Michigan’s free school meals yield high returns for student health and academic success
Michigan has become one of eight states to make free school meals available to all, creating notable benefits for students' health.
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Community-based health projects offer care for underserved residents in Detroit, Ypsi, and Jackson
Several Michigan organizations are innovating ways to increase health care access for the state’s most vulnerable residents in their own communities.
الأمل يبدأ هنا» يساعد ديترويت في إعطاء الأولوية للأطفال الصغار
تجمع مبادرة "الأمل يبدأ هنا. " فريقًا من المدافعين والأبطال الذين يقودون الجهود لتطوير نظم الطفولة المبكرة في ديترويت. تمثل هذه المبادرة تعاونًا بين مؤسسة دبليو كيه كيلوج (WKKF)، ومؤسسة كريسجي، ومؤسسة ماكس إم. ومارجوري إس. فيشر (M&M Fisher)، ومجموعة من الوكالات، والمنظمات المجتمعية، والأهم من ذلك، سكان ديترويت. تم إطلاق مبادرة "الأمل يبدأ هنا" رسميًا في عام 2017 بخطة عمل مستمرة تمتد لعشر سنوات
Metro Detroit project focuses on culturally relevant home care for older Chinese Americans
The Metro Detroit-based Association of Chinese Americans is developing a training program to address the shortage of direct care workers equipped to serve older Chinese Americans in Southeast Michigan.
Mothering Justice “Mamas’ Agenda” addresses childcare and early childhood education
A grassroots policy advocacy organization, Mothering Justice provides mothers of color in America with resources and tools to make equitable policy changes. One of its agenda items is early childhood education.
Initiative rapidly expands doula ranks in Muskegon County, with major implications for birth equity
Muskegon-based How YOU Birth Doula Services is working to improve outcomes for parents and babies by leveraging Michigan's recently added Medicaid coverage for doula services.
Here’s how Michigan organizations are working to reduce cancer treatment’s crushing financial burden
In Michigan, several efforts are underway to help cancer patients prepare for, manage, and alleviate the financial struggles associated with treatment.
Henry Ford Health program helps unpaid caregivers stay healthy
The Patient as Caregiver project helps unpaid caregivers carry on in their roles, reducing the amount of hired care needed and helping people age at place in their homes.
Oral health care is inaccessible to many Michiganders. This coalition is working to change that.
The Michigan Oral Health Coalition brings together a multitude of Michigan oral and general health partners to collaborate on improving oral health for all Michiganders, especially those who have barriers to access.
Successful suicide prevention protocol expands from Corewell hospitals to Western Michigan schools
The Blue Envelope program trains all school employees how to respond to a student expressing thoughts of suicide, and assigns interventions based on the student's risk level.
