U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow and community mental health
Q&A with U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow shares why she has worked so hard and so long to improve community mental health.
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Underfunding early child care has far-reaching impacts
The U.S economy loses an estimated $122 billion a year through lost earnings, productivity, and tax revenue because of the challenge parents have in finding early child care.
Community Mental Health has made big strides over the past 12 months in Michigan
New partnerships, expanding programs with schools and law enforcement, and the designation of 17 community mental health organizations (CMHs) as Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic demonstration sites are a few of the highlights Michiganders
Child care providers face funding cliff as ARPA dollars fall away
ARPA funding had brought a stabilization to early childhood care that needs to be maintained.
Living with disabilities can impact mental health
People with a disability report experiencing frequent mental distress almost five times as often as adults without disabilities. Community mental health agencies can help.
Michigan looks to create a better career path for early childhood educators
Improved career pathways, state incentives, and improved wages are essential to recruiting and retaining the early education workforce needed for the PreK for All roll-out.
Community mental health and law enforcement collaborate to keep people out of jail
Collaborations between community mental health and law enforcement are helping people with mental health issue get the help they need and stay out of jail.
Opioid settlement dollars will strengthen community mental health response to opioid use disorders
Medication-assisted treatment, Narcan kits, and recovery housing are some of the programs that could be funded through opioid settlement dollars.
Psychiatric residents and fellows fill gaps in rural Michigan mental health care
Psychiatry fellows and psychiatry residents are helping to fill the gaps in care experienced by rural Michiganders.
Community Mental Health Association of Michigan study shows integrated care is growing
A recent study by the Center of Healthcare Integration and Innovation shows that integrated care in Michigan’s public mental health system has not only grown in the last six years but that the initiatives are diverse and available in rural, suburban, and urban committees.
