News Report | September 9, 2018
Michigan Awarded $10 Million Federal Grant To Integrate Primary & Behavioral Health Care By 2023
On August 13, 2018, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced it was awarded a five-year federal grant valued at $2 million annually to launch projects to integrate primary and behavioral health care. The funding is through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Promoting Integration of Primary and Behavioral Health Care (PIPBHC) grant program. The MDHHS PIPBHC program will focus on three high-need counties – Barry, Saginaw, and Shiawassee. Community partners in each county are slated to launch the grant-funded program on or after November 1, 2018.
MDHHS collaborated with the Community . . .