Michigan’s breastfeeding networks educate parents, address disparities, advocate for parent rights
Support networks for breastfeeding parents are helping more little Michiganders get their best start in life.
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For 20 years, churches and volunteers have served nutritious meals to people on Bay City’s West Side
As the Bay City Food of Faith-West program celebrates its 20th anniversary, demand for the meals has never been greater.
Michigan’s community mental health and law enforcement agencies team up to keep people out of jail
As awareness about how policing and mental health intersect grows across the state, more Michigan counties are involving community mental health agencies in law enforcement response and diverting people who are simply experiencing symptoms of mental illness from jail.
Upper Peninsula program helps moms with opioid use disorder have healthier pregnancies
The program's goal is to identify and address the social determinant of health needs that create barriers for women with opioid use disorder.
Career Center students are building their career readiness while collecting paychecks
A Work-Based Learning program at the Bay-Arenac Career Center puts students in professional roles throughout the community. The annual Career Center Open House is set for Thurs., Feb. 16.
Bay County agencies are invited to apply for emergency food and shelter program funding
Bay County agencies that help people with emergency food and shelter are invited to apply for federal funding before Feb. 23.
New partnership between SVSU and Alpena Community College creates opportunities for nurses
SVSU and Alpena Community College form a new partnership to help nurses further their education and grow the nursing talent pipeline.
Michigan’s CCBHCs open mental health access to all
Michigan's 34 CCBHCs provide whole-person care by integrating physical health with a comprehensive range of mental health and substance use disorder services to vulnerable individuals no matter what a patients' income or insurance coverage.
Michigan Baseball Foundation now accepting grant applications
Part of the Michigan Baseball Foundation’s mission is to give back through grants to local nonprofits. Grant applications are being accepted until Feb. 15.
Northern Michigan works to build supportive services for parents in “maternity care deserts”
Many in the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula live in areas with a serious lack of resources, facilities, and practitioners for pregnant people, new parents, and infants.
For 20 years, churches and volunteers have served nutritious meals to people on Bay City’s West Side
As the Bay City Food of Faith-West program celebrates its 20th anniversary, demand for the meals has never been greater.
Michigan’s community mental health and law enforcement agencies team up to keep people out of jail
As awareness about how policing and mental health intersect grows across the state, more Michigan counties are involving community mental health agencies in law enforcement response and diverting people who are simply experiencing symptoms of mental illness from jail.
Upper Peninsula program helps moms with opioid use disorder have healthier pregnancies
The program's goal is to identify and address the social determinant of health needs that create barriers for women with opioid use disorder.
Career Center students are building their career readiness while collecting paychecks
A Work-Based Learning program at the Bay-Arenac Career Center puts students in professional roles throughout the community. The annual Career Center Open House is set for Thurs., Feb. 16.
Bay County agencies are invited to apply for emergency food and shelter program funding
Bay County agencies that help people with emergency food and shelter are invited to apply for federal funding before Feb. 23.
New partnership between SVSU and Alpena Community College creates opportunities for nurses
SVSU and Alpena Community College form a new partnership to help nurses further their education and grow the nursing talent pipeline.
Michigan’s CCBHCs open mental health access to all
Michigan's 34 CCBHCs provide whole-person care by integrating physical health with a comprehensive range of mental health and substance use disorder services to vulnerable individuals no matter what a patients' income or insurance coverage.
Michigan Baseball Foundation now accepting grant applications
Part of the Michigan Baseball Foundation’s mission is to give back through grants to local nonprofits. Grant applications are being accepted until Feb. 15.
Northern Michigan works to build supportive services for parents in “maternity care deserts”
Many in the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula live in areas with a serious lack of resources, facilities, and practitioners for pregnant people, new parents, and infants.
