1. Mental Health Authority
Van Buren Community
Mental Health Authority
Overview

2. Van Buren Community Mental Health
Founded by the Community
Van Buren Board of Commissioners February 1970
Local Board of Directors governs VBCMH
Established as governmental authority in 1999

3. Van Buren Community Mental Health
For the Community
Local responsibility for state institution admissions/stays.
Deinstitutionalization helped fund community programs.
No disenrollment or abandonment of individual if this level of care is needed.
Strength of Michigan system

4. Van Buren Community Mental Health
For the Community
Serving more than 3,000 residents per year.
24 hour 7 day per week crisis services.
Full continuum of nationally accredited services.
Offered at 8 sites throughout the community.

5. Van Buren Community Mental Health
Full Continuum of National Accredited Services
Assertive Community Treatment
Employment Services and Supports
Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services
Emergency Services Crisis Residential
Access Services Community Living Supports
Home Based Wraparound
Case Management Skill Building
Outpatient Therapy Psychiatric
Family Support Applied Behavioral
Prevention Health Services
Residential Inpatient Hospital

6. Van Buren Community Mental Health
For the Community
Innovative Services to Meet Community Needs
First in state to pilot blended funding model to serve youth and families. New Outlook wraparound services jointly funded with VB Juvenile Court and Dept of Human Services
Assertive Community Treatment for adults with
co-occurring serious mental illness and substance use disorders.
Bangor Health Center
First CMH in country to sponsor school based health center.

7. Van Buren Community Mental Health
For the Community
Agency Vision Statement
The CMH Services Board will strive to be the mental health agency of
choice for all citizens of Van Buren County, characterized by accessible,
acceptable, valued and effective services and will take a leadership role
in achieving a healthy community, emphasizing wellness and prevention.
Statement of Organizational Values
We, the staff and CMH Services Board, dedicate ourselves to the practice of compassionate, professional, culturally sensitive, and excellent care.
We strive to work together as a team, and to communicate honestly and directly to create a broader, accepting, responsive community based on trust, respect, and equality.
We pledge accountability to one another and to the persons we serve, respecting their diversity, responding to their needs, and advocating for their enrichment.
In all we do, we endeavor to consistently create a positive and healing organization.

8. Van Buren Community Mental Health
For the Community
Leadership in Collaborative Projects
Human Services Collaborative Council
Great Start Collaborative
Youth Suicide Prevention Coalition
Child Abuse and Neglect Council
Housing Continuum of Care
United Way Partners
Regional Interagency Consumer Committee
Substance Abuse Task Force
Community Corrections
Bangor Roundtable
Southern Michigan Autism Resources Team
Early On
Paw Paw Community Garden

9. Van Buren Community Mental Health
Founded by the Community
For the Community