Clinic receives honors

YOUNGSTOWN

Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic was given top regional honors by the National Association of Social Workers Ohio Chapter.

The center, now in its 72nd year, earned the association’s Region 4 Agency of the Year award for 2018, said Pam Ramsey, executive vice president of Gateway Rehab. It’s the first time the center has received the award, she said.

“We’ve got a lot of social work staff. A lot of our therapists are licensed social workers,” she said. “That really does mean a lot that they chose Neil Kennedy.”

Center administrators are to be honored during a public ceremony from 5:30 to 7 p.m. next Tuesday on Floor W of the Neil Kennedy outpatient center, 5211 Mahoning Ave., Austintown.

Several other individual 2018 awardees from the region also will be honored.