Stark County Mental Health & Addiction Recovery

What Stark County Mental Health & Addiction Recovery does

Stark County Mental Health & Addiction Recovery (StarkMHAR) is a county government board headquartered in Canton, Ohio, empowered by the State of Ohio to plan, evaluate, fund, manage, and deliver community-based mental health and addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery support services for Stark County residents. The organization operates as a publicly funded contracting entity, channeling federal, state, and local funds through a network of provider agencies including CommQuest Services, Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health, Stark County TASC, Pathway Caring for Children, and Coleman Behavioral Health. Services are provided at no cost to residents regardless of ability to pay, and the organization also operates direct service programs including the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, Project DAWN naloxone distribution, Mental Health First Aid training, Drug Dropoff collection boxes, and the FIRST Stark County first-episode psychosis program.

The organization's core technology platform is PartnerSolutions, a wholly owned internal department created in 1999 that provides administrative services, IT, claims processing, enrollment, database management, and reporting for 15 Mental Health and Recovery boards across 22 Ohio counties. PartnerSolutions houses a database system with over 1,500 reports and operates a shared electronic health records consortium (Health Informatics) used by boards and provider agencies in northeast Ohio including Ashtabula, Montgomery, Portage, Stark, Trumbull, and Wayne/Holmes counties. The platform is built on NextGen Healthcare's SmartCareMCO system.

The organization's revenue model is government-funded through federal, state, and local appropriations, supplemented by ProviderSolutions' administrative services revenue from 15 contracted boards. StarkMHAR sustains three long-running community coalitions (Drug Free Stark County since 2006, Opiate & Addiction Task Force since 2011, Suicide Prevention Coalition since 2003), operates the Stark County Homeless Hotline, and distributes free naloxone kits across multiple county locations. The organization employs approximately 50 staff across administration, clinical services, finance, marketing, IT, and PartnerSolutions functions.

Name

Stark County Mental Health & Addiction Recovery

Legal name

Stark County Mental Health & Addiction Recovery

Website

https://starkmhar.org

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stark County Mental Health & Addiction Recovery is a government county board that plans, funds, and evaluates publicly funded mental health and addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery services for Stark County, Ohio residents through a contracted provider network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health & Addiction Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Individual and Family Services (6241), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

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

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAEAH

Mental Health & Crisis Support Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

SECONDARYBPAGAEAO

Substance Use Recovery & Harm Reduction Support Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

SECONDARYBPAGACAE

Substance Use Disorder Prevention & Recovery Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Health & Medical Nonprofits

SECONDARYHLAEAHAF

Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Benefit Management

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Health Insurance & Managed Care/Managed Behavioral Health (MBHO)

Keywords

• Mental health services
• Addiction recovery
• Behavioral health
• Substance abuse treatment
• Crisis intervention

Headquarters

HQ city

Canton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: StarkMHAR is empowered by the State of Ohio to plan, develop, fund, manage and evaluate community-based mental health and addiction services. Federal, state and local funds are utilized to ensure mental health and addiction prevention, treatment and recovery support services are available to individuals and families in Stark County.
2. Provider Contracts: Contracts with a wide range of providers for prevention, treatment and recovery support services for Stark County residents.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

StarkMHAR is the county mental health and addiction services board for Stark County, Ohio. It plans, evaluates, and funds community-based mental health and addiction services by contracting with a provider network for prevention, treatment, and recovery support. It also operates direct programs including the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, Project DAWN naloxone distribution, Mental Health First Aid training, and homeless navigation, plus a PartnerSolutions division providing administrative, IT, claims, and shared electronic health records services to 15 Ohio Mental Health and Recovery boards across 22 counties.

Product overview

Stark County Mental Health & Addiction Recovery (StarkMHAR) operates as the county board responsible for planning, evaluating, and funding local mental health and addiction services through contracted providers. The organization offers a portfolio of direct service products including the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, Project DAWN overdose prevention with naloxone distribution, Drug Dropoff Locations for safe prescription disposal, Mental Health First Aid Training (Adult and Youth), and the Check In On You mental health screening tool. Its PartnerSolutions division provides administrative services including Data Analytics for 17 Mental Health and Recovery boards, Health Informatics shared electronic health records, and Homeless Navigation via the Stark County Homeless Hotline. StarkMHAR also supports community coalitions including Drug Free Stark County, the Opiate & Addiction Task Force, and the Suicide Prevention Coalition, plus specialized programs like FIRST Stark County for first-episode psychosis treatment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PartnerSolutions: A department of Stark County Mental Health & Addiction Recovery providing administrative services, IT, claims, enrollment, database management, electronic health records, and data analytics for Mental Health and Recovery boards across Ohio.

Products and services

• StarkMHAR County Board Services Core county board services that plan, evaluate, and fund mental health and addiction services in Stark County through contracts with a wide range of providers for prevention, treatment, and recovery support for residents.
• PartnerSolutions Data Analytics Administrative services organization providing member enrollment and claims processing, IT services, and database and reporting functions to Mental Health and Recovery boards in Ohio, with a database system housing more than 1,500 reports.
• PartnerSolutions Health Informatics Health informatics consortium enabling participating organizations to maintain separate identities while sharing a state-of-the-art electronic health records system, ensuring vital medical information is recorded accurately and available timely.
• PartnerSolutions Homeless Navigation Stark County Homeless Hotline using a single point-of-entry data collection system to assess and refer callers to appropriate shelters and other programs through Homeless Navigation.
• Mental Health First Aid Training 8-hour certification course teaching participants how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders, available in Adult and Youth versions.
• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline 24/7 crisis hotline connecting individuals experiencing mental health-related distress or suicidal crisis to compassionate care and support.
• Project DAWN of Stark County Community-based overdose education and naloxone distribution program providing free overdose prevention kits containing naloxone to Stark County residents.
• Drug Dropoff Locations Five drug collection boxes maintained in partnership with the Stark County Sheriff's Office for safe disposal of unwanted prescriptions.
• Check In On You Quick, easy, and secure mental health screenings available via a digital quiz for Stark County residents.
• FIRST Stark County Innovative research and treatment program for individuals aged 15-40 who have had a first episode of psychotic illness for no more than 18 months, in collaboration with NEOMED's Best Practices in Schizophrenia Treatment (BeST) Center and Coleman Behavioral Health.

Quantifiable outcome

• 81%-89% Appointment Show Rate at three Largest Funded Providers (goal was 80%)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Opiate & Addiction Task Force PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Multi-sector partnership including law enforcement, medical personnel, treatment providers, community leaders, people with lived experience, and parents addressing the addiction epidemic in Stark County.
• Drug Free Stark County Coalition MemberscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2006Community coalition including law enforcement, schools, faith-based organizations, parents, youth, business, health care and treatment providers working to prevent and reduce substance misuse.
• Suicide Prevention Coalition PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2003Partnership of more than 20 local community organizations, community members, and those with lived experience working to eliminate suicide in Stark County.
• Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with NEOMED's Best Practices in Schizophrenia Treatment (BeST) Center for the FIRST Stark County program, an innovative research and treatment program for individuals with first episode psychosis.
• Coleman Behavioral HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner with Coleman Behavioral Health to fund FIRST Stark County, a specialized treatment program for individuals aged 15-40 who have had psychotic symptoms for no more than 18 months.
• NAMI Stark CountycoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNAMI Stark County provides Mental Health First Aid training for youth and adults, teaching participants how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders.
• SmartCareMCOcoreTechnology or IntegrationNextGen Healthcare platform used for claims processing, enrollment, and reporting across the PartnerSolutions consortium of 15 Mental Health and Recovery boards.
• Ohio Department of HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding source for Project DAWN (Deaths Avoided with Naloxone) providing overdose prevention kits containing naloxone to Stark County residents.
• Stark County Health DepartmentminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner for overdose statistics, annual reports, and naloxone kit distribution through harm reduction supply vending machines.
• PartnerSolutions Health Informatics Consortium MemberscoreTechnology or IntegrationConsortium of Mental Health and Recovery Services Boards and provider agencies in northeast Ohio sharing electronic health records system, including Ashtabula, Montgomery, Portage, Stark, Trumbull, and Wayne/Holmes counties.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Carelon Behavioral Health (formerly Beacon Health Options): Large national managed behavioral health organization serving health plans and state Medicaid programs. Operates at a much larger scale than StarkMHAR but addresses overlapping managed-care, claims-processing, and behavioral health network administration functions — particularly relevant to PartnerSolutions' administrative services scope.
• Magellan Health: National managed care company with a large behavioral health segment managing Medicaid behavioral health benefits for state and county payers. Comparable to StarkMHAR's MBHO-like administrative role, but operates at multi-state scale and is owned by Centene.
• Optum Behavioral Health: Optum's behavioral health division manages mental health and substance use benefits for millions of members across commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare plans. Comparable as a managed behavioral health organization but at vastly larger scale and integrated with UnitedHealth Group's payer-provider platform.

Direct peers

• ADAMH Board of Franklin County: Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health (ADAMH) Board serving Franklin County, Ohio. Functions as a sister county mental health and addiction services board under OhioMHAS oversight with the same planning/funding/evaluating mandate — directly comparable in structure, scope, and funding model to StarkMHAR.
• Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County (ADAMHS): Cuyahoga County's behavioral health authority, planning/funding/evaluating mental health and addiction services for the Cleveland metro. Same statutory role as StarkMHAR under Ohio law, with a larger urban population base and broader provider network — useful benchmark for county-board scale and operations.
• Summit County Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Services Board (ADM): Summit County (Akron) Ohio ADAMH board with identical statutory mandate as StarkMHAR. Comparable in geographic scale (mid-sized Ohio county), provider network contracting model, and behavioral health continuum. Directly comparable in budget and service-mix structure.
• Montgomery County Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Services (ADAMHS): Montgomery County (Dayton) Ohio ADAMHS board. Sister county entity with the same state-empowered planning, funding, and evaluation mandate. Useful peer for understanding how comparable Ohio county boards structure provider contracts, levy funding, and crisis-services delivery.
• Lucas County Mental Health & Recovery Services Board: Lucas County (Toledo) Ohio mental health and recovery services board. Same statutory role as StarkMHAR, comparable mid-sized county population, and similar provider-network contracting model. Useful for benchmarking regional behavioral health authority operations.

Others

• Ohio Council of Behavioral Health & Family Services Providers: Statewide trade association representing Ohio's community behavioral health providers and county boards. Useful adjacent peer representing the broader ecosystem in which StarkMHAR operates its provider network and policy advocacy.
• Mental Health America of Ohio: Statewide nonprofit advocacy organization promoting mental health awareness, prevention, and policy in Ohio. Adjacent to StarkMHAR's mental health education, suicide prevention, and stigma-reduction mission — both work on the public-facing behavioral health awareness side of the same continuum.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/StarkMHARnews
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCOFzmmQKPOjlwfWpEXx01zw
• Facebookfacebook.com/StarkMHAR
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stark-county-mental-health-&-addiction-recovery
• Instagraminstagram.com/starkmhar

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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