This project engages students who often have the highest health risk factors and gives them ownership over their own health and influences their school climate and health culture. Student Wellness Teams (SWT) consisting of fifth-to twelfth-grade students will...
This funding will support Sacred Bundle Birthworker Collective, a newly formed, statewide entity that supports families to reclaim traditional birth and breastfeeding practices that were practiced by Indigenous people. Through this project, Sacred Bundle and Michigan...
The goal of the Peer to Professional project is to develop mechanisms that will financially and structurally support the formal education, licensure and stability of peer support specialists to fill the need for open and future positions in the substance use disorder...
The goal of this planning grant is to research and create a scalable therapeutic mentoring model that leverages the trust families place in Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) to provide and coordinate mental health services for children enrolled in the program. Based on...
Todd Martin Youth Leadership and the Institute for the Study of Youth Sport at Michigan State University will offer a Youth Physical Activity and Well-being program, providing physical activity-based life skills to 600 youth aged 8-14 years. Using an interactive,...
This project builds off a 2020 Community Health Impact grant where the Michigan Breast Feeding Network (MIBFN) engaged communities in strategies around improving breastfeeding resources for Black women. Based on the targeted feedback from women engaged during the...
This project will promote the science, practice, and benefits of mindfulness-based resilience with the Flint first responder community, who experience occupational trauma and high levels of stress due to chronic exposure to risk of harm and human suffering, to support...
Friends of the Children will pair 64 four- to six-year-old under-resourced children with salaried, full-time mentors and advocates. These “life navigators” will provide intensive services for 12.5 years, connecting them to community resources and behavioral health...
The MI-OCEAN Family Support Project addresses the negative health impacts again caregivers face when tackling their own age-related issues while supporting their family members with autism and other neurodevelopmental disabilities. This statewide initiative will...
