About a dozen Washtenaw County Community Mental Health staff members have been actively participating in a series of local meetings, sponsored by the Washtenaw Health Initiative, that are designed to develop a collaborative action plan to address substance use in our county.
At these meetings, our staff are working with others to identify root causes of substance use; to outline core values that should influence the county’s substance use prevention, treatment, and support system; to map the county’s existing response system; and to suggest ways it can be improved.
At the final meetings, which will take place in May, participants will collaborate on an action plan including what to do, how to fund it, and how to see it through.
Read more...