Need to update your W-4?

Staff looking to update their W-4 can download a new form from the Compass and submit it to Gordon Peterman.

Human Trafficking Awareness Training

Feb. 24 from 9:30am-12pm

HealthWest is offering a Human Trafficking Awareness training for staff and community members. Please share the linked flyer with any community member interested in attending. Staff should signup in Relias.

Thank you for helping us welcome GVSU staff!

Last week a group Grand Valley State University staff joined us for a tour of the Mental Health Center and to learn more about our programs. They were impressed with HealthWest and the work that you do! Thank you to everyone that helped share the HW cheer and make this visit a success.

HealthWest's Team for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (T.I.D.E) is excited to celebrate Black History Month and Cancer Awareness Month with you.

In each newsletter during the month of February we will be sharing new opportunities to learn, celebrate and grow together.

Want a sneak peek?

Upcoming events hosted by Hackley Public Library

Sweet Soul Food Dessert Contest – Saturday, Feb. 11, from 2-3pm

Look through your recipes, find your best soul food dessert, and compete in HPL’s contest! Winners will be awarded prizes, and bragging rights! Participants are asked to bring enough for the judges and viewers to taste. 

Youth Services BHM Craft Day – Saturday, Feb. 18, from 2-4pm

Join us in decorating no-sew quilt squares for our Unity Quilt! While you’re here, learn a little about the rich history of textile making in Africa and how those roots manifested in African American quilting traditions. We’ll have a prize drawing on February 28 for those who turn in a quilt square. Free.

Can’t make it to our craft day? We’ll have a limited number of take-and-make kits available for pick up in Youth Services. Quilt squares must be turned in by Feb. 25. There is no cost to participate.

FunD Lunch

February 15, 11:30 am-1:00 pm

MHC Lunchroom

You are all invited to participate in the FunD Committee’s Indoor Picnic! On Wednesday, Feb. 15, from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm the committee will have hot dogs, macaroni and cheese, along with all of your favorite cookout snacks available. Stop by the MHC lunchroom to grab a box lunch.

Do you work outside of MHC? Get together with your coworkers to place an order by emailing Gordon Peterman. Your order will be ready for pickup on the day of. 

Thank you to our frozen food truck partners for helping collaborate on this FunD lunch! 

There is no firm cost to participate in the lunch, but donations are certainly needed to support the FunD Committee. You can bring cash to the lunch or donate using one of our electronic payment platforms:

Venmo: Send a donation to @HealthWest

Cashapp: Send a donation to $HealthWest

PayPal: Send a donation to @HealthWest or brian.speer@healthwest.net (remember to send via "friends and family")

Cash or Check: Make out to HealthWest and bring to the picnic.

What is the FunD Committee?

"RAISING FUNDS FOR STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY BY HAVING FUN!"

Medicaid and grant funding often don’t allow us the flexibility to invest in our staff the way we want to. That’s where the FunD Committee comes in! The FunD committee is funded by staff to reinvest in staff and the community. They coordinate fun events that raise money that often goes right back to support staff via giveaways, food and events.

Courtney Fortin

Case Manager II, Office Based Team

Start Date: 1/3/2023

Kimberly Ellis

Case Manager II, Juvenile Justice

Start Date: 1/9/2023

Jeremy Rowe

Case Manager I, IDD Medically Complex

Start Date: 1/23/2023

Morgan Larabee

Medical Assistant, Med Pod/Health Clinic

Start Date: 1/30/2023

Sydney Wisniewski

GVSU, Access Team

Start Date: 1/9/2023

Gillian Garton-Borowicz

WMU, MI Team 1

Start Date: 1/9/2023

Kabrina Nowak

Baker College, Human Resources

Start Date: 1/30/2023

Deaisha Brown

Case Manager II, Adult MI Team 2

Effective Date: 1/6/2023

Kevin Sanchez-Lopez

Case Manager II, Corrections/In Jail Treatment

Effective Date: 1/5/2023

Christine Solomon

Intern, Youth Home Based Services

Effective Date: 1/5/2023

Felisha Bitler

Clinical Services Supervisor, School Based Services

Effective Date: 1/12/2023

Sara Jones

BCBA, Autism

Effective Date: 1/27/2023

Reegan Bailey

Behavioral Analysis Technician, Autism

Effective Date: 1/27/2023

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