County Of Union

The Mental Health & Recovery Board Of Union County, a county government entity and division of the Union County Board of Commissioners headquartered in Marysville, Ohio, serves as a federal grant recipient (74% of awards as prime recipient) across homelessness intervention, youth behavioral health, and justice-system mental health collaboration programs.

The organization's federal footprint concentrates heavily on HUD's Continuum of Care (CoC) program, which accounts for the majority of its 58 total awards (prime and sub combined) since 2007. Recent CoC awards include project grants dated May 1, 2026 (ultimate completion April 30, 2027), April 1, 2026 (ultimate completion March 31, 2027), and May 1, 2025 (ultimate completion April 30, 2026), all funding permanent housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services, and homeless management information systems for Union County. Beyond CoC, the Board holds a four-year project grant from SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services for "Building Strong Foundations: Expanding and Sustaining Early Childhood Mental Health Services" (awarded September 30, 2024, completing September 29, 2028), which partners with the Union County Board of Developmental Disabilities, three school districts, Nationwide Children's Hospital, and University of Connecticut Innovations Institute to embed early childhood mental health services. The Board also holds a SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services grant for "Union County Project AWARE" (awarded December 31, 2022, completing September 29, 2026) serving approximately 7,600 students across three school districts through school-embedded behavioral health navigators and family peer support specialists. A Bureau of Justice Assistance Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program grant (awarded October 1, 2022, completing September 30, 2025) funds crisis intervention team coordination and mental health court expansion in partnership with the Union County Sheriff's Office, Probate Court, and Marysville Police Division.

The Board's customer concentration tracks entirely to health, social services, and justice grantor agencies. HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development leads with 34 awards; SAMHSA (under HHS) follows with 8 awards; the Bureau of Justice Assistance (under DOJ) holds 3 awards. The Board also receives sub-grant awards flowing from the Ohio Department of Mental Health, including recurring State Opioid Response and Mental Health Block Grant pass-throughs dated through late 2025. Activity has been steady at 5 to 8 awards per year over the past five years, with combined dollars obligated across all 58 awards standing at $57.8 million. Three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete exposure in the CoC program cycle. The organization does not hold federal contracts or IDVs; all funding flows through project grants and sub-grants, positioning it as a local public-sector recipient rather than a contract service provider.