Chautauqua County Department of Mental Hygiene

The funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will give the clinic $1 million annually over four years.

Chautauqua County will use the funds to improve access to community-based recovery services, expand mobile crisis teams with a youth specialty, and enhance care coordination and peer specialist services.

Chautauqua County has two behavioral health clinics located at 200 E. Third Street in Jamestown and at 60 Franklin Avenue in Dunkirk.

Chautauqua County Department of Mental Hygiene

McClennan, who completed her higher education in North Carolina, received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Sociology and Christian Education from Lenoir-Rhyne University. She then continued her studies at Appalachian State University where she earned a Master of Arts in Mental Health and Agency Counseling. McClennan’s postgraduate career has been in hospital settings bringing over 28 years of experience in intensive inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services to CCDMH.

The clinics received CCBHC status in 2020 from the US Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Having this designation means that there are national standardized best practices, data collection and specific performance markers monitored to ensure that clinics are providing quality service resulting in good outcomes.