New restaurant Gateway Spoon is on a mission
The newly opened Gateway Spoon restaurant is one of four social enterprises that support the work of Gateway Mission.
Modular housing provides affordable homes to help address the housing shortage
In order to address the housing shortage in Grand Rapids, the city and surrounding entities are looking carefully at increasing accessibility and affordability of housing. One local company, InnovaLab is quickly adding to the number of housing units, with cost-efficient, quick-build modular homes.
How do social factors affect health? Community Influencers to offer clues
The Grand Haven-based Momentum Center's Barbara Lee VanHorssen has been chosen as a "Community Influencer." She and 50 other influencers from across the state will help officials better understand social determinants of health from a grass roots level.
Allegan County water assistance program expands
Access to clean, safe water is a key component in maintaining public health, and Community Action of Allegan County is working to make sure all residents of the county have that access with the expansion of its Low Income Housing Water Assistance Program.
Loutit District Library aims to engage seniors with Brooks Media Center
The Loutit District Library's Brooks Media Center received $30,000 from the Grand Haven Area Community Foundation, part of $232,000 in Community Impact Grants.
When construction wasn’t accessible, he found dream job making furniture
Though he dreamed of working with power tools, Phillipe Hernandez found that using a wheelchair kept him from working in construction. With the help of a Muskegon agency, he pivoted and found a job in production at BOLD Furniture.
Accessibility in the Workplace: Forum to explore ‘going beyond compliance’
Disability Inclusion Editor Lucia Rios will join other disability advocates for a forum on Accessibility in the Workplace: Going Beyond Compliance. The Oct. 26 event is hosted by WMPRSA in partnership with Special Olympics Michgian and DAKC.
Michigan addresses LGBTQ+ health disparities with historic $10 million budget allotment
A new allotment in the state budget will directly support the work of community-based organizations that are already providing health-related services to LGBTQ+ Michiganders.
Southern Imaginations helps Michigan collect feedback and plot course for free PreK for All
A collaborative partner with the Policy Equity Group and a member of Governor Whitmer’s PreK for All taskforce, Southern Imaginations has been brought in to help formulate recommendations for rolling out free, universal pre-k to all Michigan 4-year-olds.
Michigan’s community mental health agencies expanding crisis care
Michigan’s community mental health agencies are stepping up to evolve the way they offer care to those in need — especially crisis care. Genesee Health System and Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Authority are two examples.
