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Feature Story Dr. Cathrine Frank is one of the co-creators of a new initiative to screen, assess, and treat patients for suicide risk. Healthy Communities

Michigan doctors challenge others to join them in a quest for "Zero Suicide"

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERFriday, June 16, 2023
Feature Story “I'm a Chicago native. I live in the Battle Creek Shelter. I’m trying to be positive and encourage others,” Richard Evans, 62. Healthy Communities

Michigan’s community mental health providers serve the unhoused

BROOKE MARSHALL Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Feature Story United States Marine Corps Veteran John Pullum poses for a portrait before (left) and after (right) receiving a booster ketamine infusion at Insight Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience in Flint on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Sustainability

Insight's ketamine clinic offers hope for Flint patients suffering from PTSD and depression

Jenifer VelosoWednesday, June 7, 2023
Feature Story Dr. Kellen Stilwell conducts telepsychiatry sessions with rural Michigan children and adolescents. Healthy Communities

Psychiatric residents and fellows fill gaps in rural Michigan mental health care

JOANNE BAILEY-BOORSMATuesday, June 6, 2023
Feature Story Dr. Tolulope Sonuyi, director of Detroit Life Is Valuable Everyday (DLIVE), and Juanita Houston, DLIVE's lead healthy minds coach. Healthy Communities

Michigan programs aim to stop violence against youth before it happens

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERMonday, June 5, 2023
Partner Content A Farmers Market Food Navigator assists shoppers at the Muskegon Farmers Market. Healthy Communities

Michigan Fitness Foundation connects families to farmers and fresh, locally grown food

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERWednesday, May 24, 2023
Feature Story Flint native Percy Glover is the Executive Director of Community Engagement at the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office and contractor for the National Sheriff’s Association. Equity

The redemption and compassion of Flint community leader Percy Glover

Tia ScottFriday, May 19, 2023
Feature Story Caregiver Incentive Project (CIP) founder Eric Paad and CIP spokesperson Dorothy Paad. Healthy Communities

UP nonprofit offers education and support in effort to end caregiver shortage

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKER Thursday, May 18, 2023
Partner Content A family enjoys jump roping along the Lansing River Trail. Healthy Communities

Rec-Connect™ makes fitness fun for everyone

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERWednesday, May 17, 2023
Feature Story The Community Mental Health Association of Michigan (CMHA) is the state association representing and advocating for Michigan’s public mental health system and those served by this system. Healthy Communities

Community Mental Health Association of Michigan study shows integrated care is growing

JOANNE BAILEY-BOORSMATuesday, May 16, 2023
Feature Story (Left to right) Tony and Cruz Asencio pose for a portrait during the Latinx Technology & Community Center’s Cinco de Mayo celebration on Friday, May 5, 2023, in Buckham Alley in downtown Flint. Arts and Culture

In Pictures: Cinco de Mayo celebration in Buckham Alley

Jenifer VelosoMonday, May 15, 2023
In The News The People-Centered Oversight wrap-up event takes place on May 17, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. at The Flint Public Library. Neighborhoods

Flint Beat and Flintside invite Flint residents to the People-Centered Oversight wrap-up event

Flintside News BriefsMonday, May 15, 2023
Partner Content A meal at El Azteco West in Lansing. The restaurant partnered with NorthWest Initiative to feature only 100% organic juice with its kids' meals. Healthy Communities

NorthWest Initiative collaborates with community to create a healthier Lansing

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKER Thursday, May 11, 2023
Feature Story Employees at Brody's Be Cafe in Ada, which employs people living with disabilities. Healthy Communities

Here's how three Michigan nonprofits empower people living with disabilities

ESTELLE SLOOTMAKERThursday, May 11, 2023
Feature Story Dale Robertson, president and CEO, Grand Rapids Public Museum. Healthy Communities

Leaders overcoming stigma: Community mental health is for everyone

Sarah SpohnTuesday, May 9, 2023
Feature Story An abandoned home on Home Ave. in Flint sits vacant with the windows and front door boarded up.  Neighborhoods

How urban blight affects Flint residents' health, and what the city is doing to change that

Jenifer VelosoMonday, May 8, 2023
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