Newsroom
The work of the Community Mental Health Association of Michigan (CMHA) and its members are, from time to time, featured in radio, television, news print and other related forms from across the state. This section of the CMHA web page features those new stories.
News stories generated by the partnership with Issue Media Group
This partnership, with the Issue Media Group (IMG), is built around the concept of “solutions journalism” – providing news about innovative and concrete ways that communities, across Michigan, are addressing the needs of their residents along a number of dimensions – healthcare, economic development, education, the arts, to name a few. Solutions journalism investigates and explains, in a critical and clear-eyed way, how people try to solve widely shared problems. While news sources and many of us typically define news as “what’s gone wrong,” solutions journalism runs counter to that definition by covering the innovative responses to identified needs and problems.
This partnership ensures that the work of Michigan’s public mental health system is highlighted in IMG’s large suite of solutions journalism-focused publications.
You can subscribe, at no cost, to these publications, on the websites of each of these publications. The list of partner publications and their websites are provided below:
- Second Wave – Michigan
- Capital Gains – Lansing
- Catalyst Midland
- Concentrate – Ann Arbor/Ypsi
- Epicenter – Mount Pleasant
- Flintside
- Metromode – Metro Detroit
- Model D
- Route Bay City
- Rural Innovation Exchange
- Second Wave -Southwest Michigan
- The Keel – Port Huron
- The Lakeshore
- Upword – UP
Articles below:
- Project Connect brings together Sanilac County residents and resources
- Behavioral Health Homes: A transformative approach in Michigan
- CCBHCs extend mental health care to more Michiganders despite challenges
- Connecting to mental health services is as simple as picking up a phone
- LifeWays takes a whole person-centered care approach to health care
- Community mental health agency a resource for autism services
- When it comes to autism and mental health, stigma and discrimination play a huge role
- Social Work Career Promotion Tool Kit shares benefits and pathways to rewarding careers
- Business symposium kicks off series of spring be nice mental health events
- Addressing the Gap: The need for increased mental health support for LGBTQ Michiganders
- Sanilac County Community Mental Health helps families and children
- Washtenaw County Community Mental Health takes SUDs seriously
- How Michigan counties are stepping up to meet youth mental health needs
- Virtual Job Fair represents 40+ employers seeking behavioral health services professionals
- To build a mental wellness plan, take it one step at a time
- Mental health outreach reduces stigma and raises awareness of services
- New St. Clair County NAMI affiliate helps for people in Blue Water area
- Adult foster care homes provide caring, community-based living
- Recruiting direct care workers a challenge for Michigan’s adult foster care homes
- Suicide prevention coalitions address a leading cause of death in Michigan
- Michigan’s community mental health agencies work hard to prevent youth suicide
- U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow and community mental health
- Community mental health agency applies Lean processes to improve service to clients
- Community Mental Health has made big strides over the past 12 months in Michigan
- NAMI Michigan’s Kevin Fischer, “Michigan’s CMHs are the front door”
- New be nice. video series focuses on young adults
- Michigan’s community mental health agencies expanding crisis care
- As a CCBHC, OnPoint offers services to all, regardless of income or insurance coverage
News Coverage of CMHA and Members
Radio and Television Coverage of CMHA Members, CMHA, and persons served by the system:
- LifeWays Offers Mental Health Tips in Response to MSU Crisis
- Michigan Child Trauma Soared During Pandemic
- 9&10NEWS: North Country Critters – a business run by persons served at NCCMH
- WXYZ interview: Robert Sheehan & Robert McCann re: COVID, mental health, and schools
- Mental Health Town Hall- CMHA of CEI; WLNS-TV; March 17, 2021
- Mother of teen in need of mental health care WNEM Channel 5; March 4, 2021
- 6 new CCBHC sites open in Michigan, WLNS-TV, 2.19.2021
Print News Coverage of CMHA Members, CMHA, and persons served by the system:
- U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow joins roundtable discussion sponsored by Community Mental Health Authority of Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties
- Opinion: Michigan mental health public providers need staffing changes
- CMHA op-ed on mental health workforce gap
- Detroit News Editorial – Stabenow: State’s mental health outlook is improving | Opinion
- CMHA op-ed on mental health care access
- Gongwer: “Officials Look To Next Session For Mental Health System Fix”
- CMHA and Michigan League release joint editorial on need for strengthened mental health care
- CMHA and partners review statewide survey on healthcare access
- As Michiganders struggle to afford health care, leaders push lawmakers to act
- Update on placement of CMHA/MLPP op-ed on mental health crisis care
- Our benefits work – please don’t change them
- Poll: Michigan voters oppose privatization of mental health services, Huron Daily Tribune
- 300,000 People Rely on Michigan’s Public Mental Health System – Republicans Want to Privatize It
- Stabenow Opposes Shirkey Mental Health Integration Bills
- Detroit News: They’re some of Michigan’s most vulnerable; The system supporting them is broken.
- Radio Results Network: Whitmer Proposes Tax Breaks, Capping Cost Of Insulin
- 5 takeaways from Whitmer’s State of the State; From tax cuts to in-person classes
- Michigan safety officials encourage students to seek mental health resources
- Petoskey News Bills Threaten Safety Nets – Nov 26, 21
- CMHA Editorial: Build on Michigan’s proven public mental health system October 24, 2021
- Detroit News: “Father’s illness drove Stabenow’s work to improve mental health access” October 22, 2021
- Michigan Advance Article: “Advocates worry Whitmer won’t veto bills privatizing mental health care” October 17, 2021
- Crain’s Article: Administration neutral so far on $3 billion Medicaid mental health debate October 12, 2021
- Senator Stabenow, Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist and Director Hertel Announce Launch of Transformational Mental Health and Addiction Initiative in Michigan October 13, 2021
- Section of Mental Health Code related to pick up by peace officers October 4, 2021
- Mental Health Weekly Article September 27, 2021
- Bridge Article: Latest effort to reform Michigan’s mental-health system finds critics
- Tom Watkins Detroit News Editorial
- Michigan Senate leader’s plans to overhaul mental health system worries advocates (Detroit News)
- Coalition Press Release – May 5, 2021
- Gongwer Article: “Staff Shortages, Client Crises Made COVID Hard On Mental Health Services”
- “6 additional Michigan CCBHC sites announced” Michigan Business Network, February 16, 2021
- CMHA and law enforcement partners – joint statement: Recognizing and Strengthening Michigan’s Law Enforcement and Mental Health Partnerships
- CMHA: Bridge Magazine “The impact of 2020 on our mental health is often overlooked”
- CMHA: Bridge Magazine “Time to Close Michigan’s Access Gap to Mental Health Services”
- CMHA: Crain’s Detroit Business – CCBHC expands to 6 more Michigan communities
- CMHA: Crain’s Detroit Business – Mental Health System Under Stress 8.31.2020
- CMHA: Featured in MiBiz article on mental health indicators
- CMHA: Keeping the CCBHC momentum going in Michigan
- CMHA: Recognizing Behavioral Healthcare Workers Editorial by Robert Sheehan, CEO
- CMHA: What’s next for Michigan’s direct care workers
- CMH for Central Michigan: Support for Parents of Children with Challenging Behavior
- CMH for Central Michigan: Tips and Advice for Employment During Stay at Home Order
- Northpointe: Creative Ways to Work With Children Through TeleHealth
Walk A Mile Rally 2023
The live event will be taking place on September 13, 2023.
Media coverage of this event will be added to this page after the event takes place.