Detroit Midwifery School training midwives from the community of birthing people they serve
Certified professional midwives offer additional options for birth that address racial disparities in maternal-infant mortality.
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Detroit Public Schools intent on feeding kids healthy meals in face of impending SNAP cuts
Changing federal policy impacting qualifications for SNAP benefits means more Michigan families will not be able to afford food.
Community developers’ pride for area fuels investment, catalyst for change, growth in Detroit neighborhoods
Community developers know, care for, and invest in their neighborhoods. Together with community development institutions (CDFIs), small development projects can have a huge impact on their neighborhoods, serving as a catalyst for future growth.
They grew up breathing Detroit air. Generations of women are pushing for new approaches to pollution.
Some are organizing and training to advocate for their neighbors; some are trying to change the laws to consider the cumulative burden of pollution.
CDFIs investments in childcare allows daycares like Detroit’s Lil Love Bugs to further invest in children’s futures
Childcare is not a family issue, but a workforce issue. Members of the MI CDFI Coalition showcase how investing in quality, affordable childcare and early childhood education positively impacts the entire community.
One Detroit Credit Union brings two new CDFI branches to serve the underserved, unbanked communities
In an effort to serve the underserved, One Detroit Credit Union is expanding its reach with two new branches, both in shuttered former financial institutions. In doubling-down on their commitment to provide more than banking to Metro Detroiters — these branches offer the community products, services and resources for financial health and wealth building.
Detroit Defies America’s Reading Recession: Inside the Quiet Comeback of DPSCD
DPSCD has been named a national “Success Story” for sustained post-pandemic progress.
As housing costs rise, CEDAM’s TIF guide frames the way for communities to utilize and personalize tax incentives to meet housing needs
CEDAM has released a new housing TIF guide to help Michigan communities understand and apply tax increment financing as a tool to support local housing development and affordability goals.
How these two physicians are saving the bedtime story
Dennis and Archer, both Black doctors and authors in their own right, have used the trajectories of their careers to serve as representation for the generations coming after them.
