Healthy Communities

“A Chicago native I’ve been in prison a couple times I live in the Battle Creek Shelter. I’m trying to be positive and encourage others,” Richard Evans, 62.

Michigan’s community mental health providers serve the unhoused

Michigan’s community mental health providers are stepping in with innovative programs that support Michiganders experiencing both homelessness and mental illness. 

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Making Lake Antoine Park accessible to everyone

With widespread community support, Lake Antoine Park Partners is working to improve and maintain the beloved park. Their efforts include making the 51-acre park and lake accessible to everyone.

Dr. Kellen Stilwell conducts telepsychiatry sessions with rural Michigan children and adolescents.
Psychiatric residents and fellows fill gaps in rural Michigan mental health care

Psychiatry fellows and psychiatry residents are helping to fill the gaps in care experienced by rural Michiganders.

Dr. Tolulope Sonuyi, director of Detroit Life Is Valuable Everyday (DLIVE), and Juanita Houston, DLIVE's lead healthy minds coach.
Michigan programs aim to stop violence against youth before it happens

Medical researchers in Michigan are designing innovative programs to intervene in cycles of violence.

Community Health Workers help people navigate complex health care systems.
Community health workers bring mental health home

Across the state, community mental health agencies enlist CHWs to extend their reach. Washtenaw County Community Mental Health partners with Michigan Community Care (MiCC) in providing CHWs.

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OnPoint’s new community mental health facility increases access to care

Located on a main road, OnPoint’s new facility is easily accessible with a focus on integrated care  

Caregiver Incentive Project (CIP) founder Eric Paad and CIP spokesperson Dorothy Paad.
UP nonprofit offers education and support in effort to end caregiver shortage

The Marquette-based nonprofit Caregiver Incentive Project is working to create solutions to Michigan's alarming caregiver shortage.

Northern Michigan University in Marquette.
NMU offers new online outdoor recreation degree

NMU launches new outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism administration degree. The online master's program is for people who would like to work at an administrative level in the field of recreation, outdoor recreation, and nature-based tourism.

The Community Mental Health Association of Michigan (CMHA) is the state association representing and advocating for Michigan’s public mental health system and those served by this system.
Community Mental Health Association of Michigan study shows integrated care is growing

A recent study by the Center of Healthcare Integration and Innovation shows that integrated care in Michigan’s public mental health system has not only grown in the last six years but that the initiatives are diverse and available in rural, suburban, and urban committees.

Employees at Brody's Be Cafe in Ada, which employs people living with disabilities.
Here’s how three Michigan nonprofits empower people living with disabilities

These nonprofits are taking innovative approaches to supporting and empowering people with disabilities so they can truly achieve the rights promised to them by the law.

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