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Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services will hold their 20th Annual Champions of Hope Gala at The Summit Hotel in Cincinnati, on April 24th from 6:00 - 9:00 pm. To purchase individual tickets or tables (seating for 8 or 10) please click HERE! This year's honoree is Hamilton County Commissioner Denise Driehaus. She is being honored for her work as the Executive Chair for the Hamilton County Addiction Response Coalition. The Coalition connects Hamilton County resident

This information has been updated through Monday, February 2nd. If the cold weather continues, information will be updated on this page. If you know of a location that is not currently on our list, please email: Dawn Michaels, our Community Relations Manager: dmichaels@gcbhs.com The 2025-2026 Winter Shelter at Shelterhouse (411 Gest Street, 45203) is open. The shelter is open to single individuals experiencing homelessness and runs nightly from 7 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. Enter t

Sometimes it's difficult to hear the stories about our TIP team clients. TIP is short for the Transitions to Independence program. Their team provides wrap-around services to adolescents and young adults who are struggling with mental health and/or substance use disorder. Many of these youth have significant histories of trauma, developmental delays, and mental health diagnoses that require consistent, long-term support—resources that many of their families frequently lack th

Charles was not in a good place when he voluntarily entered the substance use disorder (SUD) program at Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services (GCBHS). He admits, "My whole life was consumed by drinking and taking drugs." That lifestyle also led Charles down a path that included jail time. "I wasn't living right," he says. "My focus was on using so I couldn't hold down a job." He continued to hang out with the wrong crowd, making bad decisions and ended up incarcerated

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