbull County: (330) 747-2696, Columbiana County: (330) 424-7767, Ashtabula Mental Health Hopeline: 1-800-577-7849