Sep 3, 2025 | Access to Healthy Food, Behavorial Health Services, News, Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles, Featured, Behavioral Health, Built Environment
The Health Fund Board of Directors has approved 43 new grants totaling over $14 million supporting projects that improve health for residents across the state of Michigan.
This includes new grant cohorts under our Behavioral Health and Nutrition & Healthy Lifestyles initiatives, plus a pair of grants aimed at strengthening the environment for health news and policymaking. Together, these investments seek to increase access to care and support better conditions for health in communities throughout the state.
Mar 7, 2025 | Behavorial Health Services, News
Team-based approaches have been shown to support better behavioral health outcomes for the people served — as well as those providing care — while also reducing costs. The Health Fund’s Behavioral Health Initiative supports new and innovative team-based projects as a...
Feb 24, 2025 | Behavorial Health Services, News
We’ve learned a lot in recent years about the barriers that prevent Michigan residents who need behavioral health care from accessing it. Provider shortages, stigma, cost, distance from services, and difficulty navigating complex systems can all stand in the way. But...
Sep 12, 2024 | Behavorial Health Services, News, Press Release, Healthy Aging, Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles, Community Health Impact, Capacity Building, Featured, Built Environment
The Health Fund is announcing 60 new grants totaling over $14.7 million aimed at improving health for Michigan. The majority of these funds will fuel new projects through our Behavioral Health and Nutrition & Healthy Lifestyles initiatives. Together, these...
Aug 21, 2024 | Foster and Adopted Children, News, Behavorial Health Services
In July, a group of five Health Fund squaddies packed into a minivan for a summer road trip and meeting tour with Behavioral Health grant partners in northern Michigan. Over three days, we visited six projects stretching from Traverse City to Negaunee. In each...
May 28, 2024 | Behavorial Health Services, News, Featured
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a critical opportunity to combat stigma around mental illness and draw attention to promising solutions taking shape in Michigan. The Health Fund’s Behavioral Health program works with organizations, institutions, and communities...
Feb 13, 2024 | Uncategorized, Behavorial Health Services, News
Behavioral health support is a critical ingredient for living a healthy life. But research shows that many in Michigan who would benefit from behavioral health care struggle to access the support they need, for a variety of reasons. To overcome these barriers,...
Dec 18, 2023 | Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles, Uncategorized, Behavorial Health Services, News, Healthy Aging, Community Health Impact, Capacity Building, Maternal & Infant Health
It’s clear 2023 was one of the Health Fund’s most dynamic years yet. Through our grantmaking, we sought to support organizations across Michigan working to address urgent health needs in their communities and develop better models for long-term health. To help frame...
Dec 6, 2023 | News, Healthy Aging, Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles, Community Health Impact, Capacity Building, Maternal & Infant Health, Behavorial Health Services
At the Health Fund, we continually ask ourselves how we can listen better to improve our service to applicants, grantees, and communities. Last December, we shared results from our second independent survey of both grantees plus applicants whose proposals were not...
