Carolyn Harding, host, with Linda Jakes and Rachelle Martin, advocates for Issue 24, the Franklin County ADAMH levy to fund mental health services, and drug and alcohol treatment. With the trauma and uncertainty of COVID-19, education and work upheavals and the ongoing protests for justice, most of us are in need of some help, emotionally. Lets talk about what this levy, if passed will do for central ohio folks.Linda Jakes has been a staff member of Concord Counseling Services for 33 years and is now the Executive Director. The programs Linda manages at Concord incorporate support and community integration to increase community living days, highlighted in John Kasich’s’ book, Courage Is Contagious.She received her Masters degree in Social Work at Ohio State University, has taught at Columbus State Community College, in the Department of Mental Health and Substance Addictions. She is sought out to speak about severe and persistent mental illness from a service delivery perspective. She has been recognized in her field and Honored by her life-long service in mental health.Rachelle Martin has over 30 years of public service in the health care field, including coordination of health care systems nationally and internationally. Currently she’s the Executive Director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Franklin County (NAMI) . She was formally the Director of Training and Prevention Network Services Manager for the ADAMH Board of Franklin County and the co-founding partner of the Suicide Prevention Advisory Committee and the Suicide Prevention Foundation and where she chaired the Advisory Committee for over four years.Rachelle was Project Coordinator for the HIV Outreach Demonstration Support Project, and team leader for the Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Project, sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).www.namifranklincounty.orgwww.adamhlevy.comGrassRoot_Ohio, Conversations with everyday people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio.Every Friday Sundays at Check us out and Like us on Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/Check us out on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/If you miss the Friday broadcast, you can find it here: All shows/podcasts archived at SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753GrassRoot Ohio is now on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../grassroot-ohio/id1522559085This GrassRoot Ohio interview can also be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAX2t1Z7_qae803BzDF4PtQ/Intro and Exit music for GrassRoot Ohio is "Resilient" by Rising Appalachia: https://youtu.be/tx17RvPMaQ8