The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) granted NorthCare Network (NorthCare) the contract to serve as the Prepaid Health Plan for all Upper Peninsula Medicaid recipients needing mental health services, substance abuse services, and support services for persons with developmental disabilities. The contract became effective October 1, 2002. The contract is updated and renewed annually.

NorthCare is an affiliation formed in February, 2002 which is comprised of the five Upper Peninsula Community Mental Health Centers (CMHs). Pathways, doing business as NorthCare, has been designated as the lead agency of this affiliaion

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A groundbreaking public education program that helps the public identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders.

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1. Recovery Changing Everything
2. Five Pathways to Recovery
3. Setting the Stage for Recovery
4. The Power of Peer Support
5. Focusing on What’s Strong
6. Recovery Conversation
7. Making a Plan of Action

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Resource for Helping Persons Get Back to Work

Many of the people served in the public mental health system wonder what will happen to their income, benefits and health coverage if they go to work.

By using the Benefits to Work Calculator, individuals can find out how a job may affect their total income and their health coverage. This Calculator is funded under the Michigan Medicaid Infrastructure Grant (MIG).

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