Boone County Behavioral Health Task Force

MEET THE TEAM - WE'RE HERE TO HELP!

Community Outreach Advocacy and Recovery

Purpose

The Community Outreach, Advocacy, and Recovery (COAR) Program supports the development of comprehensive, locally driven responses to substance use, mental health, and domestic violence. We work to expand access to recovery support services to all community members.

We support first responders by following up on behavioral health related calls for service in Boone County.

Services

  • Identify and connect individuals and their families to recovery support services
  • Provide transportation to treatment services
  • Conduct home visits and follow up after behavioral health related calls for service through the police and sheriff’s department
  • Implement behavioral health treatment, assessments, and planning within the Boone County Jail
  • Provide follow up post-incarceration for Boone County community members

Meet the team

Sydney Ponitz, BS

Program Navigator
Boone County Health Department

Adam Hartzell, MA CADC

Program Manager
Boone County Health Department

Anmol Brar, MPH

COAR Strategist
Boone County Health Department

Officer Michelle Schwartz, BS

Community Outreach Officer
Belvidere Police Department

Jasmine Hernandez, BA

Community Mental Health Clinician
Remedies Renewing Lives

Ellen Mawyer, BA

Addiction Counselor
Rosecrance

Scott Tenney, BA

Community Mental Health Clinician
Rosecrance

Funding

This project is supported by multiple grants awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the SMART Office. Points of view or opinions on this website are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.