Grand Rapids Business Journal
Courtesy Easterseals Michigan
To address an increased need for mental health services across Michigan, and specifically in Kent County, Easterseals Michigan is launching an adult intensive services program at its Grand Rapids location.
Adult intensive services, which also are available at Easterseals Michigan’s Southfield location, are designed for individuals who have serious mental illnesses.
Patients enrolled in the program will be treated by qualified behavioral health professionals that will collaborate with their existing health care providers. Individuals will have a case manager to help them and their family navigate treatment concerns and also will have peer support partners.
MacKenzie Scott donated $10 million to the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit when she doled out $4.2 billion in donations across the country last year.
The local YMCA was one of 384 organizations nationwide, and one of six in metro Detroit, to receive donations from the billionaire, philanthropist and author.
Scott revealed the beneficiaries in December 2020, and the YMCA announced the “transformational” monetary amount in a press release Monday. It’s the single largest contribution in the Detroit branch’s 168-year-old history.
It also comes during the greatest challenge the organization has faced, Helene Weir, president and CEO of the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit, said in the release.
YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit receives $10M gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
The YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit has received a $10 million donation from MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, as part of her efforts to give back to struggling communities.
Scott, an American philanthropist and author, received billions in her divorce settlement with Bezos and has pledged to donate that money, focusing on women, people of color and those living in poverty.
The YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit is one of 384 organizations, including 43 YMCA’s across the nation, to receive donations from Scott and just one of many nonprofits the philanthropist has donated to in Michigan.
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WEST BLOOMFIELD The topic of mental health is receiving more attention than perhaps at any other point in history.
The pandemic has brought the issue to the forefront, and mental health providers have been given resources to help tackle the problem.
According to a press release, community mental health providers across the state and in Oakland County have been providing residents with comprehensive behavioral health care through Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics grant funding.
EasterSeals Michigan has been one of the beneficiaries of the grant funding.
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