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...
This project is a collaboration between Packard Health and the Young Black Men, Masculinities, and Mental Health (YBMen) project to plan, identify and develop a network of community organizations committed to services and coordinated care models that address the...
The Little Victors League (LVL) provides a comprehensive care coordination program dedicated to infants born with medical complexities and their families, enabling them to thrive and live their best lives. This project builds off the success of the Partners for...
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...
The Parenting Young Children Check-up (PYCC) program seeks to engage Detroit parents at Wayne Pediatrics and Brilliant Detroit to evaluate, refine, and ultimately scale-up efforts to improve behavioral health among Detroit’s and Michigan’s children. Through a...
This initiative will translate and adapt the evidence-based Matter of Balance program to reduce falls for Michigan’s Arabic speaking aging population. This program does not currently exist in Arabic and its founders have given permission to adapt the program to be...
Henry Ford Health System will test their Heart Healthy Families Program’s ability to improve health outcomes of Black mothers and infants through remote monitoring during the pre-and post-natal period with the goal of preventing infant and maternal mortality. Patients...
This initiative will address the negative impacts on the health and well-being of persons living with dementia by developing numerous Dementia Minds groups throughout Michigan. Supported by the National Council of Dementia Minds- the first and only non-profit founded...
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...
