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June 20, 2024

St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center Transitioning Psychiatric Emergency Services to MetroHealth Effective July 1

Psychiatric emergency services will transition from St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center to The MetroHealth System effective July 1, 2024. This is the result of the determination by the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board of Cuyahoga County that psychiatric emergency services should be offered by a hospital with access to a full psychiatric emergency department. As St. Vincent Charity closes its psychiatric emergency services unit June 30, MetroHealth is preparing to open a new psychiatric emergency department on its Cleveland Heights campus later this fall.

St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center, Behavioral Health

June 17, 2024

Sisters of Charity Health System Announces Experienced Nonprofit Leader Michael Goar As Next President and CEO

After an extensive national search, the Sisters of Charity Health System has named Michael J. Goar as its new President and CEO, to lead the Cleveland-based Catholic nonprofit in its next era of service. Goar, an accomplished executive with over 25 years driving impact for mission-driven organizations, will assume the role on July 22, 2024, succeeding Jan Murphy, M.S.N., FACHE.

Sisters of Charity Health System, Janice Murphy, Sister Judith Ann Karam, Michael Goar

June 4, 2024

Dr. Ted Parran and Dr. Mykola Kolganov Named Co-Medical Directors at Rosary Hall Addiction Treatment Program

Northeast Ohio addiction medicine experts, Dr. Ted Parran and Dr. Mykola Kolganov, have been named co-medical directors of Rosary Hall, the historic alcohol and drug treatment center housed at St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center. Rosary Hall offers innovative treatments, personalized care plans, intensive outpatient rehabilitation and groundbreaking addiction treatment research.

St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center, rosary hall

February 16, 2024

Sisters of Charity Health System Announces Retirement of President and CEO, Launches National Search for its Next Leader

The Sisters of Charity Health System announced that president and CEO Janice G. Murphy, MSN, FACHE, has decided to retire in 2024 after six years of dedicated service. She will step down once her successor has been appointed. Murphy first joined the Health System in 2018 as senior vice president of mission and ministry. In 2019, she became president & CEO of St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, leading it through the COVID-19 pandemic. She then took on her current role overseeing the entire Health System in 2021.

Sisters of Charity Health System, Janice Murphy, Sister Judith Ann Karam

August 29, 2023

ADAMHS Board, MetroHealth and St. Vincent Charity Partner to Open Behavioral Health Crisis Center in Cleveland’s Central Neighborhood

The Ohio Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services has approved a capital grant of more than $6.8 million to a collaborative consisting of the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board of Cuyahoga County, The MetroHealth System and St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center for the development of a Crisis Center that will sustain and expand behavioral health crisis care in Cuyahoga County.

Behavioral Health Crisis Center, ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County, St. Vincent Charity Health Campus, Behavioral Health, Sisters of Charity Health System

May 23, 2023

Environmental Health Watch and Partners Receive BUILD Health Challenge Award to Support Food Justice in Central and Kinsman Neighborhoods of Cleveland

The city of Cleveland has been selected as one of 13 communities across the United States to receive awards from The BUILD Health Challenge for its 2023-2026 term.

Food Justice

November 15, 2022

Sisters of Charity Health System Names Dr. Charles Garven Chief Medical Officer as New Era Begins at St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center

The Sisters of Charity Health System has named Charles Garven, M.D. as its new chief medical officer to provide clinical leadership for its ministries, including Regina Health Center, Light of Hearts Villa, St. Vincent Charity Health Campus and the newly named St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center on E. 22nd…

Dr. Charles Garven

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St. Vincent Charity Medical Center and University Hospitals get close to $3 million in federal money to fight addiction

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded St. Vincent Charity Medical Center and University Hospitals a $2.89 million grant to improve access to addiction care in Northeast Ohio.

The Plain Dealer / cleveland.com

Telehealth rises to meet health care need in pandemic

As we continue through the pandemic, regular checkups and health care visits are more important than ever. But when every trip out of the house poses the risk of infection, many individuals fear visiting the doctor.

Cleveland Jewish News

COVID-19 pandemic shows skeptics telehealth technology's benefits and opportunities

The payment models and regulations that have for years stymied the health care industry's efforts to grow virtual-care options have been rapidly adjusted during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing a wave of patients to access their providers through telehealth.

Crain's Cleveland Business

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July 10, 2024

Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina distributes $1.3 Million in grants

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina recently announced its cycle 1 grant awards. In this funding distribution, the foundation awarded 94 grants totaling $1,307,000 to nonprofit organizations working to reduce poverty in South Carolina. This year’s grant recipients serve all 46 counties in South Carolina, and many of these nonprofits provide services across the state.

Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina, Foundations

June 25, 2024

Signal Cleveland highlights the role of Joseph & Mary’s Home in helping people experiencing homelessness in need of respite care

The community-led, nonprofit newsroom Signal Cleveland recently wrote about Joseph & Mary's Home and its role in helping people experiencing homelessness in need of medical respite care following a hospital stay - people who are easy to overlook. “We see people without a lot of choices,” said Beth Graham, executive director of the Joseph & Mary’s Home. “Housing for our population is our healthcare.”

Joseph & Mary's Home, Outreach

June 20, 2024

St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center transitioning psychiatric emergency services to MetroHealth effective July 1

Psychiatric emergency services will transition from St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center to The MetroHealth System effective July 1, 2024. This is the result of the determination by the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board of Cuyahoga County that psychiatric emergency services should be offered by a hospital with access to a full psychiatric emergency department. "As we make this transition, thank you to all the staff who have supported and cared for psychiatric emergency patients, providing the highest quality, compassionate care. We are grateful for all that you have done to support this essential service, which

St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center, Behavioral Health

June 18, 2024

Joseph & Mary's Home launches campaign to modernize NE Ohio’s only facility to care for medically fragile men experiencing homelessness

Joseph & Mary’s Home, Cleveland’s only provider of post-hospital medical respite care for people experiencing homelessness, will begin construction in July to renovate and relocate its facility for men. To support this transformational project, “A New Home for Healing” Campaign has a goal of raising $2.5 million. To date, a total of $1.95 million has been raised, and Joseph & Mary’s Home is excited to announce a matching gift of $150,000 from the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine to inspire community support.

Joseph & Mary's Home, Outreach

June 17, 2024

Sisters of Charity Health System announces experienced nonprofit leader Michael Goar as next president and CEO

After an extensive national search, the Sisters of Charity Health System has named Michael J. Goar as its new President and CEO, to lead the Cleveland-based Catholic nonprofit in its next era of service. Goar, an accomplished executive with over 25 years driving impact for mission-driven organizations, will assume the role on July 22, 2024, succeeding Jan Murphy, M.S.N., FACHE.

Sisters of Charity Health System, Sister Judith Ann Karam

June 10, 2024

Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton awards $756,149 in first and second quarter grants

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton Board of Directors has announced $756,149 in grants for the first and second quarters of 2024. The grants fall under three areas: responsive efforts that focus on responding to specific or short-term community needs, strategic collaborations that focus on work alongside others to launch programs that build capacity and increase effectiveness in community services, and foundation-led initiatives that focus on systemic change.

Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton, Foundations