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12 takeaways from the WHI’s community care hub panel
The Washtenaw County community has identified access to services, both to health care and to resources that address the social drivers of health, as a critical issue. For those with significant, ongoing health and social needs, access to coordinated, complex services is particularly challenging. In 2025, the WHI will prioritize advancing community level strategies to…
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2024 Collaborative Health Impact Award Winner: Improving reentry services
In December 2024, the Washtenaw community recognized the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office Reentry Initiative with the WHI’s 2024 Collaborative Health Impact Award. The goal of this collaboration is supporting individuals transitioning out of jail and reducing the likelihood of their reoffending. More than 20 community organizations collaborate as a multidisciplinary team, including: Thinking about an…
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Addressing transportation gaps in Washtenaw County with non-emergency medical transportation
In Washtenaw County, transportation barriers impact around 25 percent of U.S. adults, creating critical access issues for essential healthcare services. Studies indicate that missed or delayed medical appointments, often due to a lack of transportation, cost the U.S. healthcare system over $150 billion annually. The Washtenaw Health Initiative’s (WHI) latest report dives into the impact…
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2023 Collaborative Health Impact Award winner
In December, the Washtenaw community voted to award the 2023 Collaborative Health Impact Award to the Behavioral Health Collaborative for Young Black Men & Boys.
Funded by the Michigan Health Endowment, the project is a collaboration between Packard Health and the University of Michigan School of Social Work Curtis Center for Health Equity’s Young Black Men, Masculinities, and Mental Health (YBMen) Project.
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The Washtenaw County Health Department and the University of Michigan School of Public Health have announced the establishment of a formal Academic Health Department partnership. The partnership will ...