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Richard Piet, known to terrestrial radio listeners in Southwest Michigan for years as the genial host of an informative and engaging interview program, founded Livemic Communications in 2021. Livemic helps businesses, non-profits, entrepreneurs share their stories with purposeful podcast engagement tools.
As a media interviewer for more than 20 years, Richard brings his skills to clients' episodes and creates a dynamic back-and-forth where interviewees show their expertise, build trust and audiences, and help them build new relationships.
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(Community Matters 162) Summit Pointe Concerned How Potential Statewide CMH Changes Will Affect Care
Summit Pointe, the Calhoun County Community Mental Health (CMH) organization which provides behavioral health care to some of the county's most vulnerable residents, is sounding an alarm over potential changes at the state level which could affect how it delivers care.
Summit Pointe CEO Jeannie Goodrich joins Community Matters to discuss changes to how the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) organizes CMH sectors in the state, as well as the potential to privatize some functions of the CMH health care delivery process.
Episode Resources
First Step Psychiatric Urgent Care Center
Second Wave Media: Community mental health advocates take stand against privatization plan
Michigan Advance: Court affirms legality of competitive bid restructure plan to Michigan’s mental health system
ABOUT COMMUNITY MATTERS
Former WBCK Morning Show host Richard Piet (2014-2017) returns to host Community Matters, an interview program focused on community leaders and newsmakers in and around Battle Creek. Community Matters is heard Saturdays, 8:00 AM Eastern on WBCK-FM (95.3) and anytime at battlecreekpodcast.com.
Community Matters is sponsored by Lakeview Ford Lincoln and produced by Livemic Communications.