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...
To address the ongoing opioid crisis in Genesee County, this project will implement a multi-sector strategy to integrate care and treatment services that connect individuals with substance use disorders with providers, community-based recovery and addiction treatment...
This grant supports the implementation of an integrated substance use disorder program at the Beaumont Family Medical Center in Sterling Heights. The program will provide interprofessional, integrated care and use well-established, evidence-based guidelines to...
SisterFriends: The Detroit Birthing Project (DBP) will create a volunteer and community-driven movement to improve birth outcomes among African American women. The DBP will train community volunteers (SisterFriends) to serve as mentors to expecting mothers, including...
The goal of this project is to improve the health, well-being, and productivity of college-bound and college students in Washtenaw County who are currently in or who have aged out of the foster care system, as well as youth who have experienced “broken” adoptions or...
This project will provide a group mentoring program for post-partum adolescents with the goal of delaying subsequent pregnancies. Corner Health Center will provide structured group mentoring sessions on contraception and individualized and group sessions to provide...
