In Michigan, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) distributes Areas of Concern (AOC) funding to the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE). EGLE then works with local AOC public advisory councils (PACs) to identify plans that can be funded...
Funding will enable the expansion of the Mid-Michigan Community Health Access Program (CHAP) to reach residents in Michigan’s 8th Congressional district (Flint, Saginaw, and Bay City). The project aims to identify individuals with unmet social needs, provide...
The Mental Health Improvement through Community Colleges (MHICC) project will expand access to mental health resources for students enrolled in Michigan’s 31 community and tribal colleges (CCs) by developing and disseminating a centralized technical assistance...
This project will enhance the one-to-one mentoring services at BBBS by integrating professional mentoring and therapeutic staff into a wrap-around service. The Therapeutic Mentoring Model will support an LMSW to assist in identifying youth with undiagnosed behavioral...
The purpose of the project is to advance health equity by proactively addressing maternal and infant economic instability. To do this, Michigan State University’s Pediatric Public Health Initiative will work with the University of Michigan Poverty Solutions, the...
The Southwest Michigan Urban League (SWMUL), in partnership with Bronson Battle Creek, will engage the local African American and Black community in conversations around the distrust of healthcare providers and systems to encourage community members to gain a better...
Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Michigan (AAANM), with the help of TBD Solutions, intends to develop an electronic application to eliminate the paper-based process currently in place for the MI Choice Waiver program. AAANM hopes to streamline the internal operations...
In 2007, the Saginaw County Health Department (SCHD), as a part of a coalition called Step Up Saginaw(SUS), spearheaded a county effort to improve the health of the citizens of Saginaw County. SUS main objectives were to increase physical activity in the community and...
The goal of this pilot project is to build a unified county-wide approach to nutritional health and wellness programming that serves area youth with the goals of increasing nutritional education and increasing physical activity in partner schools. The project involves...
