MARI’s Purpose Statement
The Mary A. Rackham Institute (MARI) is dedicated to enhancing overall well-being across the lifespan through individually tailored, evidence-based, compassionate, and culturally humble mental health and language and literacy clinical services and education. We prepare the next generation of clinicians with an unwavering commitment to excellence in clinical training, supervision, and consultation. At MARI, our goal is to foster healing and improve lives at the University of Michigan and across broader communities.
MARI’s Core Values
- Compassion: MARI is committed to evidence-based and individually-tailored treatment of the whole person.
- Excellence: MARI embraces lifelong learning and is invested in training and empowering the next generation of clinicians
- Well-being: MARI supports the quality of life of our clients, staff, and trainees and recognizes their interconnectedness.
- Inclusion: MARI is committed to culturally humble and accessible services, providing care with dignity and respect, and striving towards a socially just community.
- Integrity: MARI maintains ethical standards of care and a system of checks and balances that ensures accountability.
MARI’s Strategic Goals
- Goal 1: Best-in-Class Clinical Training – Optimize training experiences to be more student-centered and forward-thinking.
- Goal 2: Excellent Clinical Service Delivery – Enhance treatment, testing, and evaluation services, focusing on evidence-based and culturally inclusive approaches.
- Goal 3: Strengthened Organizational Culture – Foster collaboration, cultural humility, and DEI in overall MARI operations.
- Goal 4: Enhanced Fiscal Sustainability – Identify possibilities for increased financial resilience across all three clinics.
MARI’s Organizational Chart
This chart provides an overview of MARI’s leadership structure and reporting relationships, illustrating how clinics and teams work together to support our purpose.