BATAVIA, Ohio — The job of the Clermont County Mental Health and Recovery Board is to find and provide solutions for its community when it comes to behavioral health issues.

"Assessing the behavioral health needs of our community residents, planning for behavioral health services to meet those needs, funding those services," said Lee Ann Watson, the board's executive director.

That’s why they’ll soon be renovating their current building to open a new crisis receiving center.

"It’s kinda like an urgent care for behavioral health needs, and when I say behavioral health needs, I mean substance abuse concerns as well as mental health concerns," said Watson.

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Watson said there has been a gap in the

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