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, …
Psychiatric Services
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 …
‘It’s Huge’: First Step Collaborates with Bronson Battle Creek Emergency Department
In another Summit Pointe Community Connection episode, representatives from the Bronson Battle Creek Emergency Department and Summit Pointe/First Step reflect on how their commitment to serving Calhoun County residents has …
I/DD Support: Transforming Lives in Calhoun County
In this episode, Summit Pointe Care Manager Kristi highlights how the team assisting those with intellectual or developmental disabilities puts them in a position to significantly change their lives. Perhaps …
Summit Pointe Can Help Understand and Deal with Stress
In this episode, Summit Pointe Clinician Lesa discusses how stress affects the body and mind, as well as some of the typical responses humans use as a result. Lesa also …
Community Connection: Summit Pointe and Battle Creek VA Work Together to Help Veterans
Summit Pointe Veteran Navigator Michele Pascoe and Battle Creek Veterans Administration Local Recovery Coordinator Russell Bell are working to help area vets receive services to which they are entitled. But, …
Depression, Psychotropic Drugs and Community Wellness
Summit Pointe Physician Assistant, Randall Johnson, helps us understand psychotropic drugs and the role they play in community wellness. He also discusses alternatives to such drugs, as well as an …