We believe lived experience belongs at the table.
ACMH is a statewide family organization working alongside young people, families, and communities to make sure their voices help shape the systems that affect their lives.
There’s a lot behind the work.
Take a few minutes to hear more about who we are, what we do, and why this work matters.
ACMH began with two mothers who believed families should have a voice.
In 1989, two Michigan mothers came together after seeing families left out of decisions about their children’s mental health. They believed families should have a meaningful role in shaping the systems that affect their lives.
That belief became ACMH. More than 35 years later, we continue to create opportunities for young people and families to learn, connect, lead, and influence the work happening across Michigan.
Today, our work reaches youth, families, professionals, communities, and partners throughout the state.
To ensure all Michigan children and youth with emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges and their families live in a safe, welcoming community with access to needed services and supports.
We create opportunities for youth and families to learn, connect, lead, and influence the systems around them.
Youth & Family Peer Support
We strengthen peer support by training people with lived experience to use what they know to help others and improve the systems around them.
Education & Information
We provide training, information, and resources that build understanding of children’s mental health among youth, families, professionals, and communities.
Advocacy & Networking
We bring people together and make sure lived experience has a place in the conversations shaping children’s mental health across Michigan.
Leadership Opportunities
We create opportunities for young people and families to build leadership, share their expertise, and help shape the work happening around them.
People with lived experience should have a real role in shaping the work.
Our work is family-driven, youth-guided, and rooted in community. We create spaces where people can share what they know, build relationships, develop leadership, and participate in decisions that affect their lives.
We also work alongside the professionals, organizations, and systems that make change possible. Our role is often to bring the right people together, build the structure for meaningful participation, and help turn good ideas into something that lasts.
See the work. See the impact.
ACMH is built through relationships, opportunities, and the people who choose to be part of this work. Our Community Impact Reports offer a closer look at what we’ve been building together and the people who help make it possible.
There’s a place for you in this work.
Whether you’re a young person, family member, professional, partner, or someone who wants to see Michigan do better for children and families, we’d love to have you with us.
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