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Healthy Tip Tuesday – 4 tips to help kids to cope with COVID-19 anxiety

(U.S.) – When children discern that adults around them don’t fully understand something – or, in the case of COVID-19, that we can’t completely guarantee their safety – they might feel a sense of helplessness.

National Suicide Prevention Month – Learn just how many lives are affected in Stark County alone

(Canton, Ohio) – While September is annually celebrated as a month to recognize all the ways we can work together to prevent death by suicide, this year Stark County Mental Health & Addiction Recovery (StarkMHAR) is calling special attention to this critical subject as the effects of COVID-19 continue to impact just about every life …

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Health order requires schools to report coronavirus cases

(Ohio) – Ohio Governor Mike DeWine recently announced a new health order requiring schools to report coronavirus cases in students and staff.

Human Trafficking sting recovers 25 missing Ohio children

(Ohio) – About 200 children are missing currently in Northeast Ohio and a new task force is committed to tracking them down. In the past 20 days, as part of Operation Safety Net, U.S. Marshals have worked closely with Cleveland, East Cleveland, and Newburgh Heights police departments in northeast Ohio to successfully recover 25 missing …

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Parent to Parent – You, Your Kids & COVID-19 Stress

(Canton, Ohio) – Stark County Mental Health and Addiction Recovery has launched a new resource designed to ensure the community can stay connected to valuable information as COVID-19 uncertainty presses on.

School looks different and that’s going to have an impact on your kids.

Many kids are going to be nervous with their ‘normal’ is gone and anxiety and uncertainty will be some of the most common emotions. So, how can you help?

Licensed Ohio child care centers now eligible to take in school-age children during school day

(Ohio) – Parents are returning to work, but what do they do with their school-aged children learning remotely?