Communications & Community Collaboration

C & CC STATEMENT:

The Communications and Community Collaboration (C & CC) unit works to keep Wayne County residents informed about services and programs available through the public mental health system and builds relationships with community organizations that enhance public understanding and access to mental health care.

PRESS RELEASES & NEWS:

• Mental Health Agency launches e-learning through Virtual Center of Excellence. The Detroit-Wayne County CMH Agency is making training more convenient through the new Virtual Center of Excellence website. To visit the site, go to www.vceonline.org or click the VCE logo.

• Mental Health Agency recognizes Autism Awareness Month -April 2008

• Detroit-Wayne County Community Mental Health Agency’s Medical Director receives national honor as “exemplary psychiatrist” (May, 2008)

• Mental Health Agency accepts applications for grants for community groups to enhance services for consumers and consumer families (April 2008)

• Mental Health Agency recognizes Developmental Disabilities Month (March 2008)

• Detroit-Wayne Community Mental Health Agency awarded $200,000 state grant for Michigan Recovery Center of Excellence (February, 2008)

• Mental Health Agency recognizes National Birth Defect Prevention Month (January 2008)

ARCHIVED NEWS:

• Veda Sharp named acting director of state's largest public mental health system (December 19, 2007)
• Mental Health Agency offers training for Suicide Prevention
  (November 13, 2007)
• WCCMH Agency partners with NAMI and Oakwood Healthcare for mental health workshops in Taylor (February 2007)
• CFAC Conference (November 2006)
• CAPPA Training (November 2006)
• Suicide Prevention Initiative (November 2006)
• Resident Advocates for Rights (November 2006)

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