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Longform Dr. Tolulope Sonuyi, director of Detroit Life Is Valuable Everyday (DLIVE), and Juanita Houston, DLIVE's lead healthy minds coach.

Michigan programs aim to stop violence against youth before it happens

Estelle SlootmakerMonday, June 5, 2023
Longform 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 SlootmakerThursday, May 11, 2023
Special Report 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 DunnThursday, April 27, 2023
Longform 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
Longform Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom, founder of the Women-Inspired Neighborhood Network: Detroit.

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

Brooke MarshallThursday, March 16, 2023
Longform 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 SlootmakerThursday, February 23, 2023
Longform A mother holds her baby's hand.

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

Estelle SlootmakerThursday, February 9, 2023
Longform 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 SlootmakerThursday, January 19, 2023
Longform 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 SlootmakerThursday, January 5, 2023
Longform 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 SlootmakerThursday, December 1, 2022
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