Ohio Awards First Episode Psychosis Funding To Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services & Coleman Professional Services

On August 1, 2014, the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (MHAS) awarded funding to implement or expand First Episode Psychosis (FEP) programming for persons ages 15 to 25 to Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services and Coleman Professional Services. Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services will develop FEP programs in Hamilton and Clermont counties as a new service. Coleman Professional Services will expand from an existing project in Portage County to offer FEP programming in six additional counties. The two-year contracts are valued at up to $382,000 each.

The FEP services feature team-based, multidisciplinary approaches that . . .