Community Mental Health Board

Who We Are

The Community Mental Health Board is a Policy Governance Board pursuant to Section 226 of the Mental Health Code. Appointments are made by the Board of County Commissioners and the term length for members is three (3) years.

The Michigan Mental Health Code (330.1222) stipulates the composition of a community mental health services board shall be representative of:

· Providers of mental health services,

· Recipients or primary consumers of mental health services, minimum of 2 (recipient/consumer is defined as an individual who has received or is receiving services from a community mental health services program or from the private sector equivalent to those offered by the Department or a community mental health services program,)

· Family members of primary consumers, minimum of 2, (family is defined as a parent, stepparent, spouse, sibling, child, or grandparent of a primary consumer, or an individual upon whom a primary consumer is dependent for at least 50% of his/her financial support,)

· Agencies and occupations having a working involvement with mental health services,

· General public,

· Public officials, 6 maximum of which no more than 4 County Commissioners (Public official is defined as individuals serving in an elected or appointed public office or employed more than 20 hours per week by an agency of federal, state, city, or local government, including public schools or colleges or universities.)

References and Resources

	Title	URL
	Learn more about Allegan County Community Mental Health from their website.	Website

Members

Name	Office/Role	Address	Term Expires	Board Resolution
Gale Dugan	County Commissioner	318 21st St Otsego, MI 49078	3/31/2023	2/27/2020
John Weerstra	Primary Consumer	1260 Lincoln Rd. Lot#19 Allegan, MI, 49010	3/31/2023	2/27/2020
Glen Brookhouse	Agency Involved w/MH Svcs	515 Selby Street Hopkins, MI 49328	3/31/2023	2/27/2020
Jim Storey	County Commissioner	344 W 35th St. Holland, MI 49423	3/31/2023	2/27/2020
Mark Deyoung	County Commissioner	4169 Hickory Street Dorr, MI 49323	3/31/2022	2/14/2019
Elizabeth Johnston	Family Member	2355 122nd Avenue Hopkins Mi 49328	3/31/2024	2/11/2021
Thomas Belco	Family Member	411 Walnut Woods Ct. Plainwell, MI 49080	3/31/2024	2/11/2021
William Buell	General Public	2081 112th Ave. Otsego MI 49078	3/31/2022	5/14/2020
Emily Schwartz	General Public	2095 Forrest Drive Allegan MI 49010	3/31/2022	7/25/2019
Alice Kelsey	Family Member	1632 10th St. Martin, MI 49070	3/31/2022	2/14/2019
Amy Clugston	Family Member	1745 Lorna Lane Otsego MI 49078	3/31/2024	2/11/2021
Kimberly Bartnick	General Public	1125 144th Ave. Apt. 8 Wayland MI 49348	3/31/2024	2/11/2021