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

Michigan project highlights needs of medically fragile foster children

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, January 19, 2023
Feature Story 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. Healthy Communities

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

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, January 5, 2023
Feature Story Art teacher Steven Pryce teaches at Lincoln High School in Augusta Township. Healthy Communities

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

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, December 8, 2022
Feature Story Nicole Shannon, systemic litigation and advocacy attorney for the Michigan Elder Justice Initiative, and Alison Hirschel, director and managing attorney of the Michigan Elder Justice Initiative. Healthy Communities

Here's how Michigan is working to ensure court-appointed guardians don't take advantage of elders

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, November 17, 2022
Feature Story Pill organizers at the Region VII Area Agency on Aging. Healthy Communities

Inflation Reduction Act will cut crucial health costs for older Michiganders

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, November 3, 2022
Feature Story Dr. Sara Santarossa is the lead on a Henry Ford Health project that asked COVID long haulers to draw body maps representing their condition. She sits next to several of their works here. Healthy Communities

Researchers seek solutions for Michigan's 700,000 COVID long haulers

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKER Thursday, October 27, 2022
Feature Story Laurie Arora, PACE Southeast Michigan vice president of public affairs, philanthropy, and organizational development; and Sadie Shattuck, PACE Southeast Michigan's grant and communications specialist, look over health literacy handouts. Healthy Communities

New project aims to increase health literacy among Southeast Michigan's older adults

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKER Thursday, October 20, 2022
Feature Story A children's vaccination event at the Ottawa County Department of Public Health. Healthy Communities

Michigan health providers work to reverse falling childhood vaccination rates in pandemic's wake

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, October 6, 2022
Partner Content Michigan produce at the lunch counter at George Long Elementary School in Grass Lake. Healthy Communities

Major expansion coming for program that offers schools "10 Cents a Meal" to serve Michigan produce

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, September 22, 2022
Partner Content Children play at the Children's Healing Center. Healthy Communities

Grand Rapids offers nation's only safe recreation center for immunocompromised kids

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, September 15, 2022
Partner Content Help Home Personal ID* Program GPS ID bracelets. Healthy Communities

Many happy returns: GPS ID bracelets help Michiganders living with dementia find their way home

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKER Thursday, September 8, 2022
Partner Content An operator in the call center at Network 180, Kent County's community mental health agency. Healthy Communities

Here's what the new national 988 Suicide Crisis and Lifeline means for Michigan

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, August 18, 2022
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