Portage Path Behavioral Health News

Akron, OH-  The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has granted Akron-based Portage Path Behavioral Health $2,342,500 of federal funds over the next two years. These funds will enhance access to mental health and addiction services for...

Portage Path President joined Apple Growth Partners on their SLICED podcast to discuss mental health in the workplace. Check it out: https://www.applegrowth.com/ep92-shifting-the-focus-on-mental-health/ In today’s episode, Tracy Yaeger, PhD, from Portage Path...

COVID-19 Vaccine Information Click on the link below to find out where you can get your COVID-19 Vaccination: https://gettheshot.coronavirus.ohio.gov/ Per the CDC, “COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective.” For more CDC information on COVID-19 Vaccines, click on the...

An Update about your Portage Path telehealth services:  It is important that you are seen at least once annually In-Person. Please discuss with your treatment provider when the best time would be for you to attend an in-person appointment. Portage Path is currently...

PPBH staff have participated in obtaining the COVID19 vaccine and we continue to provide safe environments for our clients, visitors, and staff. Wearing a mask, hand sanitizing and COVID screening is still required upon entering our facilities.   Beginning the week of...

With generous funds from The HSC/Summit County Community Health Fund of Akron Community Foundation to expand dual diagnosis programming, Portage Path will be adding three new co-occurring groups. These include a much-needed Men's Trauma Group, an evening Intensive...

On Monday, February 15th, Portage Path Medical Director Dr. Jeffrey Moore spoke to WAKR host Ray Horner about Portage Path services and how we have navigated serving clients in a pandemic. Portage Path was proud to sponsor WAKR's COVID -19 Seminar in January and happy...

Portage Path Behavioral Health’s innovative Nurse Practitioner Fellowship Program has been awarded Accreditation with Distinction, the highest recognition awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Accreditation Program. The American Nurses Credentialing...

     The Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded $1.5 million dollars to Kent State University College of Nursing, with $1,325,700 of that award earmarked for Akron’s Portage Path Behavioral Health. This year Portage Path will receive...

We are honored to be included in the Akron Community Foundation's Spring issue of The Signal. The piece titled "A Sustainable Response" highlights the foundation's Community Response Fund which funded grants to nearly 100 non-profits locally, Portage Path included....

It is a heartbreaking time. Violent deaths, protests, riots and unrest in the midst of a worldwide pandemic are tugging at the seams that hold us together as a human family.   Portage Path Behavioral Health has always been — and will always be — inclusive and...