This is the first in our new series on senior food insecurity. It’s a topic that is especially important in the greater Memphis area, which has the third highest senior food insecurity rates in the country. There are a lot of challenges associated with senior food insecurity, but local organizations like MIFA (Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association) are taking a proactive approach to providing solutions.
In order to continue their mission of serving the community through sustainability, Standish based materials company Vantage Plastics is now partnering with the Central Michigan District Health Department (CMDHD) to integrate a community health worker (CHW) on site.
Mental health and social work advocates are pushing for legislative change to shift Michigan's social worker licensing process from a test-based approach to a practice-driven alternative that has proven successful in other states.
A new initiative at The Shul seeks to provide more tools for Jewish community leaders to better offer behavioral health support to their community.
“We want you to tell us what you can do to fix Lake Erie, and we fund it...Ohio Sea Grant really prides itself on funding research that is applied in nature.”
Gibraltar Island is home to the oldest freshwater biological research station in the United States, Stone Laboratory.
The NASA Armstrong Advocacy Coalition (NAAC) will host its annual meeting March 26.
Sandusky Bay Jeepers will host "Jeepclipse" from 4-8 p.m. April 4.
Good preschool programs yield tremendous social and economic advantages such as higher high school graduation rates and reduced chances of criminal behavior.
As part of the Make it in Michigan Strategy, the state of Michigan has new finance tools and opportunities to convert vacant land into housing via the Transformational Brownfield Fund and tax increment funding. The State Land Bank Authority and Michigan Community Capital are working with state, local, and federal organizations to develop attainable workforce housing in their communities.
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