Nourishing Indigenous Children with Cultural Health & Equity

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...

Eat My ABCs: Integrate healthy eating into school readiness

Building on a successful award by the Health Fund in 2020, Michigan State University (MSU) will expand their evidence-based 14-week “Eat My ABCs” curriculum to promote lifelong healthy habits in children. In Phase I, MSU targeted Head Start teachers to provide the...

Eating Right for your Cancer Fight

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...

Prescription for a Healthy Oakland- Southeast Expansion

This grant was supported under a collaborative funding opportunity led by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation. Oakland University will expand its produce prescription program to southeast Oakland County.  Oakland University 2110-149231...

Expand and Restarting Pop-Up Markets

Prior to the Covid pandemic, Micah 6 Community and their produce store, Sprout Fresh Food Store, operated six pop-up markets around the city of Pontiac with the goal of servicing high-risk populations. These markets were located within two senior centers, Community...

Native American Nutrition Prescription Program

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...

Food as Medicine for High-Risk Pregnant and Postpartum Women

This project will create a fresh prescription intervention for high-risk pregnant and postpartum women in rural regions of northwest Michigan. The project will gather health outcomes data and screen participants for food insecurity and other high-risk conditions, such...

Expansion of Produce Prescriptions: A Prenatal Pilot

This project will expand an evidence-based fruit and vegetable prescription programs to a prenatal population. Michigan State University and its partners will gather health outcomes data to demonstrate the return on investment and inform policy conversations for fresh...

Home Nutrition+ Program

This project will develop the infrastructure for a community integrated network of home nutrition providers, first in Washtenaw County and then across Southeast Michigan. It will leverage additional funding from the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation to develop the...

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