FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) – Genesee County and other mid-Michigan communities are preparing for a significant funding loss as Michigan faces a $93 million cut in drug recovery funding, impacting local community programs.<\/p>\n
Jennifer McCarty, the chief operating officer at Genesee Health System, emphasized the importance of their services.<\/p>\n
“If we weren’t available, people would not be able to receive the lifesaving services that we provide,” McCarty said.<\/p>\n
McCarty highlighted that the Genesee Health System has been a core mental health provider in the county for over 60 years, offering a range of services from outpatient counseling to psychiatric care.<\/p>\n
“I’m convinced we save lives every single day. Sometimes we know it and sometimes we don’t,” McCarty said.<\/p>\n
The funding at risk comes from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which is being discontinued, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n
“We’re working now to ensure that we are maintaining our open front door so that people can still reach us,” McCarty said, acknowledging the potential increase in anxiety and mental health issues during these uncertain times.<\/p>\n
To counteract the funding cuts, McCarty mentioned they would turn to other sources like Medicaid and a mental health millage.<\/p>\n
“Right now it’s business as usual. We’re waiting to see what those types of changes might actually mean for us but we’re here and dedicated to serving our communities,” McCarty said.<\/p>\n
Despite the challenges, Genesee Health System remains committed to providing vital resources and support to the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) – Genesee County and other mid-Michigan communities are preparing for a significant funding loss as…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1259,1257,1258,210,517,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-883","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-drug-recovery","9":"tag-fed","10":"tag-funding","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-mental-health","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114718636919888478","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}