Our Story
Our Story
Northeast Michigan Community Mental Health Authority (NeMCMHA) would like to welcome you to our agency! Whether you come to us for an emergency or routine assessment, please know that our goal is to provide prompt, professional, and personal assessment and/or referral.
NeMCMHA is an organization, founded in the late sixties, designed to serve the needs of the citizens of Alcona, Alpena, Montmorency, and Presque Isle counties. While originally developed to provide outpatient services, the Agency has grown to meet the wide-range needs of its citizens with multiple programs, support services, treatments, and evidence-based practices.
The priority populations of those eligible for services include individuals who may have a severe and persistent mental illness, children with a severe emotional disturbance, individuals who may have an intellectual/developmental disability, and individuals who may have a substance use disorder that is co-occurring with a mental illness. Individuals served will not be denied access to services due to inability to pay. With over 50 years of experience, the Northeast Michigan Community Mental Health Authority Board has adopted a mission and vision statement and defined core values.
Our History
In 1968, Northeast Michigan Community Mental Health Services became a community mental health agency, five years after the State of Michigan passed Public Act 54 to allow counties to provide services for individuals with mental illnesses, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse disorders outside of psychiatric hospitals and institutions. At that time, Northeast Michigan Community Mental Health was a seven-county region -- Alcona, Alpena, Iosco, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, and Presque Isle. In 1979, three of these counties decided to create their own community mental health program. Iosco, Ogemaw, and Oscoda formed what is now AuSable Valley Community Mental Health Authority.
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