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County residents and Common Ground urge pause after OCHN signals move to take in-house crisis services
Summary
Dozens of volunteers, staff and advocates urged Oakland County commissioners to pause Oakland Community Health Network’s plan to transition crisis services away from Common Ground, citing continuity-of-care, state RFP timing and transparency concerns; OCHN's COO said the transition aims to improve oversight and accountability.
Several speakers at Oakland County’s public-comment period urged the Board of Commissioners to pause or convene a public process before Oakland Community Health Network (OCHN) shifts crisis services away from the longtime provider Common Ground.
Volunteers and staff from Common Ground described decades of experience running crisis hotlines and stabilization services and warned that an immediate transition could disrupt care for people in crisis. "Common Ground has the expertise and the ability to deliver services to everybody who is needing mental help in Oakland County," said Kaye White, a Bloomfield Township resident and long-time…
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