New state law will help ensure health care access for non-English-speaking Michiganders
Michigan's new Statewide Meaningful Language Access Coordination Act will require public services to be more accessible to non-English speakers.
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Community health worker on the job at Vantage Plastics
In order to continue their mission of serving the community through sustainability, Standish based materials company Vantage Plastics is now partnering with the Central Michigan District Health Department (CMDHD) to integrate a community health worker (CHW) on site.
Podcast a “not-so-clinical approach to conversations surrounding all things mental health.”
Podcast hosted by three friends covers a range of topics like finding a therapist, tips for loved ones, and misconceptions and stigmas surrounding medications.
Proposed licensure changes aim to ease Michigan’s social worker shortage
Mental health and social work advocates are pushing for legislative change to shift Michigan's social worker licensing process from a test-based approach to a practice-driven alternative that has proven successful in other states.
How a teacher regained his independence after losing his sight
Roel Garcia shares how the loss of most of his sight in high school turned his world upside down before he figured out how to adapt to his disability. He graduated from college, became a journalist, and now is a teacher.
West Bloomfield synagogue will train Jewish leaders on providing behavioral health support
A new initiative at The Shul seeks to provide more tools for Jewish community leaders to better offer behavioral health support to their community.
Recent Michigan housing legislation incentivizes more housing developments
As part of the Make it in Michigan Strategy, the state of Michigan has new finance tools and opportunities to convert vacant land into housing via the Transformational Brownfield Fund and tax increment funding. The State Land Bank Authority and Michigan Community Capital are working with state, local, and federal organizations to develop attainable workforce housing in their communities.
Southwest Michigan Behavioral Health: Building trust and improving health
Southwest Michigan Behavioral Health partners with community mental health providers in Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph and Van Buren counties.
Pilot program in Jackson County aims to support preschoolers’ mental health through mindfulness
A new study will test whether and how mindfulness-based food-body-mind interventions can optimize young children's cognitive function and behavioral health.
Wayne State University program helps peer support specialists pursue higher ed in mental health
The Peers to Higher Education program helps peer support specialists find funding and child care to support them in building a career in mental health.
Community health worker on the job at Vantage Plastics
In order to continue their mission of serving the community through sustainability, Standish based materials company Vantage Plastics is now partnering with the Central Michigan District Health Department (CMDHD) to integrate a community health worker (CHW) on site.
Podcast a “not-so-clinical approach to conversations surrounding all things mental health.”
Podcast hosted by three friends covers a range of topics like finding a therapist, tips for loved ones, and misconceptions and stigmas surrounding medications.
Proposed licensure changes aim to ease Michigan’s social worker shortage
Mental health and social work advocates are pushing for legislative change to shift Michigan's social worker licensing process from a test-based approach to a practice-driven alternative that has proven successful in other states.
How a teacher regained his independence after losing his sight
Roel Garcia shares how the loss of most of his sight in high school turned his world upside down before he figured out how to adapt to his disability. He graduated from college, became a journalist, and now is a teacher.
West Bloomfield synagogue will train Jewish leaders on providing behavioral health support
A new initiative at The Shul seeks to provide more tools for Jewish community leaders to better offer behavioral health support to their community.
Recent Michigan housing legislation incentivizes more housing developments
As part of the Make it in Michigan Strategy, the state of Michigan has new finance tools and opportunities to convert vacant land into housing via the Transformational Brownfield Fund and tax increment funding. The State Land Bank Authority and Michigan Community Capital are working with state, local, and federal organizations to develop attainable workforce housing in their communities.
Southwest Michigan Behavioral Health: Building trust and improving health
Southwest Michigan Behavioral Health partners with community mental health providers in Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph and Van Buren counties.
Pilot program in Jackson County aims to support preschoolers’ mental health through mindfulness
A new study will test whether and how mindfulness-based food-body-mind interventions can optimize young children's cognitive function and behavioral health.
Wayne State University program helps peer support specialists pursue higher ed in mental health
The Peers to Higher Education program helps peer support specialists find funding and child care to support them in building a career in mental health.
