Community Health and Outreach

At Community Health Alliance, our outreach teams work across neighborhoods, shelters, jails, schools, and sidewalks to build trust and connect individuals with services that support mental health, recovery, housing, employment, and hope.

Our community-based outreach teams provide a wide range of support, including jail re-entry coordination, court support, crisis follow-up, and employment services. Whether someone is experiencing homelessness, leaving incarceration, facing a mental health crisis, or just unsure where to turn, we walk alongside them on their path forward.

We also work closely with peer supporters, clinical teams, housing providers, and employment specialists to ensure individuals receive care that starts with human connection and leads to meaningful opportunities.

Our community-based outreach teams provide outreach services, including jail re-entry coordination, court support, and crisis follow-up. Whether someone is experiencing homelessness, leaving incarceration, facing a mental health crisis, or just unsure where to turn.

Our outreach teams also work closely with peer supporters, clinical teams, and housing providers to ensure individuals receive care that starts with human connection.

What It Can Look Like

Our PATH (Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness) team visit parks, shelters, and encampments to engage individuals who may be living outdoors or in unstable housing. Oftentimes serving individuals with serious mental illness and/or substance use concerns, our team members offer compassionate, non-judgmental support in Butler and Clinton Counties – building relationships, offering immediate support, and connecting people to treatment, shelter, and long-term care.

Working inside the Butler County Jail, TLC Forensic Team provides crisis response, mental health screening, and discharge planning for individuals preparing to return to the community.

Our court services teams work with individuals involved with various court dockets—helping them meet requirements while supporting their health and wellbeing.

Our hotline team responds to crises, provides follow-up after 988 calls, and helps individuals move from crisis to connection—linking them with therapy, medical care, or housing. The 988 Crisis Hotline region serves Butler, Clinton, Montgomery, Preble, and Warren counties.

Sojourner Perinatal Prevention Specialists engage with women of childbearing age and parents to provide education, substance use prevention, and access to services—before, during, and after pregnancy.

 

We offer interactive education in local schools to help youth understand the risks of substance use, support mental health, and make informed decisions.

For individuals on public assistance or low-income families, we offer a program that provides meaningful work experience, job readiness training, and/or job specific skill building services.

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Our staff participate in community events, health fairs, and pop-up resource drives—offering information, resources, and often, a first step toward care.

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Our Providers Can Help With

If someone is returning from incarceration or trying to meet court expectations while struggling with mental health or addiction, we help them build a plan, stay on track, and get support—not punishment.

When someone is overwhelmed, afraid, or unsure how to cope, we offer more than a conversation—we provide in-person follow-up, connection to care, and real next steps.

If someone shares that they’re pregnant and using—or scared about their health—we respond without judgment. Outreach teams link individuals to perinatal prevention, prenatal care, MAT, and programs like MAMAS.

If someone says, “I don’t know where to start,” we simplify the path. Outreach staff help with IDs, Medicaid, food assistance, and referrals to case managers or clinics who can take it from there.

If a young person is using, struggling at school, or showing early signs of mental health concerns, we work with families, schools, and care providers to intervene early.

Sometimes people won’t call a clinic—but they’ll talk to someone at a park, in jail, or at an outreach table. We listen first, offer resources second, and guide gently toward care when someone is ready.

Community Health and Outreach Providers

Christine Birhanzl, PRS/CMS

Director of Recovery Services

Sojourner Recovery Services

Brittany Clayton, LISW-S

Clinical and Forensic Services

Transitional Living (TLC)

Rachel Creech

Service Coordinator

Transitional Living (TLC)

Rachel DeWitt, CDCA

Community Engagement Coordinator

Sojourner Recovery Services

Kendra Hall, LSW

Director of Perinatal Services

Sojourner Recovery Services

Taylor Holmes

Service Coordinator

Transitional Living (TLC)

Shane Joseph

Director of Hotline Services and 988

Sojourner Recovery Services

Dawn Kelley-Miller, CDCA

Manager of Court Services | Sojourner Recovery Services

Elise Powers, CDCA

Manager of Outreach and Admissions

Sojourner Recovery Services

Natasha Schreiber, LISW-S

Clinical Director | Transitional Living (TLC)

Haedyn Woodson

Service Coordinator / Forensic Specialist

Transitional Living (TLC)

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