This month I'd like to introduce you to Jeanette Felton, the director of our Wayne Division who recently helped create an interactive housing choice tool.

Most recently, during a meeting where inclusive living for people with disabilities was the discussion topic, Jeanette had an "ah ha" moment. She realized we had the necessary skills to build a tool that would empower community mental health consumers to have choices, while selecting specialized and permanent supportive housing options in Wayne County. With the help of fellow CHN employee, Nate Barnes, the Community Housing Integration Portal (CHIP) was born. CHIP works as a searchable interactive mapping tool showing housing availability as well as bus routes, grocery stores, post offices, hospitals, schools, libraries and other amenities. Read more about CHIP here.

Jeanette shared that, "CHIP doesn't exist anywhere else in the state or even the country. I would love to see CHIP expand to include more populations and geographic locations. This is a very exciting program filling an unmet need."

Let's turn to Jeanette now and give her a chance to answer a few questions.

Although my best training comes from just doing my job, and embracing all that needs to be done, my background involves working in the foreclosure industry and obtaining my real estate license. Everyday is a learning adventure.