Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Authority

Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Authority, located at 204 Meadows Drive in Grayling, Michigan, is a regional public behavioral health organization serving individuals and families across six northern Michigan counties, including Crawford, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Missaukee, Roscommon, and Wexford. The agency provides comprehensive mental health, substance use, and developmental disability services to children, adolescents, teens, adults, and seniors, regardless of ability to pay. Services are delivered using a person-centered, recovery-oriented model that emphasizes dignity, choice, and community inclusion.

Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Authority offers a full continuum of care, including outpatient counseling, crisis intervention, inpatient stabilization, residential treatment, intensive outpatient services, and community-based supports. Specialized programs address serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance in youth, autism spectrum disorder, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions. Through evidence-based practices, coordinated care planning, and extensive community supports, Northern Lakes helps individuals achieve stability, independence, and improved quality of life while remaining connected to their homes and communities throughout northern Michigan.