Macomb County Community Mental Health faces challenges, chairperson says

Hiring a new CEO, increasing people’s access to mental-health services and adding and retaining staff are the top priorities of the chairperson of Macomb County Community Mental Health. Phil Kraft, who also is a county commissioner, was reappointed in a 12-0 vote by the county Board of Commissioners for a second three-year term as chairperson of the 11-member CMH board, which guides the public agency that provides mental-health and substance-abuse treatment as well as services for the developmentally disabled in the county. Kraft, a Chesterfield Township Republican, and board Member...