Turning Point Counseling Services faces financial difficulties

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Mental Health Board says it will not bail out Turning Point Counseling Services, which the board said is in “financial crisis.”

Turning Point’s spending exceeded revenue by $245,861 in the first six months of fiscal year 2013, which began July 1, 2012, and $508,682 over the five years before that.

Turning Point is a nonprofit corporation that provides behavioral health care and substance-abuse services for adults.

For fiscal year 2013, the mental health board allocated about $2.4 million to Turning Point.

The board unanimously adopted a resolution late this week directing its staff to develop a contingency plan, which does not include a “cash infusion,” to ensure there is no disruption of services to Turning Point clients should the agency fail to right its finances.