Woodlands Behavioral Healthcare Network pays for mental health services for around a thousand people in Cass County.
A few months ago, CEO John Ruddell told state lawmakers the agency would run out of funds by September, blaming the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, which funds Woodlands and the other 47 agencies in Michigan's community mental health system.
Relief came at the end of May, when the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services increased its reimbursement rates.
But Ruddell said this has only postponed, not resolved the funding crisis.
"The mid year rate amendment helped push our cash flow issues into the spring of 2026. MDHHS is still underfunding the CMH system," Ruddell said in an email.
Michael Symonds reports for WMUK through the Report for America national service program.
