Integrated care involves not just physical co-location of services that are often isolated from one another, but also broader community-based solutions that promote good health.
Substance abuse, lack of access to healthy food, and dwindling birthing hospitals and OB-GYNs all contribute to poor health outcomes for mothers and infants. These organizations and individuals are working to change that.
Statewide, black babies are three times more likely to die in their first year of life than white babies. But those statistics are even more alarming in many of Michigan's urban centers.
Programs in Deroit, Traverse City, and Grand Rapids increase access to farm fresh food so every community can reap the benefits of excellent health.
These initiatives forge private-public collaborations to create systemic improvements in health and wellness across multiple counties.
Michigan food access organizations are rethinking the standard charitable model of the food pantry, and working to create access to healthier foods.
Marginalized Michigan residents are finding health services in easily accessible neighborhood locations, and formerly defunct buildings are becoming bright spots on their blocks.
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