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When Cassidy Lekan joined Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services (GCBHS) as the VP of Recovery Services, our Hamilton County substance use disorder teams were spread out in multiple locations, such as Shelterhouse, St. Anthony’s Center in OTR, our Madison location, and at Glenway, as well as in the community. One of Cassidy’s goals was to create a “hub,” so to speak, for all substance use disorder (SUD) services in Hamilton County. Earlier this year, a remodel of our G

A two-year grant courtesy of the Joe Burrow Foundation allowed Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services (GCBHS) to offer a summer camp through our school-based services program. The two-week camp provided funding for staff, food, transportation, field trips, and activities for underprivileged children in the St. Bernard Elmwood Place school system. According to Carlie Yersky, Director of School-Based Services for GCBHS, without the Burrow Foundation’s support, these chil

This fall, Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services launched integrated primary care services at its Madison and Amelia locations. National statistics show that integrated care provided through community health centers (CHC) has a proven track record of reducing overall health costs by decreasing the impact of chronic diseases, which eliminates costly hospitalizations and unnecessary visits to emergency rooms. In fact, community health center costs account for only 1% of

Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services (GCBHS) was named a Cincinnati Top Workplace for the 15th year. The Top Workplaces program surveys workplaces and celebrates people-first organizations nationally and across 60 regional markets. In addition to being named a Top Workplace, GCBHS was also honored with a Top Workplaces Culture Excellence award, which recognizes organizations that excel in specific areas of workplace culture:  Work-Life Flexibility This award celebrat

Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services (GCBHS) extends our sincere gratitude to the United Way of Greater Cincinnati for their continued partnership and generous support. Through their generous funding of $550,000, GCBHS is able to offer services for individuals who might otherwise go without care.  The funding provided by the United Way is used by several GCBHS programs. Our school-based program offers mental health services to students whose families face insurance b

For the next several weeks and throughout the holiday season, we will continue to update this page with additional resources as they become available. If you have information that might be beneficial to our community, please email dmichaels@gcbhs.com THANK YOU! The 2025-2026 Winter Shelter at Shelterhouse (411 Gest Street, 45203) opens Monday, December 1st. The shelter is open to single individuals experiencing homelessness and runs nightly from 7 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. Enter th