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Oakland Community Health Network tells commissioners crisis services are stabilizing but funding and workforce remain fragile
Summary
Dana Lazenby, CEO of Oakland Community Health Network, updated the Board of Commissioners on school mental-health navigators, veterans navigators, the crisis transition center and co-responder partnerships, citing program metrics and warning of state and federal funding pressures.
Dana Lazenby, CEO of the Oakland Community Health Network, told the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on March 11 that the county's behavioral-health system has rapidly scaled crisis services but still faces funding and workforce challenges.
Lazenby told the board that since Jan. 29 OCHN has been operating crisis transition services previously run by Common Ground and has kept services continuous while bringing on staff and integrating programs. "We never shut down. We did not miss a beat," she said, summarizing the center's work and partnerships with local hospitals and law enforcement.
The CEO gave specific metrics to illustrate that…
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