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...
A consortium of university schools of social work will work with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Children’s Services Agency’s (MDHHS-CSA) to strengthen Michigan’s child welfare workforce. The consortium will address critical workforce problems,...
Recognizing that social determinants of health are not the only contributing factors to disproportionate health outcomes, this program specifically addresses racial biases amongst health care practitioners and racism as a root cause of inequity. Just Care is a...
This project proposes a novel and highly collaborative multi-stakeholder approach to co-developing, refining, and scaling a flexible, manualized curriculum and set of training materials to support the uptake and sustainability of trauma-informed practices for schools...
This initiative will leverage the capacity of an existing state-community-university partnership team to develop and deploy digital behavioral health training modules, with a specific focus on older adults, designed for lay community health workers. High-quality...
The Integrating School Mindfulness Education District-Wide project will develop a district-wide system for integrating mindfulness as a Tier 1 Behavioral Support. Mindfulness Facilitators will deliver the Mindful Schools curriculum directly to students, leading to...
The MDHHS Medical Services Administration will develop and implement a multi-media educational curriculum for clinicians on changes to the Healthy Michigan Plan Healthy Behaviors Incentive Program. In particular, the curriculum will emphasize how to use the Healthy...
MPHI and MDHHS will conduct workshops and provide technical assistance services to address unconscious bias in maternal and infant health care. Workshop attendees will create a cohort of clinical champions, who will ultimately spearhead health equity activities within...
MDHHS will address two significant barriers to implementing Community Integrated Paramedicine (CIP) programs: lack of CIP specific education and inadequate clinical data collection. MDHHS will develop and pilot training programs in community colleges and other...
