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Recovery: Michigan offers many options outside of residential care.
Michigan professionals providing SUD services contend that Michigan's far from being a rehab desert.
Primary care providers help expand oral health access through national training initiative
The 100 Million Mouths Campaign trains primary care providers to identify oral health concerns, expanding access and improving patient care beyond dental offices.
Trinity Health and Michigan community groups will make fresh, local food a Medicaid benefit
A new Trinity Health initiative will allow people in the Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Grand Rapids areas to access fresh, affordable produce from local organizations through their Medicaid health plans.
From hospital to homelessness: Marquette project seeks to establish recuperative care for the unhoused
People experiencing homelessness are often discharged to shelters or the streets with no way to receive crucial recuperative care. A project led by Room at the Inn in Marquette aims to change that.
Relationships with law enforcement and community organizations central to rural mental health services
For Sanilac County Community Health, tech supports help but collaborations make the difference.
Collaboration with justice system reshaping mental health response
Communities benefit when law enforcement, courts, and jails work alongside mental health providers.
A not-so-radical idea to build healthy communities: Talk to the neighbors
Social capital – those connections that create and empower communities – is on the decline. But neighborhoods can restore it.
Yes, breathing wildfire smoke can harm your health – here’s what you can do to protect yourself
University of Colorado environmental health researcher Colleen Reid explains what’s in that smoke and why breathing it is a health concern everyone should be aware of.
Recovery: Michigan offers many options outside of residential care.
Michigan professionals providing SUD services contend that Michigan's far from being a rehab desert.
Primary care providers help expand oral health access through national training initiative
The 100 Million Mouths Campaign trains primary care providers to identify oral health concerns, expanding access and improving patient care beyond dental offices.
Trinity Health and Michigan community groups will make fresh, local food a Medicaid benefit
A new Trinity Health initiative will allow people in the Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Grand Rapids areas to access fresh, affordable produce from local organizations through their Medicaid health plans.
From hospital to homelessness: Marquette project seeks to establish recuperative care for the unhoused
People experiencing homelessness are often discharged to shelters or the streets with no way to receive crucial recuperative care. A project led by Room at the Inn in Marquette aims to change that.
Relationships with law enforcement and community organizations central to rural mental health services
For Sanilac County Community Health, tech supports help but collaborations make the difference.
Collaboration with justice system reshaping mental health response
Communities benefit when law enforcement, courts, and jails work alongside mental health providers.
