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Levy Information PASSED on 9/6/07

Dear Voter,

Thank-you for the support of the recent renewal tax levy for the Wayne-Homes Mental Heath Recovery Board. Your support was greatly appreciated.

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Frequently Asked Levy Questions

1. What is the statutory responsibility of the MHRB?

The MRHB is the planning, evaluation, and funding authority for all publicly supported mental health and substance abuse services for Wayne and Holmes Counties under the Ohio Revised Code chapter 340

By statute it cannot provide client services, instead the Board must contract with private non-profit 501-C3 agencies to deliver the service array they feel best meets the needs of citizens in Wayne and Holmes Counties.

2. Who are the contract agencies the MHRB funds?

 The private non-profit contract agencies of the Board are:

• The Counseling Center
• STEPS at Liberty Center
• Every Woman’s House
• Your Human Resource Center
• Outreach Community Living
• Catholic Charities
• Christian Children’s Home of Ohio
• The Village Network
• Wayne Holmes Chapter of the National Alliance for Mental Illness
• Advocates for Mental Health

3.Are there other programs the Board funds with community partners?

• The MHRB also uses their funds to support community wide shared initiatives such as:
• The Wayne and Holmes County Family and Children First Councils
• Partnerships for success initiative in both counties
• STAY the school alternative program in Holmes County
• The opportunity school in Wayne County,
• Homeplace Housing

4. How many people were served in direct services?

The Contract agencies of the Board served approximately 5,000 customers in FY 07

5. How many people were served by prevention and education programs?

• Over 12,000 children and adults in prevention and education programs, in the schools and community, such as:
• Suicide Prevention Stress reduction workshops
• Parenting classes Health fairs
• Child Assault Prevention Mentoring programs for children
• All Stars-at risk behavior prevention Early childhood mental health training
• Divorce family workshops Substance abuse prevention
• Anger management DBT
• Crisis intervention training
• Domestic violence prevention

6. How does the Board assure services are working?

The MHRB encourages agencies to use evidenced based practices when delivering services. These interventions have been proven to produce results in clinical trials and outcome studies.

The Board requires that all agencies gather outcome data on their services and report that to the Board as well as client satisfaction data.

7. Is the MHRB evaluated for their compliance to standards that govern them?

The MHRB received a three year professional certification from the Ohio Association of Behavioral Health Authorities. This required the Board to meet standards set by their field in areas of finance, planning, evaluation, and safety.

8. What are the direct services the MHRB funds?

The MHRB funds a continuum of service from prevention to higher levels of care such as residential treatment and hospital services.

9. How are crisis services delivered in our area?

The MHRB must ensure that its district has 24/7 crisis emergency services.

The crisis team which operates through the Counseling Center is on duty 24/7 and responds to all kinds of crisis calls. That includes 911 calls in which they go along with police to respond and pre-screen customers prior to their entry into the hospital.

Crisis calls include:

• Suicide – overdoses, self harm
• Domestic Violence
• Psychiatric stabilization
• Pre-screening for hospital appropriateness
• Behavior management - unruly adults or children
• Post traumatic stress reduction
• Elder Abuse or Elder evaluation

10. What is a replacement levy?

 A replacement levy continues an existing levy at current property values. So the levy passed in 1997 would continue, but slightly increase in its collections due to new property evaluations in 2007. Over ten years the levy looses value compared to inflation and a replacement allows this loss to be made up. The MHRB only comes to voters every ten years to ask for their support.

• How much money will the levy raise?

 It is estimated that this 1-mill levy will generate approximately $3 million for Wayne and Holmes Counties combined.  Because it is a replacement levy it would collected based on current property values, this represents an increase of approximately 25% (or $600,000) over the current 1-mill levy that was approved 10 years ago.  This local levy accounts for approximately a quarter of the Board's $12 million budget. The Board could not operate without these funds. The local levy provides needed matching funds to leverage Medicaid dollars and secure other grants, making the investment go further. It also allows the Board flexibility to address unique local needs .

12. How much would the average home owner pay for a 1 mil levy?

The homeowner of a $100,000 home would pay 8 cents a day, $2.55 a month or 30.63 a year in taxes. Seniors would pay 6 cents a day, 1.91 a month and 22.97 a year.