Poco más del 40% de los jóvenes LGBTQ consideraron seriamente intentar suicidarse el año pasado; Los jóvenes transgénero, no binarios y/o de color reportaron tasas incluso más altas que sus pares. Hay ayuda disponible.
A primary goal in creating the center was to divert people having mental health problems from incarceration and from visiting emergency departments at area hospitals. In its first month, the Kalamazoo County police including those from the and township of Kalamazoo, Portage and the Sheriff’s Department received 346 calls flagged as behavioral health issues.
Artist and muralist Jamari Taylor, inspired by her own Battle Creek Central High School art teacher, is paying it forward through classes and one-on-one art instruction through the Arts and Culture Collective of Battle Creek.
“Growing up, everyone had asthma… we used to collect inhalers like they were Pokémon,” recalls Tyler Dancer while walking through his Northside neighborhood in early September. Envirosuite meters throughout the neighborhood now monitor hydrogen sulfide levels. Residents have filed a class action suit and formed a group, Kalamazoo Parents for Clean Air, to address the harmful impacts of industrial pollution.
Support for breastfeeding mothers, especially BIPOC women, is integral to reaching three-month rates and beyond. Calhoun County will see its first Baby Café, which will offer lactation help, camaraderie, and other services for free and on a drop-in basis.
What's new on the Kalamazoo substance use scene and what recent advances are there in treatment? Mark Wedel gets the latest from Chis Slater, Community Healing Centers CEO, in preparation for the Coming Together Conference Oct. 24-25.
Kalamazoo playwright Buddy Hannah was inspired by a friend's trip to the 1995 Million Man March in Washington D.C., an event that brought African American men together to empower them to improve their lives and communities. Hannah shares how that inspiration took hold and grew into "Two in a Million: Journey of a Lifetime."
ARPA funding had brought a stabilization to early childhood care that needs to be maintained.
Its partnership with Grand Valley State University researchers has culminated in the creation of the be nice. video series.
North Country Community Mental Health applies Lean processes throughout its operations with the result of improving care for its patients.
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