Sports fans watch out as the Blue Water Fast Pitch tournament brings some of the best-ranked softball teams and players worldwide on June 28-30 in Pine Grove Park.
A broad coalition of Michigan organizations has come together to address health disparities that affect Michigan's rapidly growing population of older adults.
Summer break creates opportunities for fun and family adventures along with the challenges of changing routines.
Michigan’s state and local public health systems make great efforts to ensure that expectant mothers and infants get the best start possible.
The Michigan program supplements the food service programs’ budgets for fresh produce, encouraging a greater menu variety and healthier eating habits for kids statewide.
For Michiganders who are looking for answers on mental health care or are having a mental health crisis, help is only a phone call away.
As part of the Region I Regional Housing Partnership, the Capital Area Housing Partnership and the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission are tasked with developing local action plans to address the housing crisis. City and state government, neighborhood developers including Forsberg Real Estate, and area nonprofits are working together to address homelessness in greater Lansing and to attract residents to Eaton Rapids.
Five Michigan organizations will receive federal support of about $1 million each to improve maternal and infant health in the state.
LifeWays, a Community Mental Health Services Program and Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) utilizes whole person-centered care for their patients in Jackson and Hillsdale counties. Person-centered care is integrated care served in a collaborative manner between patient and provider. Care is guided by the patients’ goals, preferences and values.
Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health (MCMCH) has been working to enhance the well-being of mothers and infants, collaborating with hospitals to reduce infant mortality rates. Hurley Medical Center is a successful example of this work.
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