Our Services

Community Involvement

We are COMMUNITY FOCUSED!

We are an active member in many different community work groups, local coalitions, and multi-county initiatives.

Community Programs and Collaboration

Be Aware Program – collaboration with several community agencies and businesses to provide visual education to parents, educators, and home health workers.  Education regarding drug use, including warning signs hidden in plain site.

• Be Aware Partner /Agencies
• Guernsey County Sheriff’s Office
• Guernsey County Juvenile Court
• Cambridge-Guernsey County Health Department
• Ohio Valley Educational Service Center
• Guernsey Health Choice, Inc./Alcohol and Drug Services

C.H.A.N.G.E (Creating Hope, Awareness, New Goals & Education)

Guernsey Health Choices, Inc. in partnership with the Sheriff’s Office is offering inmates an opportunity while serving their time in jail to participate in substance use treatment.  The C.H.A.N.G.E. program incorporates education and programs by the staff from the Guernsey County Jobs and Family Services and the Cambridge-Guernsey Health Department.  The C.H.A.N.G.E program participants are offered case management services to develop a plan for  when they are released from jail.

Clean Start– Area agencies and organizations partner to provide wrap around services for pregnant women who are addicted to drugs or alcohol.

• Clean Start Partners/Agencies
• Guernsey County Help Me Grow
• Early Intervention, Guernsey County DD
• Early Head Start and Head Start
• Guernsey County Children Services Board
• Guernsey County Health Department
• Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center (SEORMC)/Childbirth Center
• Guernsey Health Choice, Inc./Alcohol and Drug Services

Cambridge Guernsey County Health Department Project Dawn– Project DAWN is a community-based overdose education and naloxone distribution program. Project DAWN participants receive training on:

• Recognizing the signs and symptoms of overdose
• Distinguishing between different types of overdose
• Performing rescue breathing
• Calling emergency medical services
• Administering intranasal Naloxon

Community Involvement and Sober Living

In hopes of gaining the feeling of being a part of the community, Guernsey Health Choices encourages residence of the houses to participate in community activities, events and also give back to the community. In doing so, they find new interests, make new contacts and enjoy the community in a positive way.  One of the first projects for community involvement has been the RECOVERY ROCKS project.

Free Prevention/Education Services

Our staff is available to provide education for community agencies, churches, schools and etc.  We partner with local school districts to promote awareness and education on the dangers of addiction.  We are yearly participant in Red Ribbon Week.

Guernsey Recovery Response Team.

Drug Abuse Response Teams and Quick Response Teams are made up of law enforcement officers partnering with drug treatment providers and others who assist overdose survivors in the recovery process. Team members visit survivors after an overdose and offer counseling and referrals to drug rehabilitation facilities for assessment, detoxification, on-going drug treatment, and aftercare. These teams work to reduce overdose-related deaths, reduce repeated overdoses per victim, and increase the support network for survivors and their families.

Crisis Hotline – (800) 344-5818
Crisis Text Line – Text “4Hope” to 741741