An invitation for those individuals who receive services as well for those who provide services.

In keeping with our mission to be a leader in integrated health care, inspiring hope and wellness in partnership with individuals, families, and the community, we are implementing some new approaches within our Intellectual/Developmental Disability (I/DD)Teams and their structure that we want to inform you about.

We believe that the benefits of the new structure will better meet the needs of those in services as well as the needs of our providers. With our team members providing input and feedback we identified personal strengths and learned about how we might better serve people.  We feel we can now purposefully match staff strength with the specific needs of the individuals that we serve.  Within this new design we will be able to provide more individualized services than before, as well as better utilize our resources.

It is our belief that the health and personal outcomes for the individuals in services here at HealthWest will improve.

This is still a process. And, just as we have worked to keep our staff informed and asked for their input we also want to invite you to learn more and ask for your feedback.  Meetings are scheduled for Thursday, June 16^th at 6:00pm-7:00pm and Friday, June 17^th from 2:00pm-3:00pm.  Both of these meetings will be held at HealthWest’s Mental Health Center, 376 E. Apple Avenue, Muskegon, Michigan 49442.

As always we will keep you informed through letters, our website at www.HealthWest.net, social media, and email. We hope to see you soon at a public meeting where I look forward to hearing from you.  Together we can improve the services that we provide and work toward promoting wellness.