Traverse City-based program sends hospital patients home with healthy meals
The program also delivers healthy meals to patients via Meals on Wheels for 10 days and provides other resources to connect patients to fresh, nutritious food.
Michigan
Mental health is a driving factor in a year of surging attendance at Southeast Michigan parks
Numerous factors have prompted huge increases in park usage during the COVID-19 pandemic, but most of them trace back to residents seeking mental stability during unprecedented chaos and uncertainty.
New platform offers free, live online classes to reduce loneliness for Michigan’s older adults
A variety of interactive sessions are now available to older adults through the San Francisco-based company GetSetUp.
CARES Act dollars support Michigan children’s mental health through state’s Education Equity Fund
328 Michigan public school districts and charter schools have received dollars from the new state fund to support students' mental health and bridge the digital divide.
Saginaw health workers among first to try new tech that creates personalized diets for diabetics
Over the past year at Covenant HealthCare in Saginaw, employees living with Type 2 diabetes have participated in a pilot program that develops personalized diets for them based on the unique population of microbes found in their digestive systems.
“Everyone seems to agree on this”: Southeast Michigan comes together to plan connected trails system
Stakeholders have adopted a more regional approach, thinking in terms of projects that build trail connections not just within a single county but across Southeast Michigan.
For Michigan’s Indigenous residents, decolonized food is medicine that decreases health disparities
Educators across Michigan are working to improve the health of the state's Indigenous people by reconnecting them to the foods and agricultural practices that are their pre-colonial heritage.
Vaccination effort spurs massive collaboration between Kent County and local health care providers
The Kent County Health Department and local health care providers are collaborating on what may be the biggest inter-organizational vaccination effort in Michigan’s history.
Flint medical professionals working to build trust in COVID-19 vaccine
Flint health officials have been working with the community to spread factual information and build trust and confidence in getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
Cannabis in Metro Detroit: How the marijuana industry is taking root in the suburbs
The legalization of recreational marijuana in Michigan three years ago created room for the industry to grow in the Great Lakes State, but there have been struggles and challenges at the local level for businesses in Metro Detroit.
