ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Mental Health and Recovery Board for Belmont, Harrison and Monroe counties announced that Crossroads Counseling Services Inc. will be closing, effective Feb. 25.

Founded in 1977, Crossroads Counseling Services Inc. operates four outpatient locations in Eastern Ohio. Its central office is on National Road in St. Clairsville, with additional sites in Bellaire, Cadiz, Woodsfield. According to its website, Crossroads also operates: Awakenings Residential for Women in Belmont; Driver INtervention Program in St. Clairsville; Jail Services in Belmont County; New Outlook Residential for Men in Belmont; Sober Living House for Men in Bellaire; and Transitional Housing for Women and Children in St. Clairsville.

Its website indicates that it has more than 40 staff members and offers the following services and treatment programs: Adult Drug Court, Eating Disorders, Group Counseling, Individual Outpatient Counseling, Jail Services, Medical Provider Services, Prevention Education, Residential Treatment, Sober Living and an Underage Consumption Program.

Lisa Ward, executive director of the MHR board, said in a news release that the board is working on implementing numerous initiatives to ensure that clients who were receiving services at Crossroads Counseling Services Inc. will be transitioned to other providers immediately and will continue to receive quality services in the community.

Clients receiving or planning to seek services at Crossroads Counseling Services can call Crossroads Counseling Services at 740-695-9447 or the MHR Board at 740-695-9998 to be transitioned to another provider to continue to receive quality mental health and substance abuse services beginning immediately. Clients already receiving medication through prescribing doctors at Crossroads Counseling Services can also call the MHR Board for instructions on how to engage in services and continue to receive prescribed medications.

Anyone experiencing a crisis can call the local Crisis Line at 1-800-354-4357, 24 hours a day, seven days per week, or dial the 988 National Suicide and Crisis Line.

Ward emphasized that services being received by residents of the three counties are of paramount importance and that her organization will be monitoring client issues very closely. According to the release, the MHR board is legally responsible for the planning, coordinating, funding and evaluating of mental health and substance abuse services in Belmont, Harrison, and Monroe counties.

“The MHR board is extremely focused on the current needs of the counties they serve,” the release states.

Ward stated she is confident this shift in services should occur with as minimal disruption as possible. She declined to make any further comment.