Influencing your local CMH board (who’s who and how to testify) Somewhere in your county, twelve people you’ve never met vote on the policies and budgets that shape your family...
MiNavigator and other Michigan navigation supports Somewhere in Michigan’s state government sits a program built specifically to help families like yours find their way through the maze. Most families reach...
Budget cuts and loss of navigation resources When a state cuts funding to the organization that helps you find every other service, the cut doesn’t show up on a services...
Special education funding reform and the MI Blueprint School funding sounds like someone else’s fight once your child ages out. It isn’t. Every dollar Michigan fails to invest in special...
Understanding service deserts and waitlist delays Some Michigan counties simply don’t have the service you need, at any price, on any waitlist. That’s not a failure of your advocacy. It’s...
Long Term Care Ombudsman for Adult Foster Care (AFC) residents An adult in AFC has an independent advocate whose entire job is investigating exactly the complaints families are afraid to...
The ‘Age 26 rule’ for extended transition services Most states cut special education off at 22. Michigan doesn’t, if your family member has a cognitive impairment eligibility and was already...
Your rights under the Michigan Mental Health Code A psychiatric crisis strips away the illusion that you’re in control of anything. The Mental Health Code says you and your family...
When CMH says there are no crisis residential beds “No beds” is one of the most frightening sentences a family can hear during an active crisis. It is also, more...
Crisis services and autism: 988, MiCAL, mobile crisis, EmPATH Michigan has more than one number to call in a crisis, and knowing which one to dial, and what to hand...
