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Longform Corktown Health staff Rapid Growth

CDFI funding helps Corktown Health expand services for Detroit area's LGBTQ residents

Sarah SpohnMonday, April 29, 2024
Longform Leaders from Mackinac Straits Health System and the public health departments implemented the assessment in the communities of Mackinac County. Rapid Growth

Community health needs assessments drive priorities for local health departments and hospitals

Leslie CieplechowiczMonday, April 29, 2024
Longform Dr. Theresa Hastert (right) helped develop the Michigan Community Outreach to Address Financial Toxicity (MI-COST). Ali Fakih (left) is a research assistant with MI-COST, and Cornelius Wilson (center) sits on its Community Advisory Board. Rapid Growth

Here's how Michigan organizations are working to reduce cancer treatment's crushing financial burden

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, April 15, 2024
Feature Story Hillery Ross, How YOU Birth Doulas Services' administrative coordinator, and Allison Keessen, treasurer for How YOU Birth Doula Services. Rapid Growth

Initiative rapidly expands doula ranks in Muskegon County, with major implications for birth equity

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, April 15, 2024
Longform Kimberly Singh (right), Michigan Oral Health Coalition board member and chief community and governmental affairs officer for My Community Dental Centers, chats with Dental Assistant Kortney Jones. Rapid Growth

Oral health care is inaccessible to many Michiganders. This coalition is working to change that.

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, April 8, 2024
Longform Christine Sauvé. Rapid Growth

New state law will help ensure health care access for non-English-speaking Michiganders

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, March 25, 2024
Feature Story Amber Desgranges and Rachel Ruddock of the Michigan Primary Care Association. Rapid Growth

New initiative offers Michigan nursing students opportunity to build careers in underserved areas

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, March 25, 2024
Feature Story Robert Sheehan, executive director of the Community Mental Health Association of Michigan Rapid Growth

Proposed licensure changes aim to ease Michigan's social worker shortage

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, March 18, 2024
Longform Head Start students at St. John's Universal Church of Christ in Jackson learn about cucumbers and dragonfruit in a lesson on mindful eating. Rapid Growth

Pilot program in Jackson County aims to support preschoolers' mental health through mindfulness

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, March 11, 2024
Longform Girl getting vaccinated Rapid Growth

Boosting childhood immunization rates vital to community health

Rylee BarnsdaleMonday, March 4, 2024
Feature Story Elizabeth Agius, WSU School of Social Work associate director of research administration, with Larry West, Peers to Higher Education project manager. Rapid Growth

Wayne State University program helps peer support specialists pursue higher ed in mental health

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, March 4, 2024
Longform MDHHS staff early 20th century. Rapid Growth

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

Rylee BarnesdaleMonday, February 26, 2024
Longform Dr. Kelsey Sala-Hamrick is the Michigan Public Health Institute's MI ACE project director. Rapid Growth

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

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, February 26, 2024
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. Rapid Growth

Northern Michigan health department spearheads effort to expand behavioral health workforce

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, February 26, 2024
Longform MiGen staff and community in MiGen's office space/Senior Center at Affirmations. Rapid Growth

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

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, February 19, 2024
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