Through this grant, JFS aims to enhance their CHW capacity by training and certifying four CHWs, focusing on Latino youth and families, adults with complex health needs exacerbated by social determinants of health, and vulnerable older adults, with the goal of...
To improve maternal smoking cessation rates and encourage implementation of The Smoking Cessation and Reduction in Pregnancy Treatment (SCRIPT) in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (U.P.), this project will assign each participant a community health worker (CHW) to provide...
To improve maternal and infant health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum people with substance use disorders (SUDs) in Northwest Michigan, this project will provide equitable access to evidence-based treatment and services. By integrating a community health worker...
To address the concerning trend of sleep-related infant deaths in Macomb County, this project focuses on reducing infant mortality rates through community health workers (CHWs) recruited from target communities, who will provide holistic education, mental health...
To create more equitable screening and enhance community health worker (CHW) impact that leverages the CHW Medicaid reimbursement policy, this program will utilize artificial intelligence (AI) to identify social determinants of health (SDOH) associated with adverse...
To address the significant impact of social determinants of health (SDOHs) on maternal health outcomes, this project will implement a Community Health Doula program, consisting of doulas training community health workers (CHWs) as doulas to provide support for both...
This initiative addresses medical care access for rural older adults by mitigating transportation barriers post-hospitalization, enhancing health outcomes, and reducing hospital readmission rates. Using an integrated care transition model involving Community Health...
Funding will enable the expansion of the Mid-Michigan Community Health Access Program (CHAP) to reach residents in Michigan’s 8th Congressional district (Flint, Saginaw, and Bay City). The project aims to identify individuals with unmet social needs, provide...
The purpose of this project is to reduce barriers and improve timely access to quality care for Medicaid-insured women of color by integrating a hypertension disorders of pregnancy (HDP) intervention into community home visiting and clinical sites to address...
