North Country Community Mental Health

Workforce shortages plague many industries these days. At North Country Community Mental Health, we are proud of our innovative career initiatives and our success in hiring and keeping staff. Recently, Brian Babbitt, our visionary CEO, was asked to share about our career initiatives as part of a panel at the 2024 Michigan State of Reform Health Policy Conference. He spoke about our sign-on, referral, and retention bonuses, participation in student loan and tuition reimbursement programs, and our robust internship program. He also explained our partnership with Pine Rest to train fellows in child psychiatry. “Our medical director trains three fellows a year for child psychiatry, so we get three extra fully-licensed psychiatrists one day a week. This arrangement increases our capacity to see children, and hopefully in the long run, will increase the number of child psychiatrists that are available in Michigan.” Check out our current vacancies at norcocmh.org/careers

🚨 Hot off the press! North Country Community Mental Health's first edition of our Northern Exposure Community Newsletter. You can read the newsletter at conta.cc/4afFmnW This edition includes: 🔵 2024 Mental Health First Aid Training Dates 🔵 myStrength Wellness App Information 🔵 Tips for Coping with the Holiday Blues Sign up using your email to get the Northern Exposure Community Newsletter delivered straight to your inbox at https://lnkd.in/g9QNXaHB

More dates in 2024 have been announced! North Country CMH routinely offers Adult & Youth Mental Health First Aid trainings throughout the year at no cost to residents of our six-county region (Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Kalkaska, and Otsego). More information can be found on our website at https://lnkd.in/gmgakDJ6 The next Youth MHFA training is on January 25 & 26 (9AM-1PM). Register by January 11 at: tinyurl.com/2p8thff4 The next Adult MHFA training is on February 13 & 14 (11AM-3PM). Register by January 30 at: tinyurl.com/yf8sjk3s

North Country Community Mental Health will hold its monthly board meeting Thursday, November 16 at 2:30 PM in the Reycraft Room of The Perry Hotel at 100 Lewis Street, Petoskey, MI. Auxiliary aids and services are available, upon request, to individuals with disabilities. This meeting is open to all members of the public under Michigan’s Open Meetings Act. Visit our website at norcocmh.org/board for more information. Join us in person or virtually, using the livestream link found on our website at norcocmh.org/board

Today, a team from North Country Community Mental Health attended the Community Mental Health Association of Michigan annual fall conference 'Beyond Boundaries' to provide an overview of the Integrated Health Dashboard developed by NCCMH with funding from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund. The dashboard is designed to gather information from health records into a single dashboard to facilitate integrated health activities of NCCMH's Behavioral Health Home, the HATCH Program. A special thanks to TBD Solutions Inc for assisting with structuring the data in the Integrated Health Dashboard. Learn more about the HATCH program at https://lnkd.in/g_EdJkuv Pictured (from left to right): Chanda Harwood (Director of Health Services), Joseph Balberde (Chief Information Officer), Laura Brunmeier (IT Network Manager), Alyssa McCauley (Nurse Care Manager) and Amy Christie (Chief Clinical Officer)

Thank you, Second Wave Media, for chatting with NCCMH's Chief Information Officer, Joe Balberde, and highlighting this exciting initiative. “Lean is really, really great because anybody in the organization can propose a change. It doesn't matter what position you're in, frontline all the way up to in the executive team,” Balberde says. Read full article at:

North Country Community Mental Health will hold its monthly board meeting Thursday, October 19 at 2:30 PM at 1420 Plaza Drive, Petoskey, MI in the Board Room. Auxiliary aids and services are available, upon request, to individuals with disabilities. This meeting is open to all members of the public under Michigan’s Open Meetings Act. Visit our website at norcocmh.org/board for more information. Join us in person or virtually, using the livestream link found on our website at norcocmh.org/board

North Country Community Mental Health will hold its monthly board meeting Thursday, September 21 at 2:30 PM at the Forest Home Township Hall at 321 N. Bridge St., Bellaire, MI. Auxiliary aids and services are available, upon request, to individuals with disabilities. This meeting is open to all members of the public under Michigan’s Open Meetings Act. Visit our website at norcocmh.org/board for more information. Join us in person or virtually, using the livestream link found on our website at norcocmh.org/board

CORRECTION: North Country Community Mental Health will hold its monthly board meeting Thursday, August 17 at 4:00 PM in the Board Room at 1420 Plaza Dr., Petoskey, MI. Auxiliary aids and services are available, upon request, to individuals with disabilities. This meeting is open to all members of the public under Michigan’s Open Meetings Act. Visit our website at norcocmh.org/board for more information. Join us in person or virtually, using this livestream link found on our website at norcocmh.org/board

North Country CMH routinely offers Adult & Youth Mental Health First Aid trainings throughout the year at no cost to residents of our six-county region (Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Kalkaska, and Otsego). More information can be found on our website at https://lnkd.in/gmgakDJ6 The next Adult MHFA training is on September 14 & 15 (1PM-5PM). Register by August 31 at: tinyurl.com/2p8thff4 (There are 9 slots available for this training). The next Youth MHFA training is on October 5 & 6 (9AM-1PM). Register by September 21 at: tinyurl.com/yf8sjk3s (There are 13 slots available for this training).