After 29 Years, CEO Jeannie Goodrich Still Passionate about Summit Pointe
In this episode of the Summit Pointe series, we sit down with our longtime CEO, Jeannie Goodrich. After 29 years at our organization, Jeannie talks about working her way up …
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New Autism Center Brings New Programs, Room for Expansion
In this Summit Pointe episode, our own Mindy Oisten – Director of Autism Services – talks about the newly relocated Autism Center. Now situated at 155 Garfield Avenue in Battle …
Partnering to Help Students with Autism
It’s another community connection between Summit Pointe and, in this case, educators to help bring greater support to Calhoun County. The Summit Pointe Autism Center and the Calhoun Intermediate School District realized …
Community Connection: Focusing on Resilience and Empowerment for Young People
Taking time to shed light on another of the powerful community connections Summit Pointe has in Calhoun County, we turn our attention to Starr Commonwealth. With a 100+ year focus on …
(Community Matters 77) Like CPR, QPR Can Save Lives, Too
Question, Persuade, Refer. That’s what QPR stands for and it’s “an emergency response to someone in crisis,” says the QPR Institute. In a training as short as a lunch-and-learn, community members …
Looking Back – and Forward – After Three Years at First Step
Summit Pointe’s First Step Behavioral Health Urgent Care at 175 College Street in Battle Creek opened in March 2021. There were not many examples nationally of such an urgent care, …
A Career in Social Work is Rewarding
Have a calling to help people? Change lives? A career as a social worker offers the rewards of doing just that – even saving lives. That’s what we hear in this episode …
Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department and Summit Pointe Change Lives
Calhoun County Sheriff Steve Hinkley and Summit Pointe Justice Systems Lead, Taneisha share their perspectives on how the Jail Services program has advanced in recent years. In doing so, they …