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Feature Story Holly Campbell, deputy director of the Health Department of Northwest Michigan, and Dr. Pennie Foster-Fishman, project leader for the Northwest Michigan Community Health Innovation Region Behavioral Health Initiative.

Northern Michigan health department spearheads effort to expand behavioral health workforce

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, February 26, 2024
The Health Department of Northwest Michigan's cross-sector collaboration involves a wide range of stakeholders who are pitching ideas and taking action on recruiting and retaining behavioral health care professionals across the region — and beyond.
Longform Dr. Kelsey Sala-Hamrick is the Michigan Public Health Institute's MI ACE project director.

200-partner collaborative raises awareness about impact of adverse childhood experiences in Michigan

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, February 22, 2024
Partners in the Michigan ACE Initiative are working to raise awareness of the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), prevent ACEs, and foster resilience among children who have experienced them. 
Feature Story Joe Koliba

5 ways to enjoy the indoors during winter

Genevieve FoxThursday, February 22, 2024
The winter blues are real. We find five fun indoor spots to connect in Macomb County to beat the cold Michigan months. 
Feature Story A typical naloxone recovery kit

Why Detroit's health department is going to 'trap houses' to distribute narcan kits

Aaron FoleyThursday, February 22, 2024
“We go where the most drug activity takes place, and sometimes that’s a gas station or restaurant,” says XXXXXXXX of the Detroit Health Department. XXXX manages distribution of the kits. “But we also frequent hotels and trap houses. Trap houses are houses where known drug activity takes place.”
Longform MDHHS staff early 20th century.

State of Michigan public health celebrates 150 years of service to Michiganders

Rylee BarnesdaleTuesday, February 20, 2024
The State of Michigan’s public health system recently celebrated its sesquicentennial: 150 years in service to Michiganders. To mark the occasion, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has shared a nice collection of sesquicentennial information on its website.   
Longform Chris Uhl

What’s next for housing in Kent and Ottawa counties

Sarah SpohnTuesday, February 20, 2024
As Kent County grows faster than the rest of the state, the community looks at ways to address its ongoing housing shortages. Through government entities, upcoming developers like Housing Next, and seasoned community development financial institutions like IFF, Grand Rapids has a collaborative plan in place to address the issue.   
Feature Story Antoine Jackson, Executive Director, MACC Development Economic Development

Resilient Neighborhoods: Learnings from Montgomery, Alabama, the mecca of the Civil Rights Movement

Melinda ClynesTuesday, February 20, 2024
Inspired by the Freedom Riders, Antoine Jackson takes learnings from a Montgomery, Alabama, retreat and reflects on how Detroit can use lessons from the Civil Rights Movement to engage the faith-based community and spark interest among the city’s young people.  
Feature Story Paczki Day

Photos: The big paczki push of '24

Cyrus TettehFriday, February 16, 2024
Detroit photographer Cyrus Tetteh, a staffer at the City of Detroit as well as the creative mind behind the photography book "Only in Detroit," shares some images on the eve of Fat Tuesday -- or Paczki Day as we know it here -- in Hamtramck.
Longform MiGen staff and community in MiGen's office space/Senior Center at Affirmations.

Michigan’s first LGBTQ+ senior center is now open in Ferndale – and another one is coming to Detroit

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, February 15, 2024
The Senior Center at Affirmations expands programs and services for LGBTQ+ seniors in an accessible, welcoming environment.
Development News Comcast Director of Community Impact for Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky Shannon Dulin shows Detroit resident Gwendolyn Jones how to access some programs she's looking forward to using at the Certified Tech Hub. Technology and Innovation

City celebrates launch of new initiative that helps underserved Detroiters get online

MJ GalbraithThursday, February 15, 2024
“Equitable access to high-speed internet and digital literacy tools can mean the difference between success and failure for our residents, whether they’re working on schoolwork, finding a job, or navigating workforce training tools,” says Deputy Mayor Todd Bettison.
Longform Child at NEST Child Care and Parent Institute in Detroit Kids and Education

Michigan makes the leap to improved educational opportunities with MiLEAP

Jaishree Drepaul-BruderTuesday, February 13, 2024
MiLEAP consolidates the expansion of Pre-K for All, Sixty by 30, which would see 60% of working-age Michiganders with a postsecondary degree or certificate by 2030, and all education in between. 
Feature Story Marco Andradre, Jr., Business Development Manager at SDBA Economic Development

Equal opportunity and a boost for local minority contractorsResilient Neighborhoods Feature Story

Monique BedfordTuesday, February 13, 2024
The Small Business Advocacy Center fights gentrification by increasing economic opportunities for local minority contractors and residents in Southwest Detroit.
Feature Story Tatse-Small Healthy Communities

Michigan Good Food Fund growing new farm and food businesses

Kym ReinstadlerTuesday, February 13, 2024
Through Michigan Good Food Fund partners, food and farm entrepreneurs receive business assistance tailored to their needs. 
Feature Story virtual job fair image Healthy Communities

Virtual Job Fair represents 40+ employers seeking behavioral health services professionals

Estelle SlootmakerTuesday, February 13, 2024
The Community Mental Health Association of Michigan (CMHA) is sponsoring a Behavioral Health Services Virtual Job Fair 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday Feb. 21, 2024. 
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Building a more inclusive economy: Q&A with JPMorgan Chase’s Thelma Ferguson

Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Longform Social worker Nicole Klomp serves as a reserve member of the Newaygo Police Department.

From social workers on the force to crisis centers, Michigan is improving behavioral health care

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, February 8, 2024
Here's a look at three ways Michigan providers are offering new ways to help people experiencing a mental health crisis.
Development News Carrianna Geter created this mural for the Eastside Community Network's Grill and Chill Kitchen at The Vault in 2022. The Eastside Community Network is one of 32 BIPOC-serving nonprofits to share in $23.7M in funding from Enterprise. Community Development

These 32 Detroit community development organizations just received $23.7M in funding support

MJ GalbraithThursday, February 8, 2024
“The 32 organizations supported by this effort know their communities intimately. That positions them to provide an array of essential roles, from coordinating physical and economic development to social services to conveying needs and desires of residents to government,” says Wendy Lewis Jackson, managing director of Kresge’s Detroit Program.
Development News Janet Webster Jones in 2019. The founder of Source Booksellers will be a panelist at this year's Black Business Reunion at TechTown. Economic Development

TechTown to host Black Business Reunion in recognition and celebration of city's Black entrepreneurs

MJ GalbraithThursday, February 8, 2024
“Our Black Business Reunion is a celebration and recognition of Detroit’s Black business community, their everlasting legacy and the impact they make in our everyday lives,” says Christianne Malone, chief program officer at TechTown Detroit.
Longform About one out of five children have a mental, emotional or behavioral health disorder, and only about 20 percent of those children receive care Healthy Communities

How Michigan counties are stepping up to meet youth mental health needs

Joanne Bailey-BoorsmaTuesday, February 6, 2024
Over the past several years, Michigan's community mental health agencies have been stepping up with a number of initiatives to help fill the gap in mental health services for youth.
Feature Story Araceli Hernandez, Owner of Florbella Salon in Southwest Detroit Economic Development

Dismantling barriers for Southwest Detroit business ownersResilient Neighborhoods Feature Story

Monique BedfordTuesday, February 6, 2024
Opening doors, bridging connections and walking entrepreneurs through the litany of permits, regulations, and licensing, Southwest Detroit Business Association supports small business owners in their quest to succeed.  
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