Midland County Cancer Society’s program, Eating Right of your Cancer Fight, will ensure cancer patients receive individualized nutrition education based on their unique cancer journey. By collaborating with MyMichigan Health, they will provide at least one session of...
Detroit Area Agency on Aging (DAAA) and Bento – a technology company with a mission to address food insecurity – will develop a pilot project that will improve access to culturally appropriate and healthy meals for caregivers and the individuals they are caring for by...
This grant is a collaborative funding model with Superior Health Foundation to support their 2021 Food as Medicine initiative in the Upper Peninsula. Superior Health Foundation will lead the initiative in collaboration with stakeholders from the Upper Peninsula and...
Local food councils shape healthy food policy initiatives that create lasting, systemic change. This project builds on a previous project to build capacity among local food council leaders and statewide food and health network leaders through customized, needs-based...
In 2019, the Health FUnd awarded a grant to the Michigan Department of Education to scale a small pilot program to bring families of two Michigan school districts to full food security status. This next phase of the project will continue to build the healthy food...
The Native American Nutrition Prescription Program is a culturally responsive nutrition prescription program that supports changes in health behaviors and improved nutrition. This program will be tailored to ensure that the foods and intervention methods are...
This project builds on Sparrow Health System’s successful Be Well in the Kitchen programming, which focuses on healthy food interventions for new mothers. The project will improve nutrition among at-risk mothers by providing tailored education materials and...
This planning project will set the framework to increase access to healthy, high-quality food in the Upper Peninsula. The project will examine infrastructure improvements; determine the feasibility of an aggregation, distribution, and light food processing facility...
This planning grant will provide Detroit Public Schools’ students with a collaborative work-based training model rooted within a farm-to-school-based curriculum, preparing students for higher education and direct career pathways in horticulture, including urban...