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Detroit nonprofits take a ‘family’ approach to help entrepreneurs get financially savvy

With a focus on the city’s often-overlooked neighborhoods, a nonprofit collaboration is taking a personal approach to providing training, resources, and support for Detroit’s entrepreneurs, witnessing the ripple effect that investment creates. 

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Dr. Caelan Soma, Starr Commonwealth's chief clinical officer.
Michigan health care workers grapple with stress and trauma during pandemic

Medical professionals are certainly not immune to a widespread spike in mental health challenges, and several new initiatives have sought to provide them much-needed support.

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Sobriety is going digital as substance abuse increases in the pandemic
Derotha Payne-Obie mounts a recently completed puzzle at her dining room table. Prior to the pandemic, she attended the Lewis Senior Center. It closed in March under local and state mandates. (Tamara Cunningham)
For senior citizens, the virus isn’t the only pandemic danger. Isolation can be deadly.
SR2H member Lisa Lewis is based out of Wyoming, Michigan, with United Church Outreach Ministry (UCOM), where she's been leading virtual Health Through Literacy programming and assists with distributing fresh produce in the community.
Nutrition education partnerships benefit Muskegon-area residents

The Safe Routes to Health AmeriCorps Program at Michigan Fitness Foundation addresses unmet health needs in underserved, low-income communities. 

Jim Lee, vice president of data policy and analytics at the Michigan Health and Hospital Association.
Data sharing among health providers boosts Michigan’s pandemic response

Beyond the color-coded counties and line graphs we've all seen, data sharing has helped Michigan's many health providers better understand and respond to the pandemic.

Downtown Holland launched its outdoor expansion program in June, allowing shops and restaurants to expand their operations onto the sidewalks and parking spaces. 
Downtown Holland extends popular outdoor expansion program

The successful program that allows shops and restaurants to conduct their operations outside was set to expire Sept. 7. However, the Holland City Council has voted to extend the arrangement, developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, through Dec. 1.

South Memphis house boat
Memphis’ eviction crisis isn’t new. Podcast discusses how we got here and what we can do.
Memphis jooker Ryan Haskett dances for onlookers
In Photos: The Last of Our Neighborhoods Revisited
Calls to LINC 2-1-1 centers have more than doubled during the pandemic. (Office of Jim Strickland)
In the pandemic and utility crisis, Memphis’ librarians are the hidden heroes

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