Non-Emergency Navigator: 440-240-7025

Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: 988

Non-Emergency Navigator: 440-240-7025

Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: 988


 

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WHO WE ARE
We Are The Mental Health, Addiction and Recovery Services (MHARS) Board of Lorain County
Mental health and substance use services are ESSENTIAL.

 

If you are a client, please keep your appointments, stay in contact with your provider and stay on your course of treatment.

 

If you are experiencing a mental health or addiction issue for the first or a recurring time, many providers are still taking new patients. Here’s how to find the help you or a loved one might need:

 

Find Addiction Treatment: Service Provider Directory for MHARS network

 

Find Mental Health Treatment: Service Provider Directory for MHARS network

 

Call the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services at 1-877-275-6364, New! Extended hours, 8am-8pm Monday-Friday

 

Crisis Text Line: Text 4hope to 741741 or facebook.com/crisistextline

 

If you are experiencing an emergency, call 911.

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MHARS Staff

Name Title Phone Email
Peggy Baron Grants Coordinator and Community Outreach Officer 440-787-2069 pbaron@mharslc.org
Tonya Birney Dissemination and Implementation Director 440-434-5713 tbirney@mharslc.org
Lauren Cieslak Program Officer 440-434-5716 lcieslak@mharslc.org
Amanda Divis Adult Behavioral Health Services Director 440-434-5709 adivis@mharslc.org
Michael Doud Executive Director 440-233-2020 mdoud@mharslc.org
Arielle Edwards Program Officer 440-787-2123 aedwards@mharslc.org
Barry Habony Chief Business Operations 440-787-2075 bhabony@mharslc.org
Joe Wilbert Fiscal Coordinator 440-787-2074 jwilbert@mharslc.org
Jeanette Hinkle Claims and IT Coordinator 440-787-2077 jhinkle@mharslc.org
Greg Iski Front Desk 440-233-2020  
Mark Johnson Chief, Behavioral Health Services 440-787-2073 mjohnson@mharslc.org
Rebecca Jones Children Behavioral Health Services Director 440-787-2076 rjones@mharslc.org
Rick Sherlock Communications and Public Relations Director 440-787-2071 rsherlock@mharslc.org
Jinx Mastney Opioid Response Outreach Coordinator 440-434-5711 jmastney@mharslc.org
Patrice McKinney Administrative Services Director 440-787-2070 pmckinney@mharslc.org
vacant Quality Improvement Officer 440-434-5712  
Vinaida Reyna Executive Assistant 440-787-2121 vreyna@mharslc.org
Dorena Gilchrist Interim Intersystem Program Director 440-787-2072 DGilchrist@mharslc.org
Johanna Vakerics Fiscal Officer 440-787-2074 jvakerics@mharslc.org
  Administrative Assistant 440-434-5710 administrativeassistant@mharslc.org

 

Office Contact Information

Administrative Office:

1173 North Ridge Rd East, Suite 101 | Lorain | 44055

440-233-2020

440-233-2030 (fax)

Office Hours: M-F 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Services Contact Information

​Crisis Hotline: 988 or 9-1-1

Mental Health Services Non-Emergency Line (Navigator): 440-240-7025
Crisis Text Line: text 4HOPE to 741 741

 

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