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Caregiver Incentive Project (CIP) founder Eric Paad and CIP spokesperson Dorothy Paad.

UP nonprofit offers education and support in effort to end caregiver shortage

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, May 22, 2023

Employees at Brody's Be Cafe in Ada, which employs people living with disabilities.

Here's how three Michigan nonprofits empower people living with disabilities

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, May 15, 2023

MiGen Executive Director Angela Gabridge and Program Director Kat Mehrer.

Diversity

Detroit nonprofit serving LGBTQ+ older adults adopts new name reflecting statewide focus

Estelle SlootmakerTuesday, May 9, 2023

AARP Michigan volunteer Howard Pizzo, AARP Michigan Communications Manager Mark Hornbeck, and AARP Michigan State Director Paula Cunningham on the Lansing River Trail.

Special report: Michigan prepares for a rapidly aging population by becoming more 'age-friendly'

Estelle Slootmaker and Patrick DunnMonday, May 1, 2023

A man uses the care.coach tool, currently being deployed by Grand Rapids-based Care Resources PACE.

New health care technologies improve outcomes for Michiganders of all ages

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, April 17, 2023

Dr. Lynn Todman and Dr. Willie Lawrence at the Center for Better Health and Wellness.

Diversity

Center for Better Health and Wellness tackles health disparities beyond COVID in Benton Harbor

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, April 17, 2023

Shonte' Terhune-Smith is a doula health educator, lactation consultant, and birth doula practicing in Genesee County.

Michigan's new Medicaid coverage for birth doulas brings benefits and new challenges

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, April 10, 2023

Grand Rapids Assistant Planning Director Jay Steffen describes these new benches in Grand Rapids' Creston neighborhood as a "direct result" of Michigan's Age-Friendly Action Plan.

Michigan Age-Friendly Action Plan aims to make it easier for adults to age in place

Estelle SlootmakerTuesday, April 4, 2023

Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom, founder of the Women-Inspired Neighborhood Network: Detroit.

Detroit initiatives combat high Black infant mortality rate with dignity and compassion

Brooke MarshallTuesday, March 21, 2023

Christine Vanlandingham, Region IV Area Agency on Aging CEO.

New program offers physical and behavioral health care at home for Southwest Michigan's older adults

Estelle SlootmakerTuesday, March 14, 2023

Aisha Sanders, owner and creator of Wicksup Candle Co. in Oak Park, explains the candle making process to a Food and Friendship Connections group.

Program brings friendship, needed resources to older adults living with HIV in Detroit and Lansing

Estelle SlootmakerTuesday, February 28, 2023

Breastfeeding education materials at the Black Mothers' Breastfeeding Association in Detroit.

Michigan's breastfeeding networks educate parents, address disparities, advocate for parent rights

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, February 16, 2023

A mother holds her baby's hand.

Upper Peninsula program helps moms with opioid use disorder have healthier pregnancies

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, February 6, 2023

Jenifer Murray, a contracted grant coordinator with Munson Healthcare, works on programs for new parents in her office.

Northern Michigan works to build supportive services for parents in "maternity care deserts"

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, January 30, 2023

Susan Sheppard, COO of Arbor Circle, which recently facilitated a statewide collaboration to better support medically fragile foster children.

Michigan project highlights needs of medically fragile foster children

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, January 23, 2023

Berrien County Health Officer Guy Miller, Corewell Health South Medical Group and Continued Care Vice President Melinda Gruber, and Region IV Area Agency on Aging CEO Christine Vanlandingham at the Berrien County Health Department.

Healthy Communities

Here's how a collaboration in Southwest Michigan helped older adults avoid hospitalization for COVID

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, January 16, 2023

Tina Swanton, Michigan Health Improvement Alliance (MiHIA) executive director of community impact and strategic partnerships, and MiHIA CEO Heidi Tracy at Hidden Harvest and East Side Soup Kitchen in Saginaw.

Despite agricultural hub, Michigan's Thumb has high food insecurity. Can collaboration change that?

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, January 2, 2023

Jametta Lilly.

Healthy Communities

As it prepares to disband, Michigan task force on COVID racial disparities leaves a healthy legacy

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, December 15, 2022

Art teacher Steven Pryce teaches at Lincoln High School in Augusta Township.

State program helps Michigan schools handle students with extra care if they've experienced trauma

Estelle SlootmakerTuesday, December 13, 2022

Lynn Hendges, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services manager of housing and homeless services.

New data management tool aims to help medically vulnerable Michiganders escape homelessness

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, December 5, 2022

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