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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Documentary explores challenges faced by parent caregivers of children with disabilities
The public is invited to a Feb. 26 screening of a documentary that looks at parent caregivers for children and adults who are disabled or medically complex, and their lack of support from society.
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.
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.
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.
How the pandemic made a brain injury support group more accessible
After going virtual during the pandemic, the brain injury support group hosted by Disability Network Southwest Michigan has shifted to a hybrid model as in-person meetings resume so more people can attend.
Living with a disability is expensive
From buying a car to getting groceries, these necessities cost more when they need to adapt to someone who uses a wheelchair. Lucia Rios explains the hidden costs of living with a disability.
be nice. business program boosting mental health in Michigan’s workplaces
The Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan’s be nice. business program brings mental health to the workplace.
Community mental health meets Northern Michiganders where they’re at with mobile crisis intervention
The Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Authority mobile crisis intervention services reach across Crawford, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Missaukee, Roscommon, and Wexford counties.
Documentary explores challenges faced by parent caregivers of children with disabilities
The public is invited to a Feb. 26 screening of a documentary that looks at parent caregivers for children and adults who are disabled or medically complex, and their lack of support from society.
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.
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.
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.
How the pandemic made a brain injury support group more accessible
After going virtual during the pandemic, the brain injury support group hosted by Disability Network Southwest Michigan has shifted to a hybrid model as in-person meetings resume so more people can attend.
Living with a disability is expensive
From buying a car to getting groceries, these necessities cost more when they need to adapt to someone who uses a wheelchair. Lucia Rios explains the hidden costs of living with a disability.
be nice. business program boosting mental health in Michigan’s workplaces
The Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan’s be nice. business program brings mental health to the workplace.
Community mental health meets Northern Michiganders where they’re at with mobile crisis intervention
The Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Authority mobile crisis intervention services reach across Crawford, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Missaukee, Roscommon, and Wexford counties.
