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...
Wayne State University’s Citizenship for Health program will create a community-driven program to improve health in Northwest Detroit. In collaboration with HOPE Village Neighborhood, the project team will test a deliberation framework where the community develops and...
The Crim Fitness Foundation will create a food policy council in Flint to coordinate and grow food system work in the community. The Flint Food Policy Council will recruit stakeholders, collect input, facilitate meetings, and create action plans to improve the local...
Built off the resident-based model incorporated within their COVID-19 Rapid Response racial disparity work, Residents in Action (RiA) intends to address the root causes of food insecurity among Black children in Jackson. Through a deep level of civic engagement, this...
The Health Fund’s Michigan Food Environment Scan demonstrated that Saginaw and the surrounding communities were a high need area with low resources specific to food access. The Michigan Health Improvement Alliance’s THRIVE initiative will engage stakeholders to...
This project will incorporate community feedback and engagementinto shaping community-centric nutrition and meal preparation classes, a pop-uprestaurant that residents can frequent to increase access to fresh and healthyfoods, and food safety education to reduce and...
In 2020, the American Heart Association and 15 partnering organizations launched the It Takes A City Collaborative in Detroit as a community-wide effort to target the key health factors that lead to heart attack, cardiac arrest, and stroke. The collaborative...
The Michigan Community-based Doula Policy Summit will convene stakeholders to generate a statewide plan for equitable community-based doula care, including policy recommendations for reimbursement.
The Greater Flint Health Coalition will create a health hub in downtown Flint, providing centralized access to a collection of community-based programs and resources, new and expanded GFHC programs, and a shared community health information exchange. Additionally,...
