Annual Report - FY 18

This year’s winner of the Community Mental Health for Central Michigan (CMHCM) Annual Report Art Contest is Jonathan Bailey from Mecosta County. Mr. Bailey's art was selected by the CMHCM Consumer Action Committee from a number of entries. All the artists who participate in the contest currently receive or have received mental health services. We wish to express our appreciation to all who entered the contest and congratulate Mr. Bailey.

Mission

To promote community inclusion and whole-person wellness through provision of comprehensive and quality integrated services to individuals with a mental illness, developmental disability, and/or substance use disorder.

Vision

Communities where all individuals experience fulfilled lives.

Values

• The dignity and worth of each individual
• Consumer involvement and empowerment                                   
• Person-centered planning and self-determination
• Trauma-informed care
• Behavioral and physical health integration
• Prevention and wellness
• Early intervention       
• Diversity
• Advocacy and public education
• Community inclusion
• Responsiveness to local community needs
• High quality services that are affordable and accessible
• Creativity, innovation, and evidence-based practices
• Competent staff and providers
• Continuous quality improvement
• Participative management
• Ethical practices
• Efficient utilization of resources
• Fiscal integrity

The CMHCM Board and staff are pleased to share with you the 2018 Annual Report highlighting the many efforts supporting the behavioral health needs of the citizens of Clare, Gladwin, Isabella, Mecosta, Midland, and Osceola counties.

CMHCM continued its exciting culture shift to whole-person wellness with staff systematically supporting broader physical health needs to enhance behavioral health services. Behavioral and physical integration team huddles met in each county to review complex health concerns. A health integration dashboard grant enabled CMHCM to inform case holders of Admit, Discharge, and Transfer events occurring the previous day for consumer follow up. A multi-disciplinary team also met regularly to impact outlier claims data such as high emergency room utilization for recommendations on individual care and treatment plans. 

We are proud of our dedicated staff who consistently provided some of the lowest hospital admission rates and all-cause inpatient readmission rates among the CMHs in our 12-CMH region while serving one of the highest percentages of Medicaid enrollees in the region. This is a great testament to CMHCM staff for their effective interventions and supports to consumers and our communities across all six counties.

CMHCM further embraced the value of early intervention on several fronts. We strengthened agency cross training with DHHS to deepen our understanding of each local DHHS office practices and we made it possible to serve all children in foster care to enhance our community impact. Through grant dollars, we began triaging in primary care practices for identified children, adolescents, and perinatal women with various psychiatric conditions. CMHCM also partnered with Farwell elementary and middle schools to provide onsite child services and Youth Intervention Specialist efforts were expanded to all six counties in partnership with schools and courts. Clare/Gladwin Probate Court established a specialty Baby Court supported by CMH staff. CMHCM also partnered with the Juvenile Care Center in Midland to provide intake and psychiatric services and the CMHCM six-county Crisis Mobilization and Intervention Team launched a two-person team response for child crises. 

CMHCM acknowledges the strong commitment of the many staff, advocates, and community partners that support consumers through encouragement and collaborative efforts. We are grateful to MidMichigan Health and the Mecosta County Sheriff's Office for partnering with CMHCM to enable CMH crisis screening at an alternative community location instead of in jail or the emergency room. CMHCM was awarded a Michigan Health Endowment Fund grant to equip a new Autism Center in the Rosebush Learning Center of Mt. Pleasant Public Schools. We are grateful for our legislators that gave their support for the public behavioral health budget and who also accompanied consumers of service for the “Take Your Legislator to Work” statewide event. We congratulate the volunteer Board, members, and staff of New Journey Clubhouse in achieving accreditation from Clubhouse International! 

Our most vulnerable citizens can thrive in communities providing opportunities for life purpose, a place to call home, the right to society, and supports for healthy living. We are committed to partner and bring solutions to reach individuals in need and to target available resources to better support them. We are proud to work with such caring communities that invest in others so that all individuals can experience fulfilled lives.

CMHCM receives financial support from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

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