This program builds on a successful community pilot that provided culinary education and increased the consumption and accessibility of fruits and vegetables among adults in Muskegon with chronic lifestyle diseases. The expanded program will include additional senior...
Michigan State University, Munson Healthcare, and community partners will develop and implement a program to improve nutrition for older adults with chronic conditions in order to reduce risk for readmission. Seniors will receive meals tailored to their specific...
Eastern Market Corporation will expand their current nutrition education and food access programs to promote a culture of wellness in Detroit. The Detroit Community Market network will manage weekly farmers markets in underserved areas, expand the Fresh Prescription...
To transform care delivery to underserved at-risk youth and their families, Spectrum Health Foundation will expand its professional culinary medicine program to resident physicians and healthcare workers and conduct a family culinary medicine program that includes...
This project will expand the successful fruit and vegetable prescription program piloted in the Hurley Children’s Clinic (HCC) to an additional pediatric clinic in Flint and evaluate its impact on food security, food access, and dietary patterns of children. The...
This project will provide age-appropriate, interactive courses for Ingham and Eaton county residents to improve nutrition, increase access to healthy food, and provide opportunities for structured physical activity. Sparrow Health System will partner with community...
This project addresses multiple ways childhood nutrition and wellness can be impacted through schools, families, and health care providers. Nonprofit collaborative partners in the Shape Up North (SUN) regional collaborative will implement several activities, including...
Munson Healthcare and Shape Up North (SUN) will pilot a modified version of the Prescription for Health program from Washtenaw County for children who have been diagnosed by their doctor as being overweight/obese and/or food insecure and their families. After...
Welcome Home Baby provides first time mothers with information and resources to support nurturing socially, emotionally, and physically healthy children. This grant will establish a task force to explore prenatal education opportunities, as well as a home visiting...
