In the 2020 Community Health Impact program, the Health Fund awarded a capacity building grant to the Community Food Club (CFC) to pursue a consulting partnership that provided strategic support for launching future Food Club replication partners across the state. The...
Building on a successful planning grant awarded by the Health Fund in 2021, Residents in Action (RiA) will continue to address food insecurity among Black families in Jackson. RiA is a Black-led organization that has demonstrated success in achieving systems change...
Produce prescription programs (PPRs) have shown to improve health behaviors and outcomes for low-income individuals at risk for chronic disease. Management of these programs is often labor intensive, requiring staff to oversee a surplus of duties (e.g., client...
The Keep It Movin’ (KIM) program will address LGBTQ health disparities in hypertension, diabetes, and obesity. KIM will bring together nutrition and physical activity partners across Southeast Michigan to create an initiative that will prioritize long-term LGBTQ+...
This project will position students to propose and carry out healthy changes in their school food ecosystem by increasing the availability of fresh, local food. Locally Integrated Food Teams (LIFTs) at five UpperPeninsula schools consisting of students, teachers, food...
This proposal expands Detroit Public Schools Foundation’s award from the Health Fund in 2021, which was a planning grant that created a “farm-to-table” curriculum within Detroit Public School Community District’s(DPSCD) existing Culinary Arts programs and also...
This project will provide school Food Service Directors (FSDs) and Managers at each School Food Authority (SFA) in Michigan with actionable strategies to optimize their participation in eligible programs to incorporate fresh and local produce to improve school meal...
This work builds upon a previous award from the Health Fund (Developing Health Education Lessons for Tribal Home Visiting, DHEL-THV; Community Health Impact, 2020) to promote traditional food and cultural practices that support the Indigenous community. N-MICCHE will...
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community is seeking support for a food systems specialist for the Debweyendan Indigenous Gardens (DIGs) program to increase community engagement, define the food pathways within Baraga County, become more active in the national food sovereignty...
