A New Era in Mental Health and Addiction Access
For many, the biggest challenge to effective mental health and substance use treatment is not a lack of services. Often, the complexities of the behavioral health landscape make it difficult to access timely and accurate information about available services. Incomplete service directories, outdated listings, and confusing jargon create barriers at critical moments.
Join us to learn how RecoveryRachel, Ohio’s cutting-edge, statewide mental health care portal, transforms how people find licensed and certified mental health and substance use treatment.
This state-of-the-art resource connects individuals, families, caretakers, behavioral health professionals, and responders to licensed and certified providers across Ohio. Informed by people with lived experience, treatment providers, clinicians, families, and caretakers, the system prioritizes accuracy and usability.
This session explores how Ohio is implementing a first-of-its-kind statewide framework for treatment navigation, the design principles that support sustained accuracy, and the role of provider engagement to sustain integrity. Attendees will gain practical insights for building durable, human-centered access systems that improve care connections today while adapting for the future.
Essential Details:
Cost: Free
Location: Teams Webinar
CEUs: Prevention CEUs will be applied for.
Meet the Speaker
Jennifer Lloyd | Assistant Director at RecoveryOhio
Jennifer Lloyd is the Assistant Director for RecoveryOhio, an initiative within Governor Mike DeWine’s office focused on coordinating and expanding efforts to address substance use and mental health disorders. Her work includes enhancing prevention, expanding treatment, supporting recovery services, and partnering with law enforcement to combat illicit drug activity.
Previously, Jennifer served as Central Ohio Territory Business Manager for Alkermes, Inc., where she collaborated closely with behavioral health providers. From 2011 to 2018, she was the Director of Statewide Substance Use and Outreach Initiatives at the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, leading efforts in naloxone distribution, public awareness, community engagement, and law enforcement coordination.
Before entering public service, Jennifer worked in sales and management in New York City and Philadelphia. Originally from New Jersey, she moved to Ohio in 1997 and now lives at Buckeye Lake with her partner, Tony White. She cherishes time with her sons, Collin and Caleb, and daughter-in-law, Maggie.
She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Stockton University and an M.S. in Psychology from the University of Phoenix.
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