Community-Based Access to Behavioral Health Care | Conversations to a Healthy Community | Ep. 5.2
Episode Five – Part 2: Community-Based Access to Behavioral Health Care
HOST: Shakita LaGrant-McClain
GUESTS: Ken Ginlack, CEO of Serenity Inns and Milwaukee County Mental Health Board Member; Jennifer Wittwer, Director of Community Access to Recovery Services (CARS); Brian McBride, Director of Wraparound Milwaukee-Children’s Community Mental Health Services
DHHS Executive Director Shakita LaGrant-McClain is joined by Ken Ginlack of Serenity Inns, Jennifer Wittwer of Community Access to Recovery Services (CARS), and Brian McBride of Wraparound Milwaukee for a conversation about how behavioral health services for children and adults are evolving across Milwaukee County. Together, they discuss the redesign of the behavioral healthcare system from institutional to community-based care and how access points, partnerships, and prevention efforts are making it easier for residents to get the mental health and substance use disorder support they need.