What a beautiful show! The 6th annual Art of Recovery: The Human Journey show has almost 100 pieces representing realism, abstract, impressionist, three-dimension… a wide variety of styles, genres, colors, from a wide variety of people. The show reflects just what this event is all about – that we all recover from something at some […]
Anyone who is recovering or has recovered from anything may submit art to the 6th Annual Northern Lakes CMH Art Of Recovery: The Human Journey show. The deadline is October 19, 2012. Click on the title above to access this post – then, here are the 2012 submission form/rules.
Northern Lakes Community Mental Health is accepting applications for individuals who would like to become a member on the Recipient Rights Advisory and Appeals Committee. The applicant must have received or is receiving services from a community mental health services program or services from the private sector to those equivalent offered by the public mental […]
The International Center for Clubhouse Development (ICCD) recently granted first-time accreditation for Traverse House Clubhouse, a program under the auspices of Northern Lakes Community Mental Health (CMH), where people who have had mental illness come to rebuild their lives. Over 300 Clubhouses are accredited by ICCD worldwide. “It is our understanding that we are presently […]
Northern Lakes Community Mental Health (NLCMH) and the Crawford County Department of Human Services (DHS) are teaming up to provide a training workshop for foster parents and relative caregivers on caring for children who have experienced trauma. The workshop will be held on Saturday, May 14, 2011, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the […]
Cadillac News, May 5, 2011, by Rick Charmoli. Katie Griffin is like many other 15 year olds. She likes watching movies, loves animals, hanging out with her family and playing on her Nintendo DS. Read the full article.
By Krista Tacey, krista.tacey@houghtonlakeresorter.com In the time frame of two weeks 1 in 20 people will think about committing suicide and, in most cases, that one person will reach out to another to stop them. There are now 16 people in the area who can say they will be able to notice the warning signs of […]
Opinion Editorial by Gregory D. Paffhouse, NLCMHA CEO in Grand Traverse Insider http://www.morningstarpublishing.com/articles/2011/02/14/grand_traverse_insider/opinion/doc4d596fbb2a160057249230.txt January was a month of much public sadness and tragedy. The Tucson shooting and Traverse City murder-suicide are but two events that angered, shocked and saddened us and left us wondering why these things happen and what could have been done to […]
MACMHB Winter 2011 Connections by Ernie Reynolds, Certified Peer Support Specialist, Northern Lakes CMH Authority, and Gregory Paffhouse, CEO, Northern Lakes CMH Authority Connections is extremely pleased that Ernie and Greg have provided us with a vision of a system that is framed by the characteristics and principles of recovery. These are consumer driven qualities. Acquiring this wisdom […]
by Melissa Smith, http://www.upnorthlive.coms/story.aspx?list=~\home\lists\search&id=574980 People recovering from a mental illness in some northern Michigan communities can now apply for grants. That’s because Northern Lakes Community Mental Health is now offering mini-grants. The plan is to help transform the public mental health system to one based on recovery principles by strengthening consumer choice and enhancing personal recovery. Funding […]
Amy Hubbell, http://leelanaunews.com/drupal/index.php?q=node/26441 As a child, Brittany’s eyes sparkled with hope of a great future. Today her eyes are darkened, tired from night after night of couch surfing—wondering which way to go next. The former Leelanau County woman left home after her 18th birthday and has been in Traverse City for more than a year. […]
By Amy Hubbell, http://leelanaunews.com/drupal/node/26440 How and where mentally ill people are treated has changed dramatically during the past generation. County commissioner David Marshall of Glen Arbor is one of two people representing Leelanau County on a 16-member board that sets policy for the Northern Lakes Community Mental Health (NLCMH) agency. “In my past life, in […]