Ohio Organizations Partner On $1.3 Million Project To Improve Mental Health Response In Eastern Cleveland Suburbs  

Ohio’s University Hospitals is partnering with;Chagrin Valley Dispatch, the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office, the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute and other organizations on a new mental health project. They are launching a;$1.3 million plan aimed at improving emergency response in the eastern suburbs of Cleveland for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis.;

The project began July 15. It offered training to dispatchers in Geauga County and the Chagrin Valley to ask; 9-1-1 callers a series of questions designed to help dispatchers determine whether the call involves a mental health . . .