Stark County Mental Health And Addiction Recovery (Starkmhar)

Stark County Mental Health And Addiction Recovery (Starkmhar), a local government entity and division of Stark County, Ohio, operates as a federal grant recipient under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care program and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, delivering homelessness prevention, mental health crisis response training, and addiction recovery services in Stark County and subordinate service areas.

Starkmhar is a county government agency headquartered in Canton, Ohio, operating as a child entity of County of Stark (UEI TF1MTFVU7MF4). The organization functions as both a prime grant recipient (52% of recent awards) and a sub-recipient flowing funding from state pass-through agencies, primarily the Ohio Department of Mental Health and the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The source characterizes Starkmhar as a mental health and addiction recovery organization coordinating multi-organizational community partnerships to deliver coordinated entry systems, housing assistance, case management, and evidence-based training initiatives.

Recent prime grant work centers on the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) administered by HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, which accounts for 29 of the organization's 75 recent awards. Representative CoC awards include a $268,054 grant (obligation date September 1, 2025, completion August 31, 2026) supporting permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and supportive services; a $154,155 grant (October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026) providing Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) funding and housing operations support; and a $147,446 grant (October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024) delivering case management and housing assistance. A five-year Mental Health Awareness Training project grant from SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services (awarded December 31, 2022, completing September 29, 2026) funds Crisis Intervention Team training, Mental Health First Aid, and related evidence-based curricula coordinated with the Canton Police Department, Coleman Professional Services, Stark County Sheriff's Office, and Kent State University's Center for Public Policy and Health; Starkmhar plans to deliver 158 trainings reaching approximately 3,876 individuals over the grant period.

Top customers align across prime and sub-recipient roles. HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development leads prime-grant activity at 29 awards. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA, part of HHS) accounts for 37 awards across multiple roles — 16 direct awards, 11 awards as a named sub-recipient, and 8 additional sub-recipient awards under related behavioral-health programs. Sub-recipient funding flows predominantly through Ohio Department of Mental Health pass-through awards supporting State Opioid Response grants (SOR 3.0 and 4.0), Mental Health Block Grants, Projecting All Reaching Opportunities for Reintegration (PATH), and Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Response grants (SUPTRS). Awards from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services fund Infant Early Childhood Mental Health initiatives and Title XX Social Services Act programs. Starkmhar also receives direct HUD funding for Homeless Assistance Management Information Systems upgrades and HOME-ARP supportive services.

Activity has grown substantially year over year — five awards in 2022 to seventeen in 2025 — with three awards recorded as of the March 2026 data capture. Combined dollars obligated across all seventy-five awards total $27.8 million. Four awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete exposure for CoC and mental-health block-grant work. Starkmhar serves eight distinct federal customer agencies and operates as a CoC lead entity for Stark County, coordinating partner organizations to implement coordinated entry systems and deliver targeted interventions for individuals experiencing homelessness, mental health crises, and substance use disorders.