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Oakland County Residents Receive 2016 OCCMHA Achievement Award Winners

Eight Oakland County residents were presented 2016 Oakland County Community Mental Health Authority (OCCMHA) Achievement Awards

Back Row: OCCMHA Board Vice Chair, Lois Shulman; Achievement Award winners, Mark Plewka, Jennifer Stark, Yash, and Roderick McKay; and OCCMHA Board Member Darlene Logan. Front Row: Achievement winner, Keyonte Moore; OCCMHA Executive Director and CEO, Willie Brooks; Achievement Award winners, Amit Agrawal; Wanjura Carter (accepting on behalf of Greg Denise); and Barbara Norman.

Eight Oakland County residents were presented 2016 Oakland County Community Mental Health Authority (OCCMHA) Achievement Awards during the agency’s recent “Your Voice, Your Value” conference.

About OCCMHA

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Oakland County Community Mental Health Authority is the public mental health system responsible for identifying, influencing, and delivering services and supports to approximately 25,000 Oakland County residents, including individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities, adults with mental illness, children with serious emotional disturbance, and persons with substance use disorders. Most of these individuals have Medicaid.

OCCMHA’s current network of service providers include: Common Ground, Community Housing Network, Community Living Services, Community Network Services, Easter Seals Michigan, Macomb-Oakland Regional Center, Oakland Family Services, Inc., and Training and Treatment Innovations. A complete list of substance use service providers is available on OCCMHA’s website. For more information about OCCMHA call (800) 341-2003 or visit www.occmha.org.

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