The projects, estimated to cost nearly $150 million, will include a new psychiatric hospital offering in-patient care for children and adolescents for the Lansing region and partial hospitalization programs.
Mental health in Michigan
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Oakland County diverts mental health patients to ERs amid crisis center takeover
Critics fear service disruptions as Oakland County’s community mental health agency asks law enforcement to divert crisis cases to local emergency departments.
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Michigan quietly kills effort to restructure mental health care system
The decision follows a judge’s order to block the state’s request for proposal. The state says its aim in seeking bidders was to introduce ‘consumer choice’ to the Medicaid-backed system.
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Hundreds of Michigan districts, schools reject safety and mental health funds
Michigan districts that agreed to conditions said they need the state funding for their safety and mental health initiatives.
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Lawmakers push farmer suicide prevention funding after Bridge Michigan report
Bipartisan lawmakers in the Michigan House say funding for a farmer suicide prevention program must be restored following a Bridge Michigan report on high suicide rates.
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Here’s how to find help coping with the church shooting in Grand Blanc
Here are some resources to help families, veterans and others.
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State lawmakers describe ‘lack of service’ in Michigan’s mental health system
With too few psychiatric beds and staff to manage them, people with severe mental illness find themselves in emergency departments and county jails.
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Michigan Head Start, health programs scramble amid immigration crackdown
Some immigrants are barred from using federally backed social programs like health centers and Head Start following the Trump administration’s reinterpretation of a decades-old rule.
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Michigan must beef up mental health services for kids under court settlement
A settlement agreement would require the state to offer more services for children with mental illness and their families. But even if a federal judge signs off on the pact, it’s unclear how quickly the changes would happen.
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In Michigan's UP, emergency mental health transport remains big burden
Rural Michigan continues to have a shortage of psychiatric beds, according to Health and Human Services Department data.