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Dental therapy offers Michigan an innovative path to expand essential oral health care
Michigan introduces licensed dental therapists to address provider shortages, empowering students to deliver vital community care.
Community mental health’s unsung heroes: Listening, walking alongside, and holding hope
Throughout Michigan, quiet heroes leave a profound imprint on those with mental illness.
Lead education program equips Michiganders to protect and advocate for their communities
The Lead Impacted Families Together (LIFT MI) program presents training in lead safety and advocacy for residents across Michigan.
Autism Hero Walk: Grab your capes and get ready to fly!
Join 5,000 families at the Detroit Zoo Sept. 20 for the Autism Hero Walk, celebrating Michigan’s autism community with fun, support, and resources.
Black parents of children with autism face unique challenges. This Detroit nonprofit offers help.
The Detroit-based Color of Autism Foundation seeks to end the stigma of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in communities of color by helping parents of children with ASD build skills to lessen their isolation.
Detroit set to open 3 new rec centers, thanks to “unprecedented” funding influx
The city of Detroit recently opened a new recreation center, will open another soon, and is about to break ground on a third.
Community mental health and hospitals partner to fill care gaps
Michigan's hospitals and community mental health agencies are working together to address gaps in behavioral health care that contribute to long emergency department stays and delays in treatment. Several recent initiatives aim to improve care coordination and create new models of crisis response.
Community mental health advocates take stand against privatization plan
Community Mental Health Association of Michigan (CMHA) advocates against proposed MDHHS plan to privatize community mental health care.
60 years of Head Start. What’s next?
As Head Start marked its 60th anniversary this past May, the program’s legacy stands as more than a historical benchmark. It offers a powerful example of how early learning can drive equity, resilience, and long-term impact.
Dental therapy offers Michigan an innovative path to expand essential oral health care
Michigan introduces licensed dental therapists to address provider shortages, empowering students to deliver vital community care.
Community mental health’s unsung heroes: Listening, walking alongside, and holding hope
Throughout Michigan, quiet heroes leave a profound imprint on those with mental illness.
Lead education program equips Michiganders to protect and advocate for their communities
The Lead Impacted Families Together (LIFT MI) program presents training in lead safety and advocacy for residents across Michigan.
Autism Hero Walk: Grab your capes and get ready to fly!
Join 5,000 families at the Detroit Zoo Sept. 20 for the Autism Hero Walk, celebrating Michigan’s autism community with fun, support, and resources.
Black parents of children with autism face unique challenges. This Detroit nonprofit offers help.
The Detroit-based Color of Autism Foundation seeks to end the stigma of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in communities of color by helping parents of children with ASD build skills to lessen their isolation.
Detroit set to open 3 new rec centers, thanks to “unprecedented” funding influx
The city of Detroit recently opened a new recreation center, will open another soon, and is about to break ground on a third.
Community mental health and hospitals partner to fill care gaps
Michigan's hospitals and community mental health agencies are working together to address gaps in behavioral health care that contribute to long emergency department stays and delays in treatment. Several recent initiatives aim to improve care coordination and create new models of crisis response.
Community mental health advocates take stand against privatization plan
Community Mental Health Association of Michigan (CMHA) advocates against proposed MDHHS plan to privatize community mental health care.
60 years of Head Start. What’s next?
As Head Start marked its 60th anniversary this past May, the program’s legacy stands as more than a historical benchmark. It offers a powerful example of how early learning can drive equity, resilience, and long-term impact.
