Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana counties will benefit from some of the $90 million in American Rescue Plan funds aimed at strengthening mental health and addiction crisis services statewide.

Gov. Mike DeWine announced the awards Monday. A total of 37 regional projects will receive funding through the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

Locally:

• Heartland Regional Board Collaborative, Trumbull County, will receive $1.5 million. Heartland Behavioral Healthcare in Massillon provides in-patient care for acutely mentally ill adults from northeastern Ohio;

• Stark County Mental Health & Addiction Recovery collaborative (Summit, Carroll, Portage, Columbiana, Mahoning, Tuscarawas, Cuyahoga, Trumbull, Wayne, Belmont and Medina) will get $3.1 million.

“Across Ohio, people of all ages and their families are seeking care in record numbers for substance use and mental health concerns,” DeWine said. “By expanding access to a full array of crisis services, more Ohioans of all ages will receive the care they need in their local community so that they can recover and reach their full potential.”

OhioMHAS will oversee coordination of the grants in collaboration with county Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health boards. As a part of the planning process, these boards were required to work with community partners (service providers, law enforcement, hospitals) to identify local needs and gaps in their regional crisis systems and to develop collaborative projects to add capacity statewide.

The resulting awards will fund a mix of capital improvement projects — 26 projects at $74.5 million — and infrastructure projects — 11 projects at $15.5 million — closing locally identified gaps in care such as short-term residential beds, behavioral health urgent care, mobile crisis response teams, and facility / IT improvements.