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CMHA-CEI Board Honors Senator Hertel with Distinguished Service Award

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CMHA-CEI Board Honors Senator Hertel with Distinguished Service Award

Lansing, MI – The Community Mental Health Authority of Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties (CMHA-CEI) Board has nominated State Senator Curtis Hertel Jr. as the 2022 Distinguished Service Award Recipient. The CMHA-CEI Board will hold a reception on Thursday, December 15th at 5:30pm in the agency’s Atrium, located at 812 E. Jolly Rd.

“Senator Hertel is being recognized because of his outstanding community service and unwavering commitment to meeting the behavioral health needs of the community,” states Sara Lurie, Chief Executive Officer of CMHA-CEI. Other organizations that help advocate for behavioral health services and access in the tri-county area also praised Senator Hertel for his involvement and dedication to this topic. Kevin Keeler, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Lansing President explains, “Senator Hertel is a friend, supporter, and advocate for the mid-Michigan mental health community and NAMI Lansing. Due to the hard work and dedication of Senator Hertel, health care in mid-Michigan has dramatically improved. We appreciate his passion to thoughtfully care and legislate for those less fortunate.”

The Distinguished Service Award recognizes the important efforts by those individuals and organizations who do extraordinary things to support the well-being of the thousands of individuals and families that CMHA-CEI serves. Senator Hertel has used his voice and platform to address community access to behavioral health services, and has been instrumental in supporting the development of a behavioral health campus on the former McLaren-Greenlawn Campus inclusive of a Crisis Stabilization Center operated by CMHA-CEI.

“Senator Hertel has been a lifelong advocate for sound and equitable mental health policy in Michigan, consistently putting people before politics. He always strives to do the right thing for those most in need in our community. I’m proud to have had him represent me, and even more proud to stand with him in supporting Community Mental Health in our region. He truly deserves this recognition,” explained Ingham County Commissioner Emily Stivers, who serves as the Ingham County liaison and Finance Chair of the CMHA-CEI Board.

The Community Mental Health Authority of Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties Board of Directors applauds Senator Hertel Jr. for his outstanding community service and unwavering commitment to meeting the behavioral health needs of the community.

To learn more about our services and programs, please visit CMHA-CEI at www.ceicmh.org

About Community Mental Health Authority of Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties (CMHA-CEI):
The Community Mental Health Authority of Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties (CMHA-CEI) provides, directly and through partnerships, a comprehensive set of person-centered, high quality, and effective behavioral health, substance abuse, and developmental disability services to the residents of this community.