The City of Dearborn’s air quality monitoring program makes hyper-local air quality data easily accessible to residents. Since its launch last year, people have used it to make decisions about spending time outdoors, and the city has used data to assess options to improve air quality.
Development Centers provides integrated health services, which means better coordination between physical health and mental health care—and fewer hospitalizations.
The NOAH Project engages people who are homeless, helps them meet their basic needs, and builds relationships with them. The project takes a “housing first” approach, recognizing that the stability of housing allows people to work toward other life goals.
Through its Community-Based Program, Blue Water Developmental Housing, Inc. supports people with disabilities on their terms. They decide what services they want and need, so that they can become more independent.
The youth-led, eastside Detroit organization, Detroit Heals Detroit, opened a healing hub for youth who have experienced trauma. It’s a safe environment to process the stressors young people of color face, with programming designed by youth and for youth.
At the Fresh Start Clubhouse, members are actively involved in running the organization, building their sense of self-confidence. The Clubhouse model engages members in meaningful ways, using their skills and talents toward the greater good, and creating a sense of belonging to combat social isolation that people with mental health challenges often experience.
Sonia Brown, known as Auntie Na, is rehabbing a house to be much more than a food pantry to serve Detroit’s west side. Nutrition education around healthy food shopping, meal preparation, and growing vegetables will take place at the “nutrition home,” located in the beloved neighborhood known as Auntie Na’s Village.
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