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What’s the 411 on the New 988 National Mental Health Hotline

WEBThe soon-to-be old number has been operational since 2005, but it will not be going away just yet. July 16 is when 988 goes live nationally and callers can begin …

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C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital at 100 Percent with RSV Surge: Here’s

WEBby Kyle Davidson. Amid a surge in visits to pediatric emergency rooms, doctors and public health officials are advising families to take preventative measures to …

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The Ann Arbor Independent – A locally owned newspaper in Ann …

WEBThe Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Apr 26, 2024. by P.D. Lesko County records show Ann Arbor School Board Trustee Ernesto Querijero, through his wife Lisa …

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Community Health Matters to Ann Arbor’s Plans for Climate Change

WEBIn November 2017 Ann Arbor residents passed a “Community Safety and Resiliency” millage that creatively lumped together support of mental health …

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A2Politico: County Pols Plan to “Protect” the Mental Health Millage

WEBby P.D. Lesko. The 2016 Mental Health and Public Safety Millage was the brainchild of County Commissioner Andy LaBarre (District 7). It was the perfect way to …

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City Council’s Universal Basic Income Program Could Hurt Low …

WEBAccording to Council member Song, she grew up in a low-income household where there was food insecurity and domestic violence. If the recipients are chosen at …

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SafeHouse Exec. Dir. and Staff Retaliated Against Sexual/Physical

WEBWhen asked during a Monday August 30 interview why she’d contacted The Ann Arbor Independent about what multiple SafeHouse staff, interns and clients have …

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Michigan Launches ‘988’ Behavioral Health Crisis Helpline

WEBHowever, in Macomb and Kent Counties, Macomb County Community Mental Health, and Network 180 will answer 988 calls with MiCAL providing back-up call …

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Expenditure of Mental Health Millage Money to Fund Sheriff …

WEBby P.D. Lesko. Over the past months, I’ve received photos of Derrick Jackson’s face plastered on the side of Ann Arbor buses and Jackson’s face plastered …

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A2Politico: County Residents Deserve Leadership, Not Gaslighting …

WEBCounty Commissioner Ricky Jefferson (District 6) represents Ypsilanti Township, a Black-majority district in Washtenaw County. At the recent meeting of the …

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County Sheriff Spends Mental Health and Public Safety Millage …

WEBMental Health Millage Money Squandered on Cheap, Bogus Treatment Program “CCI [the for profit company that sells MRT certifications and workbooks] has …

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AAPS Board Hires Interim Superintendent Jazz Parks as New …

WEBThe President of the AAPS Board of Education, Torchio Feaster, released a letter to the community announcing that the Board, through a "painful vote," had hired …

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New Study Finds U-M Students Among the Most Stressed Out in …

WEBIn its 2021 National College Health Assessment, the American College Health Association found that: Nearly 75% of college students expressed moderate to …

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Residents Refused Mental Health Services While CMH Spends …

WEBCMH Exec. Dir. Trish Cortes, who has been employed as the Exec. Dir. of CMH since 2015, was contacted by phone and email but did not respond to questions …

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Bucking National Trends, A2Indy Readership in 2023 Jumped …

WEBDuring 2023, The Ann Arbor Independent’s readership rose from 80,949 to 90,657, an 11.9 percent increase. The newspaper’s readership in 2021 stood at 68,124. …

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Ann Arbor 1,4 Dioxane Gelman Plume Approved as EPA Superfund …

WEBEPA determined that the plume qualifies as a hazardous substance that poses significant threats to human health and the environment. Congresswoman …

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Ann Arbor Council Member Sends Open Letter to SafeHouse …

WEBby Council member Katherine J. Griswold, MBA, MSW. Hello Barbara Niess-May, SafeHouse provides a critical service in our community. Per its mission: to provide …

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MDHHS Emails Reveal SafeHouse Executive Director Repeatedly …

WEBby P.D. Lesko. On July 31, 2021, The Ann Arbor Independent published an article that revealed SafeHouse Center was unsafe, unsanitary and that client-facing …

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