MHARS Board of Director Pat McGervey, Sheffield Lake Detective Roger Watkins(left) and Agent Kevin Jones (center) of the Lorain County Drug Task Force teamed up at the Sheffield Lake Police department this morning to collect unused and expired medications for the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Most Lorain County police departments are open for drop offs from 10:00 to 2:00 TODAY!
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The Mental Health, Addiction and Recovery Services Board of Lorain County is proud to graduate 24 officers from the 40 hour week-long Lorain County Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Training.
Training consisted of how to properly engage with someone experiencing a mental health crisis including de-escalation skills and even learned about QPR training for persons who may be suicidal. The officers also heard from individuals and families with lived experience to understand how to better help when in crisis. Presentations were given from several Lorain County agencies that work with those struggling with mental illness and substance use disorders.
The officers learned about the many resources in Lorain County aimed at getting the assistance they need to prevent, among other things, unnecessary incarcerations and use of force.
Graduates were from the following departments:
Avon Lake Police Department
Avon Police Department
Elyria Police Department
Lorain County Community College Campus Safety
Lorain County Adult Probation
Lorain County Sheriff’s Office
Sheffield Village Police Department
Oberlin Police Department
University Hospital- Elyria Public Safety
Oberlin College Campus Safety
Wellington Police Department
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CIT week is great. I had the pleasure of working with the Sheffield guys on shadow day. We had a blast and learned a lot from each other. Thank you to all of the officers for your service.
Disappointed to see North Ridgeville's PD was not a part of this. 😔 So very needed.
Wonderful job to all! Thank you for a great class and congratulations to the graduates! 
Thank you for your service ~ congratulations to you all!
Congratulations to you all!
Ohio Handle With Care is a collaborative cross-systems, trauma informed program aimed at ensuring that children who are exposed to adverse events receive appropriate interventions at school and have opportunities to build resilience through positive relationships with teachers and first responders. Directed by Hopewell Health Centers and supported by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Ohio HWC collaborates with communities across the state to implement HWC to fidelity. In Lorain County, Lauren Cieslak Youth Services Program Officer at the MHARS Board, Chantille Jackson Elyria City Schools Social Worker, and Caroline Bryant Paramedic at Life Care Ambulance are the coordinators.
Handle With Care asks first responders to note when a school-aged youth is present during any event where first responders are present and send a simple alert. The first responder obtains the child’s name and school, then sends a notice stating, “Handle with Care”. No specific information about the event is needed. Thanks to Eastern Heights and Elyria Fire + EMS for their first responder visit; The goal of Handle With Care is building resiliency through relationships! #handlewithcareohio #mharslc
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