{"id":116,"date":"2026-01-26T14:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T19:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sccp.devjbm.com\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2026-05-04T12:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:32:16","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sccp.devjbm.com\/?page_id=116","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"116\" class=\"elementor elementor-116\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26de0ee e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"26de0ee\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4963674 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4963674\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Summit County Community Partnership<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1321692 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1321692\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e5ac0e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8e5ac0e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a69a78b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a69a78b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b876170 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b876170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Mission <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb5563f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb5563f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Summit County Community Partnership is a consortium of community resources committed to preventing substance abuse in Summit County.\u00a0<strong>Our mission<\/strong>\u00a0is to facilitate coalitions of community resources in order to prevent alcohol, drug abuse, and problem gambling in Summit County. We use evidence-based prevention techniques, information, and activities in an attempt to infuse them into every community system.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cf6f26 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2cf6f26\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4db18e7 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4db18e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/sccp.devjbm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SCCP-crew.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-118\" alt=\"Larry and Darryl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sccp.devjbm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SCCP-crew.webp 1915w, https:\/\/sccp.devjbm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SCCP-crew-768x513.webp 768w, https:\/\/sccp.devjbm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SCCP-crew-250x167.webp 250w, https:\/\/sccp.devjbm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SCCP-crew-1536x1026.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f61238 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3f61238\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c58f406 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c58f406\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb4a685 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bb4a685\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/sccp.devjbm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/flyers.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-125\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sccp.devjbm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/flyers.webp 1915w, https:\/\/sccp.devjbm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/flyers-768x513.webp 768w, https:\/\/sccp.devjbm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/flyers-250x167.webp 250w, https:\/\/sccp.devjbm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/flyers-1536x1026.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-564f4f9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"564f4f9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f83828 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f83828\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our History<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9925a58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9925a58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Summit County Community Partnership was founded in 1990 as a response to the costly impact of substance abuse in our community. A coalition of more than 180 businesses, municipalities, organizations, and community activists came together to implement environmental strategies that would decrease the amount of substance abuse in Summit County. In 1998, Summit County Community Partnership was granted 501(c)3, tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service.<\/p><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_6977b99d2b612\"><p class=\"lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left\"><span class=\"ld-fh-txt\">Since our founding in 1990, we have been on the front-end of addressing community-wide drug epidemics such as:<\/span><\/p><ul><li>2007- Methamphetamine epidemic<\/li><li>2011- Bath Salts, K2 Spice\u00a0problem<\/li><li>2012- Marijuana Summit<\/li><li>2014- Powdered Alcohol<\/li><li>2016- Graduated National Coalition Academy<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_6977b99d2b7ae\"><div class=\"lqd-lines split-unit lqd-unit-animation-done\"><span class=\"split-inner\" data-text=\" As a founding member of the Summit County Opiate Task Force formed \"><span class=\"split-txt\"><br \/>As a founding member of the Summit County Opiate Task Force formed<\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"lqd-lines split-unit lqd-unit-animation-done\"><span class=\"split-inner\" data-text=\"in 2014, we are currently working with physicians, law enforcement \"><span class=\"split-txt\">in 2014, we are currently working with physicians, law enforcement<\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"lqd-lines split-unit lqd-unit-animation-done\"><span class=\"split-inner\" data-text=\"officers, treatment providers, governmental, and nonprofit organizations \"><span class=\"split-txt\">officers, treatment providers, governmental, and nonprofit organizations<\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"lqd-lines split-unit lqd-unit-animation-done\"><span class=\"split-inner\" data-text=\"to address the opiate epidemic in our community.\"><span class=\"split-txt\">to address the opiate epidemic in our community.<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-384963a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"384963a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dc14b5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3dc14b5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65f79d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65f79d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet The Team<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d26d2ae e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d26d2ae\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0be1ef3 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"0be1ef3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"1386\" src=\"https:\/\/sccp.devjbm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Darryl.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-181\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sccp.devjbm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Darryl.jpg 964w, https:\/\/sccp.devjbm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Darryl-768x1104.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sccp.devjbm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Darryl-250x359.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Darryl A. Brake<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Executive Director<br>\ndbrake@cpsummit.org<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c251844 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c251844\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b97e58 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"9b97e58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"1386\" src=\"https:\/\/sccp.devjbm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Larry.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-183\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sccp.devjbm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Larry.jpg 964w, https:\/\/sccp.devjbm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Larry-768x1104.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sccp.devjbm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Larry-250x359.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Larry McCulloh<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Operations Coordinator <br>\nlmcculloh@cpsummit.org<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f3b4c1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0f3b4c1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0c55a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d0c55a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board of Trustees<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d3426a e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3d3426a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90d83c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90d83c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Michael Van Buren<br \/><strong>President<\/strong><\/p><p>Attorney<br \/>Calfee,\u00a0Halter\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Griswold\u00a0LLP<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-142259a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"142259a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jan Wagner<br \/><strong>Vice-President<\/strong><\/p><p>Chief Executive Officer<br \/>CHC Addiction Services<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23d8552 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23d8552\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Michael Evans<br \/><strong>Director<\/strong><\/p><p>Government Relations<strong><br \/><\/strong>Cleveland Clinic<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1938628 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1938628\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Elizabeth Piatt, PhD<br \/><strong>Director<\/strong><\/p><p>Assistant Dean, Academic Diversity Success<br \/>Kent State University<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5230f14 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5230f14\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d51705 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" 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