Summit Pointe

(Summit Pointe Ep 5) Target: Zero Deaths By Suicide (You Can Help)

Episode 5 in the Summit Pointe Series is devoted to highlighting the Suicide Prevention Coalition of Calhoun County. Working closely with Summit Pointe, suicide prevention experts are working to educate the community on how they can help prevent the incidence of...

(Summit Pointe Ep 4) Critical Care: Assisted Outpatient Treatment

Episode 4 in the Summit Pointe Series focuses on what amounts to critical, life-saving care: Assisted Outpatient Treatment. The AOT model is practiced around the country, including at Summit Pointe in Calhoun County, Michigan where court-ordered treatment supervision...

(Summit Pointe Ep 3) The Ready-Access Care Model

In episode 3 of the Summit Pointe Series, Clinical Director Dr. Sean Field discusses the model of care used by Summit Pointe to deliver behavioral health services. As a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC), Summit Pointe has established a ready-access...

(Summit Pointe Ep 2) Crisis Intervention Team: Concept to Success

In the second visit with Summit Pointe, the importance to collaborations in the community is highlighted. Summit Pointe CEO Jeannie Goodrich and Meghan Taft, Director of Community Engagement, discuss a program that went from a concept over coffee to demonstrated...

(Summit Pointe Ep 1) Who Is Summit Pointe?

In the first of a special Richard Piet Show series of visits with Summit Pointe, we begin to understand the impact of behavioral health programs in Calhoun County, Michigan. From an innovative First Step 24-hour psychiatric urgent care facility opened in 2021 to...

Mental Health Innovation: Behavioral Health Urgent Care

Summit Pointe, the county mental health authority in Calhoun County, Michigan, is banking that a new approach to its population's mental health needs will mean a healthier community. In this episode, Summit Pointe CEO Jeannie Goodrich discusses the opening of its...