Local governmental bodies can play important roles, large and small, in supporting recovery.
These bodies can choose to treat people with addiction as a problem to be removed or focus on communities of recovery and recovery support services as a community resource to be welcomed and supported.
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The Community Mental Health Partnership of Southeast Michigan (CMHPSM) is one of Michigan’s ten Medicaid Prepaid Inpatient Health Plans and is responsible for substance use disorder services (and all behavioral health) for the counties of Lenawee, Livingston, Monroe, and Washtenaw. In 2011, CMHPSM recognized a crisis in care due to inadequate funding. In response, they…
The Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority had the vision to see sober housing and recovering people as an asset to Ann Arbor’s downtown rather than a liability. Here’s a portion of an Ann Arbor News article on the DDA’s support for transitional housing: The Ann Arbor DDA has recognized the value of Dawn Farm’s transitional housing…
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