Henry Ford Health program helps unpaid caregivers stay healthy
The Patient as Caregiver project helps unpaid caregivers carry on in their roles, reducing the amount of hired care needed and helping people age at place in their homes.
State of Health
State of Health is a series about how communities and organizations are addressing Michigan's health challenges and concerns. This series is made possible with funding from a building coalition of funders, including Delta Dental Foundation and Michigan Health Endowment Fund.
Oral health care is inaccessible to many Michiganders. This coalition is working to change that.
The Michigan Oral Health Coalition brings together a multitude of Michigan oral and general health partners to collaborate on improving oral health for all Michiganders, especially those who have barriers to access.
Successful suicide prevention protocol expands from Corewell hospitals to Western Michigan schools
The Blue Envelope program trains all school employees how to respond to a student expressing thoughts of suicide, and assigns interventions based on the student's risk level.
New initiative offers Michigan nursing students opportunity to build careers in underserved areas
The Michigan Primary Care Association is collaborating with nine of Michigan’s state universities to provide nursing students with opportunities to train in Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics.
New state law will help ensure health care access for non-English-speaking Michiganders
Michigan's new Statewide Meaningful Language Access Coordination Act will require public services to be more accessible to non-English speakers.
Proposed licensure changes aim to ease Michigan’s social worker shortage
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.
West Bloomfield synagogue will train Jewish leaders on providing behavioral health support
A new initiative at The Shul seeks to provide more tools for Jewish community leaders to better offer behavioral health support to their community.
Pilot program in Jackson County aims to support preschoolers’ mental health through mindfulness
A new study will test whether and how mindfulness-based food-body-mind interventions can optimize young children's cognitive function and behavioral health.
Wayne State University program helps peer support specialists pursue higher ed in mental health
The Peers to Higher Education program helps peer support specialists find funding and child care to support them in building a career in mental health.
Northern Michigan health department spearheads effort to expand behavioral health workforce
The Health Department of Northwest Michigan's cross-sector collaboration involves a wide range of stakeholders who are pitching ideas and taking action on recruiting and retaining behavioral health care professionals across the region — and beyond.
