To improve access to nutrition and physical activity services in Iosco County, Tawas Wellness Warriors will provide a range of programs, including balance seminars, chair yoga, and after-school activities, serving children, youth, and older adults. The initiative will...
To empower Ypsilanti youth and address diet-related health disparities, Growing Hope’s Teen Leadership Program will engage teens in urban farming, cooking workshops, and leadership training. This initiative aims to build food justice leaders by equipping teens...
To address a lack of effective and accessible employee benefits to help employee caregivers meet the dual demands of work and their caregiving responsibilities, this project will involve the co-design of a new navigation program to provide immediate assistance to an...
To address the immediate and urgent need of providing greater access to care for hundreds of homebound older adults in Detroit, DAAA will bring the “hospital into the home” providing coordinated and preventative care across health settings to improve or...
This proposal will accelerate the development of the infrastructure needed to support statewide contracting for the Area Agencies on Aging, which will lead to more and higher quality services for older adults living in Michigan communities for years to come. Area...
Senior Resource Collaborative will work with its members to develop a care hub model supporting those caring for older adults through two inter-related components: creating a nonprofit caregiver respite hub to coordinate access to services and capacity-building...
This initiative, led by the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation (RCWJrF) but coordinated by Boston Foundation’s The Philanthropic Initiative, looks to expand and strengthen the network of organizations providing respite services to caregivers in Southeast Michigan. The...
The Michigan Disability Rights Coalition (MDRC) aims to establish a collaborative program connecting rural older adults and individuals with disabilities to assistive technology and durable medical equipment, addressing their diverse needs. This initiative also...
This project builds on a successful pilot and aims to extend a model that significantly reduced staff turnover among direct care workers. By implementing this model across service regions and enforcing training standards, they plan to train a larger group of in-home...
