What Mental Health And Recovery Services Board does

Mental Health And Recovery Services Board (MHRS Board), also doing business as Muskingum MHRSB and Muskingum Area Mental Health & Recovery Services Board, is a government behavioral health authority established under Ohio Law and headquartered at 1500 Coal Run Road, Zanesville, Ohio. The board is responsible for ensuring that public mental health and alcohol/drug recovery services are available to residents of six Ohio counties: Coshocton, Guernsey, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, and Perry. Governance rests with a 14-member volunteer Board of Directors appointed by county commissioners or the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS), and the organization maintains 101–250 staff and board members.

Rather than selling products or services commercially, MHRS Board functions as a fiduciary and allocator of federal, state, and local behavioral health funding, distributing pass-through dollars to a network of over 40 contracted community behavioral health providers across its six-county service area. Direct services include 24/7 crisis hotline support (1-800-344-5818 and 988), the Community Crisis Response Team (CCRT), the Southeast Ohio Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Team, suicide prevention coalitions in all six counties, and a Recovery Housing Network. The board also delivers free training programs (Mental Health First Aid, Crisis Intervention Team, Peer Recovery Supporter, AMSR, PAX Good Behavior Game, Bridges Out of Poverty) and produces educational content via monthly newsletters, a blog, and the Mental Health Moments video series. All services are provided free to end consumers.

MHRS Board is not a technology company; its infrastructure consists of a Wix-hosted public website, email, Microsoft Teams for virtual meetings, and standard digital resource tools. There is no proprietary technology platform. The organization supplements government appropriations with grant funding (notably the Bipartisan Safer Communities Grant administered by OhioMHAS, which funds the CCRT) and operates the Access to Wellness Grant Program for community-level distribution. Its strategic positioning is anchored in a statutory regulatory mandate, a multi-decade community ecosystem, and a broad provider distribution network, with no disclosed revenue, funding rounds, M&A activity, or AI/ML capabilities.

Name

Mental Health And Recovery Services Board

Legal name

Mental Health and Recovery Services Board

Website

https://mhrs.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Mental Health And Recovery Services Board is an Ohio-mandated government behavioral health authority that distributes federal, state, and local funding to 40+ contracted providers serving residents of Coshocton, Guernsey, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, and Perry counties. It also delivers free crisis response, suicide prevention, recovery housing, and community training services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Behavioral Health Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Individual and Family Services (6241), Community Housing Services (62422), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGACAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Substance Use Disorder Prevention & Recovery Services (BPAGACAE), Peer Support, Recovery Coaching & Sober Living Services (HLAFACAN), Behavioral Health & Substance Use Public Health Programs (BPAIAJAK), Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK)

Keywords

• Behavioral health funding
• Mental health services
• Crisis intervention
• Substance use treatment
• Public health authority

Headquarters

HQ city

Zanesville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding Distribution: The MHRS Board receives and distributes federal, state, and local government funding to community behavioral health providers across its six-county service area. Services funded include mental health services, substance use disorder treatment, and prevention services. The board acts as a fiduciary and allocator of public funds rather than a direct service provider. All services funded through this mechanism are free to end consumers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Mental Health and Recovery Services Board is a government behavioral health authority established under Ohio Law that plans, funds, and coordinates publicly funded mental health and alcohol/drug recovery services for residents of Coshocton, Guernsey, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, and Perry counties. The Board distributes federal, state, and local government funding to a network of 40+ contracted community behavioral health providers and directly operates crisis response (24/7 hotline 1-800-344-5818, 988 integration, Community Crisis Response Team, Critical Incident Stress Management Team), evidence-based training programs, recovery housing, suicide prevention, and community collaboratives such as SETICC and NAMI Six County.

Product overview

The Mental Health and Recovery Services (MHRS) Board operates as a coordinated behavioral health services network—not a single unified software product—serving Coshocton, Guernsey, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, and Perry Counties in Ohio. The organization distributes federal, state, and local funding to community behavioral health providers and offers direct services including Crisis Hotline Services (1-800-344-5818 and 988), the Community Crisis Response Team (CCRT), and the Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Team. Training programs include Mental Health First Aid, Crisis Intervention Team (CIT), Peer Recovery Supporter (PRS) Training, PAX Good Behavior Game, AMSR Suicide Prevention, and Bridges Out of Poverty. The Board supports a Recovery Housing Network with gender-specific programs, transitional housing, and family housing options. Additional resources include the Recovery Summit (annual event), NAMI Six County affiliate, SETICC trauma-informed care collaborative, Access to Wellness Grants, county-specific Community Resource Guides, Mental Health Moments video series, Blog, Newsletters, Grief and Healing resources, and Suicide Prevention programs. The Provider Network connects residents to contracted mental health and substance use treatment providers across the region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 24/7 Crisis Hotline and 988 Lifeline Services 24/7 free crisis support via the 1-800-344-5818 hotline and the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (call, text, chat) for individuals experiencing mental health crises, emotional distress, or substance use issues in the six-county service area.
• Community Crisis Response Team (CCRT) Rapid deployment of trained mental health professionals providing immediate crisis support, intervention, de-escalation, and resource coordination during and after critical incidents across the six-county service area.
• Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Team Volunteer-based peer support team serving public safety agencies and other organizations across southeastern Ohio, providing pre-incident stress education, individual peer support, crisis management briefings, defusing, debriefing, and referral services after critical incidents.
• Mental Health First Aid Training 8-hour evidence-based training program teaching participants how to recognize and respond to mental health problems and crises, offered in adult and youth curricula to community members, professionals, and first responders.
• Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Training Approximately 40-hour police-based pre-arrest jail diversion training covering psychiatric disorders, substance abuse, de-escalation techniques, and related legal issues; has trained 4,817 officers across 421 Ohio police departments and 64 county sheriff departments.
• Peer Recovery Supporter (PRS) Training OhioMHAS-certified training that prepares individuals in recovery to use their lived experience to help peers, including eligibility requirements and certification exam preparation.
• PAX Good Behavior Game Universal preventive intervention delivered in schools that teaches self-regulation, self-management, and self-control in young people through evidence-based classroom strategies.
• Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR) Training One-day training for behavioral health professionals focused on recognizing, assessing, and managing suicide risk, with particular emphasis on youth and young adults aged 10-24.
• Bridges Out of Poverty Training Training based on the Bridges Out of Poverty book, designed to help individuals and organizations understand the dynamics of poverty and build resources for stability.
• Recovery Housing Network Network of recovery housing, transitional housing, and supportive services including programs for women, men, individuals needing medical withdrawal, education/employment support seekers, people with serious mental illness, and families in transition across the six-county service area.
• Suicide Prevention Programs Comprehensive suicide prevention services including the 988 Lifeline, QPR training, local suicide prevention coalitions in all six counties, and specialized resources for veterans, LGBTQ+ youth, and other at-risk populations.
• Provider Network Services Network of 40+ contracted behavioral health providers offering mental health counseling, substance use disorder treatment, psychiatric services, and crisis intervention funded by the Board across Coshocton, Guernsey, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, and Perry counties.
• Southeast Trauma-Informed Care Collaborative (SETICC) Regional collaborative of professionals and trauma survivors working together to expand trauma-informed and trauma-competent care in southeastern Ohio, convened by the Board.
• Access to Wellness Grant Program Grant program leveraging existing resources to support individuals diagnosed with severe mental illness who often present within multiple systems, with a focus on community tenure and successful recovery.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 200 attendees at annual Recovery Summit
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

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Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and minor.

• NAMI Six CountycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAMI Six County is a grassroots affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness operating within the six-county service area. The organization advocates for persons with serious mental illness, removes stigma through public education, and assists families through mutual support and education. The board collaborates with NAMI Six County on suicide prevention coalitions, CIT training, and community mental health awareness initiatives.
• SETICC (Southeast Trauma-Informed Care Collaborative)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSETICC is a diverse group of professionals and trauma survivors working together to expand trauma-informed and trauma-competent care in southeastern Ohio. The board supports SETICC training and collaborative efforts to build trauma-responsive community capacity across the region.
• Allwell Behavioral Health ServicescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAllwell Behavioral Health Services is a contracted service provider for the MHRS Board, operating counseling centers in Coshocton, Guernsey, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, and Perry counties. Allwell provides mental health counseling, substance use services, and operates recovery and transitional housing programs funded by the board.
• Muskingum Behavioral HealthcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorContracted service provider of the MHRS Board in Muskingum County. Offers behavioral health services and operates recovery housing programs including Naomi's House for women in recovery.
• Perry Behavioral Health ChoicescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorContracted service provider in Perry County. Operates Stanton Villa (women's residential recovery program) and the Training Center (recovery housing with workforce/education support in partnership with Perry County Job and Family Services).
• Guernsey Health Choices, Inc.coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorContracted service provider in Guernsey County. Operates Maslow House, a Level 2 certified Ohio Recovery Housing facility serving women in substance use recovery.
• Coshocton Behavioral Health ChoicescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorContracted service provider for the MHRS Board in Coshocton County offering behavioral health and substance use services.
• Morgan Behavioral Health ChoicescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorContracted service provider for the MHRS Board in Morgan County offering mental health and substance use services.
• OhioMHAS (Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services)coreOthersOhioMHAS is the state department that oversees mental health and addiction services in Ohio. The department appoints some members to the MHRS Board of Directors, provides state funding, administers grants including the Bipartisan Safer Communities Grant (funding the CCRT), and oversees regulatory compliance for board-funded providers.
• Muskingum Valley Health CenterssecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFederally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) affiliated provider listed as part of the behavioral health provider network in Muskingum County, offering integrated health services.
• Genesis Health Care SystemsecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHealthcare system in Muskingum County listed as an affiliate provider offering behavioral health services alongside its general healthcare offerings.
• Spero HealthsecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSpero Health is an addiction treatment provider with locations in Cambridge (Guernsey County) and Coshocton serving the six-county area with substance use disorder treatment services.
• BrightView Zanesville Addiction Treatment CentersecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBrightView operates addiction treatment centers in Zanesville (Muskingum County) providing medication-assisted treatment and counseling for substance use disorders serving board-funded clients.
• Cedar Ridge Behavioral Health SolutionssecondaryChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCedar Ridge operates the Landing (detox/withdrawal management in Frazeysburg) and Evolution (men's residential treatment housed inside Clearview), providing medical withdrawal support and residential treatment services.
• Eastern Alliance Council of Governments (COG)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Eastern Alliance COG exists to plan, organize, and fund operations of Country Garden and Liberty Manor residential treatment centers, created in response to the deinstitutionalization of Cambridge State Hospital. The board participates in this COG structure.
• Muskingum Valley Educational Service CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Ohio Valley Educational Service Center to produce county-specific Community Resource Guides for all six counties, helping residents find local behavioral health and social services.
• Ohio Valley Educational Service CenterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center to produce county-specific Community Resource Guides for all six counties.
• Ohio State University (OSU) ExtensionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOSU Extension provides mental health and stress resources for the agricultural community, including 'Creating Resilient Farms and Families in Ohio', 'Helping Young Children Through Stressful Times', and 'Should I Continue Farming?' fact sheets, shared through the board's Check Your Fence, Check Your Neighbor program.
• Southeast Ohio CISM TeamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA volunteer-based peer support organization providing initial response and supportive intervention to first responders, educators, and industry workers who have experienced critical incidents. Services include pre-incident stress education, individual peer support, defusing, debriefing, and referrals — all provided confidentially at no charge.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Stark County Mental Health & Addiction Recovery: Stark County (Canton) behavioral health authority. Comparable Ohio county-level entity that contracts with community providers for mental health and addiction services under the same statutory framework.
• Montgomery County ADAMH Board: Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board for Montgomery County (Dayton), Ohio. Comparable county-level behavioral health authority that funds and coordinates community mental health and addiction services across its jurisdiction.
• Franklin County ADAMH Board: Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board serving Franklin County (Columbus), Ohio. Directly comparable as a county-level Ohio behavioral health authority that plans, funds, and evaluates public mental health and substance use services under Ohio Law.
• Hamilton County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board: Ohio MHRS Board serving Hamilton County (Cincinnati). Directly comparable as a sister MHRS board operating under the same Ohio statutory framework, providing planning, funding, and oversight of community behavioral health services.
• Lucas County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board: MHRS Board serving Lucas County (Toledo), Ohio. Directly comparable as a sister Ohio MHRS board with statutory responsibility for behavioral health planning and funding in its county service area.
• Cuyahoga County ADAMH Board: Behavioral health authority for Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), Ohio. Directly comparable county-level ADAMH board that contracts with community providers and coordinates mental health, addiction, and recovery services.
• Summit County ADM Board: Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board for Summit County (Akron), Ohio. Comparable Ohio county behavioral health authority performing planning, contracting, and oversight functions under the same state law.

Broad incumbents

• Mental Health America: National nonprofit focused on mental health promotion, screening, and advocacy. Comparable in mission orientation (public-good behavioral health) and provides the MHA Screening tool referenced by MHRS Board; broader scope but thematically aligned.

Regional players

• NAMI Ohio: State-level affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness operating in Ohio. Adjacent peer offering advocacy, education, and support services for individuals affected by mental illness; the MHRS Board partners with its local NAMI Six County affiliate.

Others

• Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities (OACBHA): Trade association representing Ohio's county ADAMH and MHRS boards. Comparable as the institutional peer/ecosystem organization that advocates on behalf of, and coordinates between, county behavioral health authorities including MHRS Board.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/MAMHRSB
• Instagraminstagram.com/mhrsb6
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mental-health-and-recovery-services-board

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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