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Spring 2022 Newsletter

Welcome to our spring 2022 newsletter. As we get ready for the first summer in two years with COVID-19 waning, we want to thank our patients/clients and personnel for being so flexible during this time in our history. Services are now being delivered in-person and via telehealth, which continues to greatly improve access to behavioral health care in the greater Cincinnati area.

Central Clinic Behavioral Health has received its seventh consecutive accreditation from CARF International. This accreditation is for a three-year period, and it applies to all of the Clinic’s services. CARF accreditation is an indication of Central Clinic Behavioral Health’s dedication and commitment to improving the quality of lives the persons served and is the highest possi- ble accreditation level. Additionally, the report applauded Central Clinic’s personnel on being dedicated to its mission and continued that everyone has “worked together as a team to perse- vere throughout the pandemic. The organization has found creative, but necessary, ways to ensure that persons served are connected to the program through telehealth services and has also made in-person services a viable option.”

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Central Clinic Behavioral Health Receives Seventh CARF Accreditation

CINCINNATI – Central Clinic Behavioral Health has received its seventh consecutive accreditation from CARF International. This accreditation is for a three-year period, and it applies to all of Central Clinic’s services. CARF accreditation is an indication of Central Clinic Behavioral Health’s dedication and commitment to improving the quality of lives the persons served and is the highest possible accreditation level.

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FY 2020-21 Annual Report

Letter from Chair of the Board and CEO

hope. It is the foundation of the human spirit.

Welcome to the 2020-21 annual report and what a year it has been. The pandemic continued; funders supported us more than ever; personnel continued to deliver important services both in-person and via telehealth. All of us are grateful to everyone who helped our patients/clients throughout the year – thank you.

This annual report will share stories of hope. When hope is missing for a length of time, an individual not only loses interest in his/her surroundings but eventually loses the will to live. Personnel are uniquely educated experts to help people process feelings of hopelessness. It is what they do every day so they can remove barriers to a spirit that can utilize its talents and eventually feel joy about oneself and about life.

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Central Clinic Behavioral Health Receives $54,600 Grant From L&L Nippert Charitable Foundation

Central Clinic Behavioral Health Adult Services division has received a $54,600 grant from the L&L Nippert Charitable Foundation. The grant will be used to provide equipment that will take the delivery of Central Clinic’s current telehealth program to a higher service level.

Thanks to this grant, Central Clinic will be able to purchase equipment that is used during telehealth calls and increase the number of patients and clients it sees and provide a better experience to them as well as our clinical personnel. In addition, Central Clinic will be able to purchase air cleaners for the offices where in-person visits are held, which will improve the office air circulation.

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Annual Appeal 2021

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Annual Appeal 2021

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Hope This is what you provide to the many children, adults and families who are supported through our work now and over the years. Your philanthropy adds vibrancy to our diverse community and it has been truly realized during the pandemic. Foundations, corporations, and individual donors really came through for the nonprofit sector – thank you.

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bi3 Awards $50,000 to Central Clinic Behavioral Health to Support Behavioral Health Services

Cincinnati, OH (December 14, 2020) – bi3, Bethesda Inc.’s grantmaking initiative, has awarded $50,000 to Central Clinic Behavioral Health for building capacity, educating clinicians and telehealth training.

“In today’s environment, it is important that the behavioral health therapists stay up-to-date with the latest technology to interact with patients,” says Dr. Walter S. Smitson, Central Clinic Behavioral Health president and CEO. “Thanks to the generosity of bi3, Central Clinic will be able to prepare for future ways that behavioral health services, including mental health and substance abuse services, are delivered and help even more individuals who need these services.”

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Central Clinic Behavioral Health Receives Grant to Fund Adult Mental Health Services

CINCINNATI – Central Clinic Behavioral Health has received a $50,000 grant from the John A. Schroth Family Charitable Trust, PNC Charitable Trust. This grant will fund all services delivered in the Adult Services division. The adults served are in distress, diverse and lack access to mental health services due to income or other reasons. These services are offered both in person and by telehealth. The grant funds will be used to help clients now as well as after the pandemic.

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FY 2019-20 Annual Report

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Letter from Chair of the Board and CEO

Central Clinic Behavioral Health was launched in 1923, five years after the global pandemic of 1918. Whoever thought we would see another pandemic of that magnitude? As the president/CEO of one of the leading behavioral health nonprofits, it was an easy pivot for service delivery because of the strength and innovation of our team of experts.

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