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Why is mental health care so hard to find with private insurance?
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Why is mental health care so hard to find with private insurance?

The Center for Community Solutions recently partnered with the Community Counseling Center of Ashtabula County to examine the behavioral health needs in Ashtabula County. One thing that came up in nearly every conversation we had with community members and stakeholders was the difficulty of finding behavioral health providers who accepted private insurance. Our community survey...

Building Intentional Disability Community
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Building Intentional Disability Community

The way we interact and connect with other people has been continually changing since early 2020. With the abrupt onset of COVID-19 many of us physically isolated ourselves from contact with anyone outside of our immediate living space. We collectively learned how to meet virtually and socialize in ways that did not require sharing air....

Welcome Suzanna Thiese to Community Solutions
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Welcome Suzanna Thiese to Community Solutions

Please welcome Suzanna Thiese to Community Solutions. Suzanna will join the Research team as a Fellow on Tuesday, August 16th. Suzanna recently completed her Ph.D. in Nursing where her research focused on the social determinants of maternal mortality and medical mistrust among Black women in America. Prior to joining Community Solutions, Suzanna worked as a...

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Getting older and getting connected

What do your seventeen-year-old niece and seventy-four-year-old uncle have in common? An obsession with TikTok? Maybe, especially if they live in Lorain County. A recent community needs assessment of older adults in Lorain County paired with census data has revealed some surprising and exciting data related to older adults and internet usage. And while Uncle...

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Navigating Pandemic EBT

Ensuring that children received proper nutrition was one of the many challenges that COVID brought. In the 2019-2020 school year, over 710,000 K-12 Ohio students were eligible to receive a free or reduced lunch and breakfast. Meals were provided directly to students when they were physically in school. Once schools closed during the pandemic, many...

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