Black-led Mental Health Pilot Program

The purpose of the Black-led Mental Health Pilot Program is to improve access to mental health care among Black Michiganders. The program will provide grants to Black-led community-based organizations (CBOs) to help them build partnerships with behavioral health and...

NE MI Healthy Food Project

This grant was supported under a collaborative funding opportunity led by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation. This project will focus on increasing access to nutritious food grown locally for children and seniors experiencing food insecurity in...

Healthy Eating & Nutrition Advocacy @ the Holland/Zeeland Food Club

This grant was supported under a collaborative funding opportunity led by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation. Community Action House will hire a nutrition health program coordinator to improve healthy eating among marginalized and low income service...

Improving Management of Chronic Pain in Primary Care

The proposed program will develop a psychological intervention for pain management to address unmanaged chronic pain among seniors. It will first be launched in the Academic Internal Medicine (AIM) Primary Care Clinic at Henry Ford Health Systems. All patients aged 55...

Improving Telemedicine in Michigan’s Sault Tribe of Chippewa

This initiative is designed to increase the awareness, availability, and use of telehealth applications for older members of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians by identifying any concerns they may have, as well as by identifying any limitations or barriers...

Weneniiganzejik: The Future Leaders Project

This project aims to provide culturally competent, evidence-based behavioral health prevention interventions to American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth and their families. AI/AN populations in Michigan have the highest prevalence of substance use disorders, often...

Restoring Health

The aim of Restoring Health is to positively influence health-related behaviors for high-risk older adults of color in southeast Grand Rapids. The project is in response to the existing health disparities for Black or African American and Hispanic or Latino...

Building Bridges to Behavioral Healthcare – Saginaw County

This funding supports the Behavioral Health Action Team, a multi-sector collaboration formed to identify and address barriers to accessing mental health and substance use disorder services in Saginaw County, regardless of insurance status. This project will use a...

BHC: Reducing Health Disparities in Schools

In a previous grant, Wayne State University implemented an evidence-based nutrition and physical activity program in select elementary and middle schools across the state. In the next phase of the project, Wayne State will bring the program to under-resourced school...

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