PEP Celebrates Social Work Month with Insights from Our Social Workers March is Social Work Month and at PEP, we have a lot to celebrate. In each of our programs and all of our locations, social workers play an important role in ensuring we are meeting the needs of the children, families and professionals we
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Remembering Lee Maxwell, One of PEP’s Founders It is with sadness that Positive Education Program shares the news of the passing of Dr. Lee Maxwell on Feb. 4, 2025. Dr. Maxwell helped to found our organization, alongside Dr. Rico Pallotta in 1971. He was PEP’s clinical director for over 35 years, providing key leadership as
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WKYC Features PEP’s Impact on Young People On Saturday, Oct. 19 PEP’s CEO Habeebah Rasheed Grimes and director of PEP Connections Jill Koenig sat down with Leon Bibb of WKYC’s program, We the People. The episode highlighted OhioRISE – a statewide program of Medicaid aimed at helping young people with significant behavioral health issues –
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PEP Celebrates 2nd Anniversary of OhioRISE On September 4, Positive Education Program threw a birthday party in honor of the second anniversary of OhioRISE. The program, which is part of Ohio Medicaid, aims to help young people with significant behavioral health issues succeed in their schools, homes and communities. PEP is the Care Management Entity
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